HRSA’s Reorganization

Diane Rodill, Ph.D.

Senior Public Health Advisor

National Allied, Geriatrics & Rural Health Programs

Division of State, Community & Public Health/BHPr

Health Resources and Services Administration

Functions:

Develop the health professions workforce through research, analysis, and planning

Improve distribution and diversity of health professionals to rural/urban underserved areas

Improve the quality of health professions practice and education

Focus on key 21st century health professions issues (geriatrics, genetics, diversity/distribution)

Bureau of Health ProfessionsMission and Functions

Mission: To increase health care access by assuring a health

professions workforce that meets the needs of the public.

Department of Health and Human Services

Bureau of Health Professions Bureau of Health Professions

Associate Administrator Sam Shekar, M.D., M.P.H

Deputy Associate Administrator Neil Sampson, M.P.H., M.G.A.

Principal Advisor to the Associate AdministratorCaroline Lewis

Ricky Ray Staff

Director

Paul Clark

National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

* DirectorMarilyn Biviano Ph.D

Office of Policy and Planning

* DirectorMarcia Davenport, M.D., M.P.H.

Office of Program Support

DirectorJone Williams

Office of Peer Review

Director* Theresa Derville

Division of National Health Service Corps

* DirectorDonald Weaver, M.D

Division of State,Community and

Public Health

* DirectorJeffrey Dunlap

Division of Practitioner Data Banks

Director John Heyob

Division of Health Careers Diversity &

Development

* Director Henry Lopez

Division of Nursing

Director Denise Geolot, Ph.D

Division of Medicine and Dentistry

DirectorCarol Bazell, M.D.

National Health Service Corps

• One-stop shopping for health care professionals

• Allows BHPr to concentrate on President’s NHSC Initiative

• Places workforce program in THE workforce Bureau

NHSC-Service Challenge Need: Over 23,000 Clinicians are Needed

to Provide an Adequate Level ofAccess to Health Care

Demand: Almost 3,000 Requests for Recruitment Assistance have been Received from Underserved Communities

Response: About 2,400 NHSC Clinicians

are Serving Nationwide

Clinicians Needed

CliniciansRequested

NHSCServing

University of California/ San Francisco (UCSF)

State University of NY/Albany (SUNY/Albany)

University of Illinois/Chicago (UIC) University of Texas Health Sciences

Center, San Antonio

University of Washington/Seattle (UW) (The WWAMI Center)

Five Regional Centers for Health Workforce Studies

National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis (National Center)

Mission and Strategic Plan Highlights

Mission: Collect, analyze, and disseminate health workforce informationand facilitate national, state, and local workforce planning efforts.

Strategic Plan Functions:• Function 1: Collect health professions related data. • Function 2: Assist State and local workforce planning efforts.• Function 3: Conduct issues related analyses.• Function 4: Conduct evaluations of health professions training

programs.• Function 5: Develop tools and conduct research on health

workforce.

Division of State, Community and Public Health

• “Glue” Division

• Over 300 grants

• Programs include: Primary Care Offices, State Loan Repayment, and Secretary’s Award for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

DSCPH Leadership

• Jeff Dunlap, M.S.P.H., Division Director– Phone: 301-443-1648 Email: jdunlap@hrsa.gov

• Andy Jordan, M.S.P.H., Deputy Division Director– Phone: 301-443-1648 Email: ajordan@hrsa.gov

• Lou Coccodrilli, M.P.H., Director, National AHEC Program– Phone: 301-443-6950 Email: lcoccodrilli@hrsa.gov

• Joan Weiss, Ph.D., R.N., C.R.N.P., Director, National Allied, Geriatric and Rural Health Programs– Phone: 301-443-6887 Email: jweiss@hrsa.gov

• Doug Lloyd, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Public Health– Phone: 301-443-6853 Email: dlloyd@hrsa.gov

Area Health Education Center

• Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers

• Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers

• Health Education Training Centers

Allied, Geriatric and Rural Health

• Quentin N. Burdick Rural Interdisciplinary Training Program

• Geriatric Education Centers Program• Allied Health Special Projects• Chiropractic Program• Graduate Psychology Education Program

Center for Public Health

• Public Health Training Centers• Public Health Traineeships• Preventive Medicine Residency Program• Health Administration Traineeships

Emerging Challenges

• Medical Technology

• Radiology Technology

• Cytotechnologists

If you want a year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity,

grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.