Joel Cantor, Sc.D.

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy | Director, Center for State Health Policy

Contact

Office: Center for State Health Policy, 112 Paterson St, 5th floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: jcantor [at] ifh.rutgers.edu
Phone: (848) 932-4653

Education

B.A., University of Wisconsin; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins University

Joel Cantor, Sc.D.

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy | Director, Center for State Health Policy

Joel C. Cantor is a Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and the founding Director of the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Established 1999, the Center is a leader in health policy research and development nationally, with a special focus on informing policy in New Jersey. Dr. Cantor is published widely in the health services and policy literature on innovations in health service delivery and the regulation of private health insurance markets. He serves frequently as an advisor on health policy matters to New Jersey state government, and was the 2006 recipient of the Rutgers University President’s Award for Research in Service to New Jersey. Dr. Cantor also serves as a member of the executive committee of the Rutgers Institute for Health and co-leads the Community Health and Health Systems emerging signature area for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Prior to joining Rutgers in 1999, Dr. Cantor served as director of research at the United Hospital Fund of New York and director of evaluation research at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He received his doctorate in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health in 1988, and was elected a Fellow of AcademyHealth in 1996.

Research Interests
  • Health care financing and delivery
  • Health care policy
  • Access to health services by low-income populations
Graduate Courses
  • Health Care Policy

Publications

Practice Areas

Health Policy | Public Policy