On April 13th, Michael O’Grady was notified by The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation that he and the Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) team had been honored with the 2011 Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine, M.D., Excellence in Clinical Research Award.
The Foundation study consisted of two parts. The first was a clinical trial that was carried out at 10 research sites around the country. The second was an economic study, which was awarded to NORC and for which Dr. O’Grady served as the Principle Investigator. The 2 ½ study was completed in 2010.
An article regarding the economic analysis was published in Diabetes Care: "The Cost-Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 1 Diabetes," Huang, O'Grady, Basu, Winn, Priya, Lee, and Meltzer. Diabetes Care, (online March 23, 2010). All the other authors are UC faculty and staff.
A second article on the clinical trial by numerous researchers around the country was published in the New England Journal of Medicine: "Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intensive Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes," The New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 359. September 8, 2008. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group.
Michael J. O’Grady, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow with the NORC at the University of Chicago where NORC, he concentrates on health policy research and analysis for public and private non-profit organizations. In addition, O’Grady serves on the Board of Scientific Counselors at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. He also serves as the Chair of the National Academies of Sciences / Institute of Medicine Panel Measuring Medical Care Risk In Conjunction With The New Supplemental Income Poverty Measure.
O’Grady is a veteran health policy expert with 24 years working experience in Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). From 2003 to 2005, he was the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at HHS During his tenure as the Assistant Secretary, he increased the quality and rigor of the Department’s research and analysis significantly, providing rapid and critical analyses of legislative and regulatory proposals.
Prior to his Senate confirmation as the Assistant Secretary, O’Grady served as the senior health economist on the majority staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Previously, he held senior staff positions at the Senate Finance Committee, the Bipartisan Commission for the Future of Medicare, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
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