William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research

The Baxter International William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research recognizes an individual who has significantly increased the quality of or access to health service delivery worldwide through the development of insights and innovations that have (a) eliminated barriers to the education and prevention of noncommunicable diseases; (b) highlighted the importance of proper nutrition in underserved communities; (c) removed barriers to accessing clean water; and/or (d) produced innovative health solutions and technologies that increase access to quality care.

AUPHA has partnered with Baxter International since 2006 to award The William B. Graham Prize. The prize was established to honor the late William B. Graham, long-time CEO of Baxter International. The Prize is the highest distinction that researchers in the health services field can achieve, and succeeds the Baxter International Foundation Prize for Health Services Research awarded from 1986 until 2005.

The Prize includes an award of $26,000 to the recipient, $26,000 to a non-profit institution that supports the winner’s work, and $26,000 to an institution in the locale where the Prize will be awarded. It is awarded at the Association of University Programs in Health Administration Annual Meeting.

William B Graham Prize Winners

2021
Sherry Glied, PhD
New York University
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2020
William C. Hsiao, PhD
Professor of Economics Harvard School of Public Health

2019
Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.
University Hospitals
Press Release

2018
Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD
Vassar College

2017
David Blumenthal, MD
The Commonwealth Fund

2016
John K. Iglehart
Health Affairs

2015
Anthony J. Culyer, CBE, BA, Hon DEcon, Hon FRCP, FRSA, FMedSci
University of York

Alan Maynard, OBE, BPhil, Hon DSc, Hon LLD, Hon MFPHM, MMEDSci
University of York

2014
Stuart H. Altman, PhD
Brandeis University

2013
Dorothy P. Rice, ScD
University of California, San Francisco

2012
Mark V. Pauly, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

2011
Edward H. Wagner, MD
Group Health Research Institute

2010
Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD
Princeton University

2009
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2008
Sir Michael G. Marmot, MBBS, MPH, PhD
University College London

2007
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

2006
Linda H. Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN
University of Pennsylvania

Baxter Prize Winners

2005
David L. Sackett, OC, MD, FRSC, FRCP
Trout Research Institute

2004
Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University

2003
Robert J. Blendon, ScD
Harvard University

2002
John M. Eisenberg, MD, MBA

2001
Robert G. Evans, PhD
University of British Columbia

2000
Karen Davis, PhD
The Commonwealth Fund

1999
Ronald Andersen, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Odin Anderson, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison

1998
Harold S. Luft, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

1997
David Mechanic, PhD
Rutgers University

1996
Kerr L. White, MD
University of Virginia

1995
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

1994
Alain C. Enthoven, PhD
Stanford University​

Stuart Altman, PhD
Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy
Brandeis University

David Blumenthal, MD
The Commonwealth Fund

Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD
Vassar College

Thomas D'Aunno
Columbia University

Richard Hirth, PhD
University of Michigan

Keith J. Mueller, PhD
University of Iowa

Mark Pauly, PhD
Bendheim Professor, The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania

Peter Pronovost, PhD, MD
University Hospitals - Cleveland

Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
University of Pittsburgh

Julie Sakowski, PhD, Chair-Elect
Seton Hall University

Joris van de Klundert
Erasmus University Rotterdam

Thomas Wickizer, PhD
The Ohio State University