On Oct. 29, KHI hosted the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour with a conversation featuring Mark Holmes, Director of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. This session explored the complex work at the intersection of public policy, health care financing and rural places.
Event recording posted below.
Mark Holmes, Ph.D., Director of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Sheps Center and Professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Mark Holmes is Thomas W. Lambeth Distinguished Chair of Public Policy at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He also serves as the Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. His work focuses on rural health, health care access and the financial sustainability of health care providers. With a keen interest in how geographic and policy factors shape health care systems, Mark has contributed significantly to the field through research on hospital closures, rural health access and innovative health care delivery models.
The Kansas Health Institute supports effective policymaking through nonpartisan research, education and engagement. KHI believes evidence-based information, objective analysis and civil dialogue enable policy leaders to be champions for a healthier Kansas. Established in 1995 with a multiyear grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, KHI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization based in Topeka.
