Beaufort B. Longest Jr.

Beaufort B. Longest, Jr.is the M. Allen Pond Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Department of Health Policy & Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. He is also the founding director of Pitt’s Health Policy Institute. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds memberships in the Academy of Management, AcademyHealth, American Public Health Association, and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He has the unusual distinction of having been elected to membership in the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society in Business as well as in the Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health. His research on issues of health policy and management has generated substantial grant support and has led to the publication of numerous peer-reviewed articles as well as ten books, some in multiple editions, and thirty chapters in other books. He has served on corporate and advisory boards and on editorial boards in his discipline. He consults with health care organizations and systems, universities, associations and government agencies on health policy and management issues.