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Professor to serve on panel to assess health-care system Judith Hibbard's research on consumers improving their health care earned her a spot on the national council BY AMANDA BOLSINGER NEWS REPORTER University professor Judith Hibbard has been nominated to serve on the National Advisory Council for Health care Research and Quality, a 21-mem ber panel of professionals from around the country that focuses on improving the quality, safety, efficien cy and effectiveness of health-care services in America. The council consists of private-sec tor experts with varied perspectives and expertise about the health-care system, according to its Web site. They represent health-care plans, providers, purchasers, consumers and researchers. Hibbard, a professor in the Depart ment of Planning, Public Policy and Management since 1982, was nomi nated to serve on the council because of her research focusing on health-care quality and consumers’ role in improv ing health care. “They wanted me on the council be cause of my expertise of the consumer role and it becoming a bigger solution to health-care problems,” Hibbard said. Hibbard was nominated to serve on the council last spring and received her invitation to serve this winter. She will be on the council until 2007. Council members serve three-year terms. They advise on and research is sues from children’s health and quality assessments of medical care to seat belts and technology. The advisory council has three priorities it combines r to achieve improvements in the Amer ican health-care structure: gaining new knowledge on priority health issues, finding new tools and talents, and transforming research into practice Hibbard said she is currently work ing on a study examining the relation ship between the information con sumers receive and their health-care choices. As an example, she cites the impact that public reports on hospital care have on the consumers’ choices of hospitals. The National Advisory Council is the major source of funding behind most health-care research in the Unit ed States. Hibbard is interested in the council ecause of its direct correlation to her research, she said. “They set the direction for the kinds of health research of the country,” Hib bard said. “I have always been interest ed in what they do, but their work is very important now because of the very serious health-care issues that are facing the country.” Hibbard said the three most press ing health-care problems in the coun try are a lack of quality of care that people receive, the cost of health care and the high rate of uninsured people. “There is a widespread belief that the quality of health care is quite high in this country,” Hibbard said. “It’s not really true. People should investigate more when they are making decisions about health care.” abolsinger@ dai ly emerald. com IN BRIEF Museum exhibit features Andy Warhol prints When the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art reopens Jan. 23, it will display work from 20th-century artist Andy Warhol. The new renova tion allows enough room and wall space for the museum to feature 126 prints from the “Andy Warhol’s Dream America” collection. “This is a wonderful opportunity for people to see a collection that they haven’t been able to see before and to see it in their own hometown. ” Katie Sproles Art museum marketing coordinator “We didn’t have enough space to do this before,” museum Direc tor David T\irner said. “Now it is possible for us to do exhibits of this size. ” Many of the prints are in series of multiple prints that are all more than nine feet tall. The collection, on display from Jan. 23 to May 1, is part of a tour ing exhibit that will visit Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Colorado, Ari zona and California. Previous exhibits displayed 86 prints, but the museum was able to secure a loan of additional prints. “This is a wonderful opportunity for people to see a collection that they have haven’t been able to see before and to see it in their own hometown,” said Katie Sproles, public relations and marketing co ordinator for the museum. Warhol is best known for his paintings of Marilyn Monroe and cans of Campbell’s soup. The ex hibit will feature some of his most well-known suites, or portfolios, of work such as “Maos” and “Mick Jaggers,” as well as several individ ual prints. Warhol was one of the pioneers of contemporary art, and the exhibit offers a timeline through some of the changes in art styles. “He made art of out simple ob jects,” TUrner said. “He takes mys tery away and also adds mystery of what makes art.” TUrner said Warhol’s work will pose more questions than answers and will lead to dialogue on cam pus. Business, advertising, art, Eng lish and history classes can all take something from the art, TUrner said, adding that the new museum facilities make it convenient for stu dents to view the art. “Students don’t have to travel to Portland or other big cities to see great art,” TUrner said. “Now we get to stand in front of nine images of Marilyn with reverence to both the subject matter and the artist right here. ” — Amanda Bolsinger Award opportunities for nonfiction writing Writers in the student body and community will get a chance to have their work featured in Oregon Quarterly, as the University’s alum ni magazine begins to accept en tries for its sixth annual Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest. The magazine is accepting entries in two categories. One is open to the community at large, while the other is reserved specifi cally for student entries. The top entry in each category will be pub lished in Oregon Quarterly, which has a circulation of about 100,000. The top three entries in the open category will receive prizes ranging from a $50 University Bookstore gift certificate to $500 cash for first place. The top entry for the student category will receive $250, while the second place writer will re ceive a $75 University Bookstore gift certificate. These five winning essays, three in the open category and two in the student category, will be read at a public reading. Author Lauren Kessler, a journal ism professor at the University, will judge the entries. The 15 finalists will have an opportunity to attend a workshop led by Kessler, who di rects the University’s graduate pro gram in literary nonfiction. Entries should be unpublished, nonfiction essays about ideas that affect the Northwest. The maximum length for an es say is 2,500 words in the open cate gory and 2,000 in the student cate gory. There is no fee for entry and the submission deadline is Jan. 31. 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