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Arlington, VA 22206

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Charlotte Lozier Institute

Phone: 202-223-8073
Fax: 571-312-0544

2776 S. Arlington Mill Dr.
#803
Arlington, VA 22206

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James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA

Vice President and Director of Data Analytics

Dr. James Studnicki’s 50-year academic career has encompassed appointments at the nation’s premier institutions for public health and health services research. He was most recently the Irwin Belk Endowed Chair in Health Services Research – granted in recognition of outstanding faculty – and Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, College of Health and Human Services. He spent 13 years as a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the top public health school in the country, where he was the first Director of the Master of Health Science (M.H.S.) Program in Health Finance and Management. Subsequently, he was Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Management, and Director, Center for Health Outcomes Research, at the University of South Florida Health Sciences Center. He has also been a senior hospital executive and president of a technology company which was started in a university incubator.

Dr. Studnicki’s research has focused on the use of large-scale databases, and associated information technology, in analyzing outcomes at the patient, hospital and community levels. He has contributed over 100 peer-reviewed articles to the health services research and public health systems and services research literatures. His publications have appeared in some of the most influential journals in public health, medical care and information technology/sciences, including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health.

He is a winner of the Article of the Year award given by the Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) interest group of Academy Health, a leading professional association for health services researchers. He also received the Dean’s Faculty Innovation Award at UNC Charlotte for his groundbreaking work building a data warehouse to enable county health departments to better assess the needs of their communities.

Dr. Studnicki holds both Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) and Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degrees from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from the George Washington University.

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Abortion

Doctors Who Perform Abortions: Their Characteristics and Patterns of Holding and Using Hospital Privileges

Controversy exists regarding whether doctors who perform abortions should be required to hold hospital admitting privileges, but no research exists as to the extent to which they actually hold and use such privileges.

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Abortion

Late-Term Abortion and Medical Necessity: A Failure of Science

Roe V. Wade (1973) placed the concept of medical necessity at the center of the public discourse on abortion. Nearly a half century later, 2 laws dealing with late-term abortion, 1 passed in New York and 1 set aside in Virginia, are an indication that the medical necessity argument regarding abortion has been rendered irrelevant.

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Maternal & Public Health

Recent Increases in the U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate: Disentangling Trends From Measurement Issues

We have analyzed the exact source data identified by the authors in the study by MacDorman et al. Our analysis has led us to contest some of the stated findings and the resultant interpretation. 

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Abortion

Planned Parenthood: Supply Induced Demand for Abortion in the US

The rate and number of induced abortions in the US has declined steadily for nearly three decades. In contrast to this overall reduction, Planned Parenthood Federation of America abortion providers exhibit a persistent increase in both abortions and their market share percentage of total abortion procedures.

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Abortion

Planned Parenthood: “Irreplaceable” and “Lifesaving”? – Infographic

Life & the Law

Planned Parenthood: “Irreplaceable” and “Lifesaving”?

In its most recent annual report, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America makes two fundamental claims, both of which are directly relevant to the question involving continued government funding for its services, approximately $555 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.

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Maternal & Public Health

Improving Maternal Mortality: Comprehensive Reporting for All Pregnancy Outcomes

To demonstrate the impact of inadequate standardization and population coverage on the ability to measure and improve maternal mortality in the United States.