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David Nerenz, Ph.D.
Director
Investigator
Contact Information:
Email: dnerenz1@hfhs.org
Phone: (313) 874-5454
Fax: (313) 874-7137
Interests:
Most of Dr. Nerenz's current
work is focused on the issue of racial and ethnic disparities in
quality of care, and on the ways in which health care
organizations can reduce or eliminate disparities. He is Project
Director for an effort to address disparities in HEDIS quality
of care measures among auto company employees, and has led
several multi-site demonstration projects on health plans'
ability to obtain data on race/ethnicity of members and use this
information to identify and then reduce or eliminate disparities
in quality of care. He is also Director of Outcomes Research for
the Neuroscience Institute at Henry Ford. In this role, he is
responsible for fostering clinical research in several specific
clinical areas (e.g., spine surgery), and supporting
translational research of novel approaches to treatment
developed by HFHS bench researchers. He is also the site
Principal Investigator for a national NCI-funded study of
patterns and outcomes of care for patients with lung or
colorectal cancer.
Recent Publications:
Hasnain-Wynia R, Baker DW,
Nerenz DR,
Feinglass J, Beal AC, Landrum MB, Behal R, Weissman JS.
Disparities in Health Care Are Drive by Who You Are or Where You
Go? An Examination of the Hospital Quality Alliance Measures.
Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167:1233-1239. (Accompanying
editorial – Archives of Internal Medicine 2007 Jun
25;167(12):1226-8.)
Biography:
Dr. Nerenz received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the
University of Wisconsin in 1979. He served as Director of the
VA's Great Lakes Regional HSR&D Field Program in Ann Arbor from
1984-1986 and was Director of Henry Ford Health System's Center
for Health System Studies from 1987-1999. From 1999 to 2003, he
was at Michigan State University, as Professor in the College of
Human Medicine and as Director of the Institute for Health Care
Studies from 2001 to 2003.
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