Harold Alan Pincus, M.D., has had an extensive career in psychiatry, healthcare management, policy, and research. As a university professor, his work has focused on the intersection of mental health, aging, and health and science policy, while also guiding students, residents, and fellows in behavioral health and translational research. He has mentored hundreds of young investigators and faculty, contributing to the development of leaders in his field. His research interests include evidence-based medicine, quality measurement, the integration of behavioral health and primary care, and mental health policy, with over 500 publications and significant external funding for health services and policy research.
Dr. Pincus is a Professor of Psychiatry and Healthcare Management and Policy at Columbia University, Co-Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and National Director of the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. He also serves as a Senior Scientist at the RAND Corporation, and adjunct professor at Weill-Cornell, UCLA, and USUHS. His previous roles include Director of the RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He has directed several influential national programs, including those funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the John A. Hartford
Foundation. He was also the Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association and founding director of its Office of Research.
Dr. Pincus has served on numerous editorial boards and committees, including for the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization (WHO). He has led several major health policy and services research projects, including evaluations of veterans’ mental health services and post-Katrina primary care/behavioral health integration. His leadership in national and international committees has contributed to shaping mental health and quality care policies worldwide. Dr. Pincus has received numerous awards. You can learn more about Pincus’ career here.
MEASURING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE
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Pincus HA, Page AE, Druss B, Appelbaum PS, Gottlieb G, England MJ. (2007). Can psychiatry cross the quality chasm? Improving the quality of health care for mental and substance use conditions. Am J Psychiatry.164(5):712-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.712
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Pincus HA, Scholle SH, Spaeth-Rublee B, Hepner KA, Brown J. (2016). Quality Measures for Mental Health And Substance Use: Gaps, Opportunities, And Challenges. Health Aff. ;35(6):1000-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0027
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Goldman ML, Spaeth-Rublee B, Pincus HA. (2015). Quality Indicators for Physical and Behavioral Health Care Integration. Journal of the American Medical Association. 314(8):769-70. PMCID: PMC5856657
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Kilbourne AM, Beck K, Spaeth-Rublee B, Ramanuj P, O’Brien RW, Tomoyasu N, Pincus HA. (2018). Measuring and improving the quality of mental health care: a global perspective. World Psychiatry. 17(1):30-38 PMCID: PMC5775149
IMPROVING DECISION-MAKING IN HEALTH AND SCIENCE POLICY
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Pincus HA, Abedin Z, Blank AE, Mazmanian PE. (2013). Evaluation and the NIH clinical and translational science awards: a “top ten” list. Eval Health Prof.36(4):411-31. PubMed PMID: 24214661.doi:10.1177/0163278713507061
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Knickman J, Krishnan R, Pincus H. (2016). Improving Access to Effective Care for People With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. JAMA.316(16):1647-1648 doi:10.1001/jama.2016.13639
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Pincus HA, Rolin SW. (2017). Evidence-Based Science Policy for Mental Health in a “Post Truth Era”. Lancet Psychiatry. 4(4):270-272 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30050-0
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Humensky JL, Abedin Z, Muhammad K, McClave M, Torres T, DiMaria ES, Reilly MP, Pincus HA. (2019). Promoting Interdisciplinary Research to Respond to Public Health Crises: The Response of Columbia University CTSA to the Opioid Crisis. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 4(1):22-27. doi: 10.1017/cts.2019.426. PMCID: PMC7103466
DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING MODELS OF CARE AT THE INTERFACE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND GENERAL HEALTHCARE
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Pincus HA. (1980). Linking general health and mental health systems of care: conceptual models of implementation. Am J Psychiatry. 137(3):315-20. doi: 10.1176/ajp.137.3.315
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Bao Y, Casalino LP, Pincus HA. (2013). Behavioral health and health care reform models: patient-centered medical home, health home, and accountable care organization. J Behav Health Serv Res. 40(1):121-32. PMCID: PMC3568195
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Pincus HA, Li M, Scharf DM, Spaeth-Rublee B, Goldman ML, Ramanuj PR, Ferenchick EK. (2017). Prioritizing quality measure concepts at the interface of behavioral and physical healthcare. Int J Qual Health Care. 1–7.
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Goldman ML, Smali E, Richkin T, Pincus HA, Chung H. (2020). A Novel continuum-based framework for translating behavioral health integration to primary care settings. Transl Behav Med. 10(3):580-589. doi: 10.1093
MENTORING, RESEARCH TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
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Pincus HA, Haviland MG, Dial TH, Hendryx MS. (1995). The relationship of postdoctoral research training to current research activities of faculty in academic departments of psychiatry. Am J Psychiatry. 152(4):596-601. doi: 10.1176/ajp.152.4.596
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Pincus HA, Pike KM, Spaeth-Rublee B, Elinson L. (2017). Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program: Shaping a Healthy Future for Older Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc.65(9):2088-2093
doi: 10.1111/jgs.15036
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Abedin Z, Biskup E, Silet K, Garbutt JM, Kroenke K, Feldman MD, McGee R Jr, Fleming M, Pincus HA.(2012). Deriving competencies for mentors of clinical and translational scholars. Clin Transl Sci. 5(3):273-80. PMCID: PMC3476465
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Tillman RE, Jang S, Abedin Z, Richards BF, Spaeth-Rublee B, Pincus HA. (2013). Policies, activities, and structures supporting research mentoring: a national survey of academic health centers with clinical and translational science awards. Acad Med. 88(1):90-6. PubMed PMID: 23165278
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