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• B.A. in Economics, Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College
• Ph.D. in Social Welfare at Brandeis University

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Making a Medicare Part D decision 'There is so much noise about the prescription drug program, but people are not getting clear, simple information,' says Medicare expert (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6298.html) Feb. 1, 2006 -- Medicare Part D decisions can be confusing During the next six months, Medicare recipients will need to enroll in one of the new prescription drug coverage plans. But with the deluge of information about Medicare Part D, some reliable and some not, "seniors find themselves in an environment of fear and confusion," says Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., a Medicare expert and dean of the School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. "There is so much noise about the prescription drug program, but people are not getting clear, simple information. Many seniors aren't even entertaining making the proper plan choice."

New child welfare and mental health expert at WUSTL John Landsverk named senior scholar at the School of Social Work (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6340.html) Jan. 5, 2006 -- John Landsverk, Ph.D., has been named senior scholar at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean of the School of Social Work and the William E. Gordon Professor, recently announced Landsverk's appointment, effective Jan. 1.

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Washington U. studies creation of public health school St. Louis Business Journal and 3 others Dec. 28, 2007 -- WUSTL is exploring the possibility of increasing its involvement in the health of the region by establishing its own school of public health. As part of a strategic planning process currently under way at the university, WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro and social work dean Edward Lawlor are investigating how the university can expand its focus on public health, according to Rob Wild, assistant to the chancellor.

Medicare changes confuse retirees, suggests social work dean Edward Lawlor St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec. 10, 2004 -- A year after the most sweeping changes in Medicare history became law, many retirees remain confused, and health plans say critical details about benefits and cost have yet to be decided. "The plans are not standardized, which forces people to sort through a maze of benefits and cost structures, said Edward Lawlor, a Medicare expert and dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. "There is still quite a bit of chaos on both the beneficiaries' side - the people who are going to be receiving Medicare benefits - and on the providers' side," Lawlor said. "There are just going to be rounds and rounds of changes, and that by itself is going to create a lot of confusion."

Edward Lawlor

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At the request of the American International Health Alliance in Romania, Lawlor led a team of researchers from the University of Chicago to analyze and improve that country's health-care system in the late '90s. Recently, he served as vice chair of the Social Service Transition Committee for Rod Blagojevich as he prepared to become governor of Illinois.

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