Christopher J. Louis

Christopher J. Louis, PhD, is clinical assistant professor in the Department of Health
Law, Policy, and Management at Boston University School of Public Health. His primary
research interests reside in health care organization and delivery, Medicaid innovation
programs, hospitals, program evaluation, and cancer care. He has published recently on
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programs, delays in breast cancer
diagnosis, and cancer patient navigation. He is currently a principal investigator on two
state-based innovation program evaluations: (1) phase 2 of the Massachusetts Community
Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, and Transformation (CHART) Investment Program;
and (2) the New York DSRIP program. Louis has nearly a decade of health care industry
experience in strategy, operations, and project management. Louis’s experience includes
serving as a consultant for multiple health care strategy firms where he developed health
system strategic plans, designed and implemented multiple DSRIP programs in New York
and New Jersey, and co-chaired various clinical and nonclinical committees. He has also
served various strategic planning, operations, and project management roles in New Jersey
and Florida. Louis earned his PhD from Penn State University in health policy and administration. He also holds a master of health administration from the University of Florida and a
bachelor of science degree in business administration from Sacred Heart University. October 2017