Timothy J. Beebe, Ph.D.

Dr. Beebe is Chair of the Health Care Policy and Research Division and Director of the Survey Research Center in the Department of Health Sciences Research. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Dr. Beebe has a sustained record of conducting research in the area of survey methodology, including methodological experimentation to reduce survey error, the design, development, and evaluation of the administration of surveys in traditional modes (telephone, mail, face-to-face) as well as the integration of multiple modes and mixed methodologies, the design and testing of computer-interactive methods of data collection, and questionnaire development, testing, and validation.

Much of Dr. Beebe's work has been supported by extramural funds offered by NIH, AHRQ, RWJF, and HRSA. He has participated in, or organized, a number of different workshops or panels on survey methods-related topics for various entities such as the National Academy of Sciences and AcademyHealth and served on numerous NIH and CDC study sections as a survey expert.

Dr. Beebe also has been actively participating in scholarly activity in the areas of health care policy, racial and ethnic disparities to health care, and general clinical outcome assessment.