MacKenzie will succeed Donald Steinwachs , PhD, who will step down from chairing the Department after 11 years. He will lead the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“Ellen MacKenzie is an esteemed member of the faculty and the right person to set a strategic agenda to move the Department forward,” said Alfred Sommer , MD, MHS, dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
MacKenzie intends to establish a new direction for the Department of Health Policy and Management as some of its behavioral science focus will shift to the new Department of Health, Behavior and Society .
“I am honored to be selected to chair the Department of Health Policy and Management. Don Steinwachs left a wonderful legacy for the Department and I can only hope to build on that legacy by furthering the excellent work of the faculty, students and staff,” said MacKenzie. “Over the next several months, I look forward to working with the Department to develop a blueprint to guide us into the future.”
MacKenzie is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health where she earned Master of Science and doctoral degrees in biostatistics. She joined the Hopkins faculty in 1980 and holds joint appointments in the School's Department of Biostatistics and with the departments of Emergency Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to her faculty appointments, MacKenzie served as senior associate dean at the School from 1996 to 2000 and as associate chair for Health Services Research from 1994 to 1996. Recently, MacKenzie completed a term as chair of the National Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control and is also president-elect of the American Trauma Society.