UW News

August 20, 2009

Conrad honored for work in health care management education

Douglas A. Conrad, UW professor of health services, has been awarded the 2009 Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education. Named after Gary Filerman, the first president of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), the prize recognizes individuals from AUPHA member programs who have made outstanding contributions to the field of health administration education, exhibited leadership in the field, and enriched their institutions, their students, and health administration education through their work.

Conrad has been a member of the Health Services faculty in the School of Public Health since 1977. His fields of specialization are health economics, industrial organization economics, risk and insurance and corporate finance. He is also professor of dental public health sciences and an adjunct professor in finance and business economics.

He has master’s degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Chicago, as well as a doctorate in business, economics and finance, also from the University of Chicago.