Richard Kronick

Richard Gray Kronick is an American health policy researcher and professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he is also an adjunct professor of political science.

Biography

Kronick received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in political science in 1990. He first joined the UCSD faculty in 1991, and worked as a policy advisor to the Clinton administration in the early 1990s. He joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2010 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

Honors and awards

Kronick was named one of Modern Healthcares 100 Most Influential People in 2014; that same year, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.