Ran Balicer

Ran D. Balicer, a public health physician, manager and researcher, serves as Director of Health Policy Planning for Clalit – Israel’s largest health care organization, and is Founding Director of the Clalit Research Institute – the WHO Collaborating Centre on Noncommunicable Disease Research, Prevention and Control. He is responsible for strategic planning and development of innovative organization-wide interventions for improving health care quality, reducing disparities and increasing effectiveness and care integration, including the introduction of novel data-driven tools into practice.

Professor Balicer received his medical degree from Tel Aviv University, his PhD in Health care Management and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He currently serves as Professor and Track Director in the MPH program at BenGurion University.