BARTON ROBERT BURKHALTER

Center for Human Services, University Research Co.

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Tel: 301-***-****, Email: abo9x9@r.postjobfree.com

Feb, 2008

EDUCATION

Ph.D. The University of Michigan (Operations Research), 1964.

M.S.E. The University of Michigan (Industrial Engineering), 1962.

B.S.E. The University of Michigan (Eng. Mathematics, Eng. Mechanics), 1961.

MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL POSITIONS

University Research Co, Bethesda, MD (2000-present)

Senior research Advisor; Director of Research and Evaluation, Health Care Improvement Project;

Operations Research and Associate Director, Quality Assurance Project. Responsible for operations research

under QAP2, QAP3 and HCI, including planning, oversight, analysis and documentation of over 70 studi es in

developing countries on many public health issues, including child and maternal health, various infectious diseases

and chronic health problems (e.g., diarrhea, respiratory infection, malnutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB) and

approaches for improving the quality of care in health systems and facilities. Direct staff of analysts and sub-

contractors. Some recent work has included:

- Evidence-base for OVC programming in HIV low-prevalence and concentrated epidemic countries;

- Reasons for success of Nicaragua s Mother -Baby Friendly Initiative, a focused accreditation program;

- Evaluation of infant feeding counseling program in PMTCT settings in Tanzania;

- Cost-effectiveness of computer -based training for IMCI providers;

- Analysis of validity of self-reported performance by health improvement collaboratives;

- Computer model of workforce required for Rwanda HIV/AIDS care;

- Maternal mortality and morbidity studies in Benin, Ecuador, Jamaica, Rwanda and Bangladesh .

Academy for Educational Development. Washington, D.C. (1991- 2000)

Senior Program Officer. International assignments in health and nutrition, including:

- MCH evaluation guidelines for Healthcom project; and for World Bank/LAC Div.

- Research on neonatal mortality for World Bank;

- Co-developed PROFILES, a nutrition advocacy and policy development program;

- Developed REDUCE, a computer -based advocacy and policy program for maternal health.

Technical Officer, BASICS Project.

- Headed the BASICS PVO Support Program, including managing small grants to PVOs, organizing

technical assistance and workshops for PVOs on IMCI, nutrition, and evaluation, plus studies of the

hearth nutrition model, sustainability of breastfeeding support programs, immunizer peer training in

Indonesia, and others;

- Chaired the BASICS Nutrition Working Group;

- Coordinated state-of-the-art review of mother support groups;

- Evaluation of INCAP s diarrhea/cholera distance education program.

International Science and Technology Institute, Inc, Washington, D.C. (1988-1991)

Project Director, Center for International Health Information. Helped develop and manage the USAID

health information system, and the annual Child Survival Reports to Congress.

Project Director, Senior Associate. Start-up management for USAID-supported food and nutrition

monitoring project; proposal development.

Wellstart, Inc, San Diego, CA. Associate Director (1986-88)

- Responsible for the administrative and financial activities of this referral clinic and USAID-supported

lactation management training program;

- Responsible for evaluation activities during the lactation training programs and the evaluation of the

USAID-supported breastfeeding promotion program in Honduras.

Indian Health Service, Tucson, AZ. Contractor (1978-83)

- Helped develop and test quality assessment methods;

- Research on the effectiveness of Papago tribal health and welfare programs;

- Advisor to Hopi Tribe on takeover of government mental health and social support programs by the Tribe.

Community Systems Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI (1963-88)

President/Executive Director. (1963-72) Provided management services and productivity and cost studies

to hospitals in the U.S., Australia and Columbia, and later refocused on nutrition and MCH programs in

developing countries. Managed a staff of approximately 100 per sons located in eight offices in the U.S. and

two overseas providing services to over 400 hospitals and state hospital associations. Also worked with

local governments, schools and libraries.

Associate and Senior Scientist. (1975-88) Undertook numerous overseas assignments in international

public health and nutrition with funding from USAID and WHO, including:

- On-site Project Director for 3-year technical assistance contract in national nutrition planning in Chile;

- Mid-project evaluation team for Bolivia iodine program under WHO/UNICEF Joint Nutrition Support

Program;

- Various evaluations of and program design studies for USAID PL-480 food programs;

- Various studies related to child survival for USAID, including developing health sector assessment

methodology for the ANE Bureau, preschool feeding in Costa Rica, proposal for health worker training in

PNG, strategic planning for Sudan.

Editor and Publisher, Nutrition Planning. (1976-80) Founded and managed this international journal of

technical abstracts on food and nutrition planning, programs and policy funded by USAID, UNU, UNICEF

and others. Published by Community Systems Foundation.

Also participated in many nutrition and public health consultancies worldwide, and held various positions with

organizations involved in hospital management consulting, and in international manufacturing in the 1970s and 80s .

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (1979-85 active status; 1986-present inactive status)

Lecturer; Research Professor in Family and Community Medicine . Research on underserved

populations, quality assurance, primary health care in American Indian communities, substance abuse, rural

health care delivery, HMO cost proposal; co-principal investigator of NSF sponsored research on ethical

issues in conduct of science in American Indian communities; principal investigator of Ford Foundation

study on breast-feeding practices in southwest American Indians.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1963-77)

Professor (Adjunct) in Ph.D. Program in Urban and Regional Planning. Core faculty; served on

executive committee, head of analytics area, and on admissions committee; taught courses in research

methods, world food systems, exponential growth, nutrition interventions, engineering economy;

supervised numerous dissertations.

Lecturer; Instructor. Courses in quantitative methods in various departments: natural resources, political

science, education, librar y science, industrial engineering and business administration; research on

children's allowance as Research Associate in Institute of Public Policy Studies; systems research as a

graduate research assistant.

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OTHER

International Field Experience. Field assignments in hospital management, public health and

nutrition include: Australia (1971,74,86), Bangladesh (1992,93,2006), Bolivia (1987), Chile (1974-78,

resident), Colombia (1969..77), Costa Rica (1987), Dominican Republic (1989,90), Ecuador (1993, 2000 -

1), El Salvador (1987), Egypt (1986,88), Guatemala (1987..98), Haiti (1996,97), Honduras (1987),

Indonesia (1996), Jamaica (2001..04), Malawi (1991), Mexico (1986), Nicaragua (2004,06), Papua New

Guinea (1971,85), Peru (1999), Russia (1999), Senegal (1998, 2001), Solomon Is.(1985), Sudan (1988),

Tanzania (2007), Thailand (1974,76), Uganda (1993,2000). Field experience with Indian Health Service

and U.S. Indian Tribes also relevant.

AFFLIATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Listed in: American Men and Women of Science, Editions 11-18, New York: The Jacques Cattell Press, R

R Bowker Co.; Who s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Editions 1-2, Who s Who in America, 2001-6,

Editions 55-60, New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who s Who.

Community Systems Foundation, Board of Trustees 1963-88, 2003-08.

Washtenaw County Planned Parenthood, Board of Directors, 1970-76; President, 1973.

Summer Science Camp, Board of Trustees Chair, 1966-80.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, member.

American Public Health Association, member.

Hospital Management Systems Society of AHA, member (1965-75); Chair (1972)

LANGUAGES

English, Spanish

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS (Complete listing available.)

Edson W, Burkhalter B, McCaw-Binns A. Timeliness of care for eclampsia and pre -eclampsia in Benin, Ecuador and

Jamaica. Intl J Gynecology and Obstericst 97: 209-214, 2007.

Goodrich B and Burkhalter B. Safe motherhood: Time and quality count. Global HealthLink: The news magazine of the

Global Health Council 140, Aug-Sep 2006. Washington DC, Global Health Council.

P Koniz-Booher, B Burkhalter, A de Wagt, P Illif, J Willumsen. HIV and Infant Feeding: A Compilation of

Programmatic Evidence. Published for UNICEF and USAID by Q AP, URC, Bethesda, MD. 2004.

Harvey SA, Ayabaca P, Bucagu M, Djibrina S, Edson WN, Gbangbade S, McCaw -Binns A, Burkhalter BR. Skilled

birth attendant competence: an initial assessment in four countries, and implications for t he Safe Motherhood

movement. International J of Gynecology and Obstetrics 87: 203-210, 2004.

R Flores, J Robles and BR Burkhalter. Distance education with tutoring improves diarrhea case management in

Guatemala. Intl. J. Quality in Health Care 14-S1:47-56. 2002.

H Abdallah, O Chernobrovkina, A Korotkkova, R Massoud, B Burkhalter. 2002. Improving the Quality of Care for

Women with Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension Reduces Costs in Tver, Russia. Operations Research Results 2(4),

Bethesda, MD: Published for USAID by the Quality Assurance Project, Center for Human Services.

N Kak, BR Burkhalter, MA Cooper. Measuring the competence of healthcare providers. 2001. Operations Research

Issue Paper 2(1). Bethesda, MD: Published for USAID by the Quality Assurance Project, Center for Human Services.

SR Robinson, BR Burkhalter, B Rasmussen, R Sugiono. Low-cost on-the-job peer training of nurses improved

immunization coverage in Indonesia. WHO Bulletin 79(2):150-158. 2001.

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BR Burkhalter. Assumptions and estimates for the application of the REDUCE safe motherhood model in Uganda.

Center for Human Services, Bethesda, MD. Aug 24, 2000.

BR Burkhalter, E Abel, VM Aguayo, SM Diene, MB Parlato, JS Ross. Nutrition advocacy and nati onal development:

the PROFILES programme and its application. WHO Bulletin 77(5):407-415. 1999.

GG Berggren, WL Berggren, E Bottex, BR Burkhalter, RS Northrup. Evaluation of the hearth program in Haiti:

Mothers help scale up a nutrition program. In: T.J. Marchione (ed). Scaling up, scaling down: Overcoming malnutrition

in developing countries (Chapter 7). Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Publishers. 1999.

BR Burkhalter and N Bashir, eds. Innovative approaches to child survival: Summaries of evaluation studies by La

Leche League, Project HOPE, Project Concern, and World Relief . Published by the BASICS Project, Arlington, Va.,

for the U.S. Agency for International Development. 1998.

J Aubel and BR Burkhalter. NGO promising practices: Building collaborative NGO networks to share lessons learned

about community health. Published for USAID by the BASICS Project, Arlington, Va. 1998.

O Wollinka, E Keeley, BR Burkhalter, N Bashir. Hearth nutrition model: Applications in Haiti, Vietnam, and

Bangladesh. Published by the BASICS Project, Arlington, Va., for World Relief Corporation and USAID. 1997.

BR Burkhalter. Book review: P Pinstrup-Andersen, D Pelletier, Halderman, eds., Child growth and nutrition in

developing countries: Priorities for Action. Hunger Notes, Summer 1996, p. 30.

BR Burkhalter, RI Miller, E Burleigh, L Silva. Variations in estimates of Guatemalan infant mortality, vaccination

coverage, and ORS use reported by different sources. PAHO Bull, 29(1): 1-24. March, 1995.

BR Burkhalter. Testimony and prepared statement of Barton R. Burkhalter. Hearings before the Sub -Committee on

Foreign Agriculture and Hunger of the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, 103rd Congress,

Second Session. Review of sustainable development activities in U.S. foreign assistance programs, March 1 and 2,

1994, Serial No. 103-57. pp 58-60, 130-136.

FM Mardones and BR Burkhalter. Some Operational Guidelines and Issues for the Evaluation of Investments in

Primary Health Care in the LAC Region. A View from LATHR No. 29, Human Resources Div, Technical Dept, Latin

America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank. June, 1992.

PA Nutting, BR Burkhalter, JP Carney, KM Gallagher. Methods of Quality Assessment for Primary Health Care: A

Clinician's Guide. Sydney: CSF/Australasia, 1987. Also published as: Metodos de Evaluacion de la Calidad en

Atencion Primaria: Guia para Clinicos. Barcelona: S.G. Editores S.A., 1991.

BR Burkhalter and PS Marin. A demonstration of increased exclusive breastfeeding in Chile. Intl J Gynecol Obstet,

34(4):353-359, 1991.

OM Galal, FM Shaheen, GG Harrison, D Shehab, CK Ritenbaugh, BR Burkhalter. Feeding the child with diarrhea: a

strategy for testing a health education message within the primary health car e system in Eygpt. Socio-Econ Planning

Science, 21(2):139-147, 1987.

BR Burkhalter, JT Dunn, A Pezo. Assessment of the Bolivian National Program against Goiter and Other Iodine

Deficiency Disorders (Pronalcobo). External evaluation report to Joint WHO/UN ICEF Nutrition Support Programme,

Geneva. Community Systems Foundation, Ann Arbor. May, 1987.

BR Burkhalter, CK Ritenbaugh, GG Harrison. Trends in infant feeding among southwest American Indians: 1900 -1980

(abstract). Nutrition Planning, 4(4):61, 1981.

PA Nutting, GI Shorr, BR Burkhalter. Assessing the performance of medical care systems: a method and its

application. Medical Care, 19(3):281, 1981.

BR Burkhalter. Investigations of Rapidly Changing Papago Tribal Health Programs . Sells, Arizona: The Papago Tribe

(Publisher). 1979.

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