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McKeown has high hopes for success of alliance
September 14, 2009
Robert E. McKeown
Dr. Robert E. McKeown has been named as interim director of the Institute for Advancement of Healthcare (IAHC), a newly-created organization to guide and develop USC’s partnership with the Greenville Hospital System (GHS).
McKeown is chair of the Arnold School’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and also directs the University’s Health Sciences Research Core.
In accepting the job, McKeown said, “One often hears that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. It is my hope that over the next few years we will see a vivid demonstration of that in the innovative and influential projects that will emerge from the IAHC and the broader alliance between USC and GHS.”
McKeown will manage the institute over the next year as it becomes fully operational. Its mission is to coordinate and support inter-Institutional initiatives between the various colleges and schools within the USC Health Sciences Division and GHS.
Dr. Andrew Sorensen, president of the IAHC, said McKeown was an excellent choice for the post. “He is unusually well qualified for this position, not only due to his stature as a respected epidemiologist, but also by virtue of his desire to promote the health of our communities through programs in disease prevention and improving the quality of health care.”
McKeown holds doctorates in theology from Duke University and epidemiology from USC. As an epidemiologist, he specializes in studies of mental health outcomes in children and youth.
His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Duke Endowment and several other agencies.
