Background
Blendon, Robert Jay was born on December 19, 1942. Son of Edward and Theresa Blendon.
Blendon, Robert Jay was born on December 19, 1942. Son of Edward and Theresa Blendon.
Bachelor, Marietta College, Ohio, 1964. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1966. Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1967.
Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1969.
Fellow Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1965—1966. Instructor department medical care and hospitals Johns Hopkins University School Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 1969—1970, assistant to associate dean for health care programs School Medicine, 1969—1970, assistant professor department medical care and hospitals, 1970—1971. Assistant director planning and development Office of Health Care Programs, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1970—1971.
Special assistant for health affairs to deputy undersecretary for policy coordination Department of Health, Washington, 1971—1972, special assistant for policy development to assistant secretary to health and science affairs, 1971—1972. Senior vice president Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1987. Professor health policy and political analysis, Kennedy School of Government Harvard University School Public Health, Boston, since 1987, deputy director health policy, senior associate dean, policy translation & leadership development, since 2010.
Visiting lecturer Princeton University, 1972—1987. Senior policy analyst committee on health services industry Cost of Living Council, Washington, 1971.
Member of Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, Council Foreign Relations.
Married Marie C. McCormick, December 31, 1977.