Ronnie D. Horner, PhD
Chair, UNMC Department of Health Services Research and Administration
Professor
Ronnie D. Horner, PhD, is chair of the UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research & Administration, where he also is a professor.
Education
- 1984: PhD, Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1981: MS, Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1978: MA, Sociology, University of Toledo, Toledo OH
- 1976, BS, Social relations, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Research interests
mHealth technology support in shared decision-making, provider resiliency, and precision clinical management of disease, particularly neurological disease. These interests are components of precision health care delivery that focuses on incorporating patient preferences and desires regarding received health care for the purpose of maximizing health outcomes.
Selected publications
- Horner RD. Patient-centered Medical Home: Maybe It Is Not So Patient Centered. Med Care. 2016 Jan;54(1):1-2. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000461. PMID: 26783856.
- Horner RD. A Perspective on Health Services Research: Comparative Effectiveness Research. Med Care. 2017 Feb;55(2):89-90. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000604. PMID: 27479598.
- Qureshi ZP, Haider MR, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Wooten NR, Nikitin RV, Ball S, Barth K, Elk R, Horner R, Bennett C. Opioid Prescription Drug Use and Expenditures in US Outpatient Physician Offices: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative Surveys. Cancer Ther Oncol Int J. 2017;3(3):555611. doi: 10.19080/CTOIJ.2017.03.555611. Epub 2017 Feb 22. PMID: 28845476; PMCID: PMC5568124.
- Alhasson F, Das S, Seth R, Dattaroy D, Chandrashekaran V, Ryan CN, Chan LS,Testerman T, Burch J, Hofseth LJ, Horner R, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Lasley SM, Chatterjee S. Altered gut microbiome in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness causes neuroinflammation and intestinal injury via leaky gut and TLR4 activation. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 22;12(3):e0172914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172914. PMID: 28328972; PMCID: PMC5362211.
- Haider MR, Qureshi ZP, Horner R, Friedman DB, Bennett C. What Have Patients Been Hearing From Providers Since the 2012 USPSTF Recommendation Against Routine Prostate Cancer Screening? Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Dec;15(6):e977-e985. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 May 10. PMID: 28625690.