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.
Only one entry is permitted per
person, and entries must be format
ted for blind judging. Certain entry
restrictions apply.
For more information on specific
entry guidelines, visit Oregon
Quarterly’s Web site at
darkwing.uoregon.edu/ ~ oq/.
— Gabe Bradley
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