Thomas J. Bacon, Dr.P.H. CURRICULUM VITAE October, 2011 PERSONAL INFORMATION Married - Wife: Ellen Hedrick Bacon, Ph.D., Professor, Special Education North Carolina Central University CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 1996- Present Program Director North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 145 N. Medical Drive, CB#7165 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7165 Telephone: (919) 966-8981 CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS EDUCATION Executive Associate Dean School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Professor, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine Clinical Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health Senior Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (2011-2014) 9/73-12/77 University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Degree: Dr.P.H. in Health Policy and Administration 9/70-12/71 University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois Degree: M.A. in Demography, Ford Foundation Fellow 9/66-6/67 Union Theological Seminary - New York, New York Rockefeller Brothers Fellow 9/62-6/66 Eckerd College - St. Petersburg, Florida Degree: B.A. in Psychology Honors: Philip J. Lee Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 7/82-6/96 Executive Director Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) 501 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 Phone (704) 257-4406 FAX (704) 258-2097 Adjunct Assistant Dean University of North Carolina School of Medicine 7/77-7/82 N. C. Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program Chapel Hill, North Carolina Position: Associate Director (Research Associate, 7/76-7/77) 11/77-7/82 University of N.C., School of Public Health Chapel Hill, North Carolina Position: Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Policy and Administration Activities: Instructor, Course entitled: "Health Manpower Planning" 2/72-9/75 Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Position: Demographer/Research Analyst, Center for Population and Urban-Rural Studies 9/68-7/70 U. S. Peace Corps Seoul, Korea Position: Peace Corps Volunteer Activities: (1) Staff Assistant, Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea; (2) Instructor in English as a foreign language, Soong Sil College PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES Present Activities Board of Directors, NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs April 2006- present, Chair, 2007-2010 National Rural Health Association, 1985 present Editorial Board, Journal of the National AHEC Organization, 1997-present, Chair, 2003-2009 Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society NC Center for Hospital Quality & Patient Safety Advisory Board, 2004-present Graduate Medical Education Committee, Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency, 2004- present Board of Directors, North Carolina Institute of Medicine, 1997 - present, Vice Chair 2008-present Health Care Advisory Board, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, 1996-present Board of Advisors, Community Practitioner Program, 1996-present Care Share Health Alliance Advisory Board, 2008 present Page 2 of 7
NC Health Care Quality Alliance, Board of Directors, 2008 present NC Medical Society Task Force on Clinical Quality & Health Care Improvement, 2004-2011 Current Assignments (year of appointment) School of Medicine and Other UNC Advisory Board of CTSA (2007) Advisory Board, Education for Lifelong Service (ELS) (2003) Board Member, UNC Physicians and Associates (1996) Policy Board, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (1997) Dean's Advisory Committee (1996) AHEC Medical Education Advisory Committee, Chair (1996) Community-Campus Partnership for Tomorrow Steering Committee (2008) Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Steering Committee (2008) Graduate Medical Education Committee, UNC School of Medicine (2005-2007;2008-present) Health Sciences Library, Friends of the Library Board (2002) Past Activities Board of Directors, NC Healthy Start Foundation 1999-2011, Chair 2004-2010 NC Prevention Partners, Tobacco Cessation Advisory Board, 2006-2009 Health Resources & Services Administration, Workforce Development Collaborative, 2007-2009 NC IOM Task Force on Prevention, April 2008 June 2009 NC Public Health Task Force 2008 Jim Bernstein Health Leadership Fund Fellows Program, Chair, 2005-2006 NC Joint Conference Committee on Medical Care, 1996 2004, Chair 2000-2003 Board of Directors, National AHEC Organization, 2001-2004 Program Directors' Constituency Group, National AHEC Organization, Chair 2002-2003 Member, North Carolina Medical Society Task Force on Ensuring Clinical Competence, 1996-1999 Board of Directors, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 1993-1997 N.C. State Health Coordinating Council, representing N.C. AHEC Program Member 1989-1993 Consultant, Area Health Education Center Programs in South Dakota 1979, Massachusetts 1984, 2000, Kentucky 1986, Arizona 1988, South Carolina 1989, Connecticut 1995, Colorado 1999, and New Mexico 2004 Board of Directors, North Carolina Health Information and Communications Alliance, Inc., 1997-2001 Advisory Board, Learning to Address Impairment and Fatigue to Enhance Patient Safety (LIFE) Curriculum 2004 Health Professions Partnership Initiative, Executive Committee 1997-2003 Council for Allied Health in North Carolina, 1996-2009, Chair, 2000-2005 Coastal AHEC Board of Directors, 1996-2007 American Public Health Association (Program Chair, Rural Health Committee, Medical Care Section, 1990 and 1991) Advisory Committee, UNC-CH Clinical Scholars Program 1998-2004 Page 3 of 7
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 12/10/09 Invitational Meeting on Predicting the Nation s Health Workforce Requirements, Washington, DC State and Local Policy Objectives for Estimating Requirements for the Health Workforce 10/27/09 Invitation Round Table on Teaching Health Centers, Washington, DC, Primary Care Residency Training in AHEC Settings The NC Experience 09/29/08 South Dakota AHEC Summit, Sioux Falls, SD, Area Health Education Centers Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Workforce Development in Health Care 09/15/08 National Association of Community Health Centers Conference, New Orleans, LA Creating a Health Center Teaching Center of Excellence 07/02/08 National AHEC Organization Conference, Denver, CO., The AHEC Role in Quality Improvement: Providing Support to the Primary Care Practices with Ann Lefebvre 07/01/08 National AHEC Organization Conference, Denver, CO., Educational Linkages between Academic Medical Centers and CHC s with Mark Loafman 06/23/08 Health Resources & Services Administration, All Grantees Conference, National Harbor, MD, Fostering Successful Academic Community Partnerships for Health Workforce Development 06/02/08 National Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Chapel Hill, NC, Current Programs to Address the Rural Health Workforce 03/14/08 National Association of Community Health Centers Conference, Washington, DC, A Toolkit for Educational Linkages Between Health Centers and Clinical Training Programs 08/27/07 National Association of Community Health Centers, 2007 Community Health Institute, Dallas, TX, AHEC Support for Training Medical Students in Community Health Centers: Creating Win-Win Experiences for Students, Health Center Staff and Medical Schools 04/24/07 National AHEC Organization, 2007 Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, Clinical & Translational Science Award: Opportunities for AHEC 03-07-06 NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on the Primary Care and Specialty Workforce, Cary, NC, Residency Education in North Carolina: Policy Options for the Future 02-27-06 National Rural Health Association Rural Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., Strategies for Appropriations and Reauthorization of Title VII Health Professions Programs: A Panel Discussion 11-03-05 Florida AHEC Program Annual Conference, Panama City, FL, Strategies for Increasing the Supply and Distribution of Health Professionals: The AHEC Role 08/02/04 National AHEC Organization Workshop, Baltimore, MD, The Nursing Shortage and AHEC: New Approaches to an Escalating Problem with Karen D. Stallings, Jean L. Hill, and Gail Mazzocco 07/23/04 NC Institute of Medicine Safety Net Task Force, The North Carolina AHEC Program: Page 4 of 7
A Vital Part of the Safety Net in North Carolina with Michael I. Cinoman 04/30/04 Alabama Rural Health Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, Health Professions Partnerships to Address Rural Health Needs 04/14/04 National Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL Comprehensive Support for Community-Based Education 11/15/03 NC Medical Society Annual Meeting, Pinehurst, NC, Many Faces, One Solution: Addressing Health Disparities in North Carolina 09/20/03 West Virginia Faculty Development Conference, West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships and West Virginia AHEC Program, Roanoke, WV, Traditions and Challenges in Community-Based Health Professions Education 04/23/02 National AHEC Workshop, Little Rock, AR "NC Council for Allied Health's Statewide Initiative in Health Workforce Planning" 05/01/00 North Carolina Telehealth Forum, Chapel Hill, NC N.C. AHEC Program: Expanding Educational Access Through Telehealth 02/17/00 National Conference on Rural Graduate Medical Education, San Antonio, Texas, National AHEC Program and Graduate Medical Education 08/17/99 Alberta Invitational Conference on Expanding Health Professions Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 09/14/98 North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc., Asheville, NC, Building A Successful North Carolina Telehealth Program 01/19/98 Health Professions Analysis for Primary Care: A Workshop for State PCOs and PCAs, Chapel Hill, NC Health Workforce Data: Policy Issues and Educational Planning 07/15/94 National AHEC Center Director Conference, Seattle, WA, AHEC/State Office of Rural Health Linkages" 07/13/93 National AHEC Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, "Developing a Community Health Consortium to Address Health Problems in a Rural County" 04/20/93 Appalachian Health Care Conference, Johnson City, Tennessee, "Encouraging Health Professionals to Practice in Appalachia: The AHEC Model" 06/10/92 North Carolina Primary Care Association, Asheville, North Carolina, "Expanded Primary Care Training Via AHEC/Community Partnerships" 10/02/90 American Public Health Association Meeting, New York, N.Y., "Health Care Professionals for Rural Areas: Creative Approaches to Complex Problems" (Panel Moderator/Reactor) 05/11/89 The Future of Public Health: A Statewide Forum on the Implications of the Institute of Medicine Report on Public Health (Panel Member) 11/18/88 Caring for Idaho: The Governor's Conference on Health Care, Pocatello, Idaho, "The Page 5 of 7
North Carolina AHEC Program: A University-Community Partnership to Impact Recruitment and Retention of Health Professionals in Rural Areas" 07/25/88 Virginia Board of Health, Primary Care Roundtable, Richmond, Virginia, "The North Carolina AHEC Program: A University-Community Partnership to Impact Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Areas" 06/09/87 National Area Health Education Centers Conference, Tucson, Arizona, "Staff Organization and Development in an AHEC Setting" 04/04/87 UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine Annual Conference for Community Preceptors, Asheville, North Carolina, "Community-Based Education for Health Professionals: A Response to Changing Needs" 11/19/85 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., "A Consortium Educational Effort for Mental Health Professionals in North Carolina" 06/06/84 American Rural Health Association Meeting, Orlando, Florida. "The Future Educational Needs of Rural Health Professionals" 04/25/84 North Carolina Health Council Annual Convocation, Raleigh, "Health Manpower in North Carolina: Future Needs to the Year 2000" 11/16/82 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, "The Demand for Graduates of Schools of Public Health: Report of a Survey." 08/11/82 National AHEC Conference, Denver, Colorado, "The Long-Term Impact of the AHEC Program on the Distribution of Physicians in North Carolina" 10/28/80 Southern Regional Education Board Conference on Health Manpower Policies for the South, Atlanta, Georgia, "Policies to Improve the Distribution of Health Manpower in the U.S." PUBLICATIONS Infrastructure for Large-Scale Quality-Improvement Projects: Early Lessons From North Carolina Improving Performance in Practice Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions with Newton WP, Lefebvre A, Donahue KE, Bacon TJ, and Dobson A., 30(2):106-113, 2010 Addressing Health Literacy Through Improved Patient-Practitioner Communication The North Carolina Medical Journal, with Mark Holmes, PhD, Allen Dobson, MD, FAAFP, E. Kiernan McGorty, JD, PhD, and Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH, Vol. 68, No. 5, September/October, 2007 Health Professions Education to Promote Health Literacy: Leverage Points and New Opportunities The North Carolina Medical Journal, with Karen D. Stallings, RN, MEd, Vol. 68, No. 5, September/October, 2007 The Area Health Education Center s Role in North Carolina s Health Workforce Development The North Carolina Medical Journal, with Samuel Cykert, MD, Vol. 68, No. 3, May/June, 2007 Page 6 of 7
AHEC Teaching Clinics in Service to the Uninsured, The North Carolina Medical Journal, Vol. 66, No. 2, March/April 2005 The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Role in Addressing Nursing Workforce Issues, The North Carolina Medical Journal, with Gail Mazzocco and Karen D. Stallings, Vol. 65, No. 2, March/April 2004 Workforce Demands of Mental Health Reform, The North Carolina Medical Journal, with Karen D. Stallings, Vol. 64, No. 5, September/October, 2003 AHEC and Family Medicine: Expanding Access to Primary Care, The National AHEC Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 1, Autumn 2003 Evaluating AHEC: Documenting the Impact of Our Programs, The National AHEC Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer 2003, Lead Editor The National AHEC Program and Primary Care Residency Training, The Journal of Rural Health, with Daniel Baden and Louis Coccodrilli, Vol. 16, No. 3, Summer 2000 "Community-Based Training for Third-Year Medical Students in Western North Carolina," The National AHEC Bulletin, Vol. XI, No. 2, Spring 1994 "AHECs and Private Foundations: Partnerships to Expand Community-Based Health Manpower Initiatives," The National AHEC Bulletin, Vol. X, No. 2, Spring 1993 Report of the Western North Carolina Task Force on Nursing Manpower, Mountain Area Health Education Center, with Hettie L. Garland, November 1989 "The Mountain Area Health Education Center: A Unique University/Community Partnership" North Carolina Medical Journal, 46 (9) September 1985, with F. Maxton Mauney, Jr. "The Health Professions: Policies and Issues" in Sagar C. Jain and John E. Paul, Editors, Policy Issues in Personal Health Services, Aspen Systems Corporation; Rockville, Maryland, 1983 Public Health Manpower in the U.S.: A Report of a Survey of Graduates of Schools of Public Health. Division of Associated Health Professions, Bureau of Health Professions, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with Thomas L. Hall and James G. Gogan, January 1982 "The Effect of Decentralized Clinical Education on the Career Choices of Medical Students," Health Professions Education Research, 1 (2), June 1979, with Connie Evashwick and Eugene S. Mayer "Baccalaureate Nursing Education for the RN: Why is it so scarce?" Journal of Nursing Education, 18 (6) June 1979, with Barbara Jo McGrath Family Planning Manpower: Problems and Priorities, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, February 1974, with T. L. Hall, D. G. Horvitz and M. O. Smallegan Page 7 of 7