William Gardner, Ph.D.

Evaluation Subcommittee

William Gardner is a psychologist and statistician who studies mental health services and methods for health services research.  His statistical research has concerned the use of categorical time series methods for studying social phenomena.  He is currently studying the primary care mental health treatment of children, as well as community violence by psychiatric patients.  In addition, he writes on public policy and medical ethics.  Dr. Gardner is co-Director of the Center for Research on Health Care (CRHC), a leading research center for studies of health services.  As Director of the CRHC Data Center, Dr. Gardner leads the data management and data analytic services of the CRHC, and he sets the agenda for its methodological research.  Dr. Gardner also writes and teaches on professional and research ethics, and is a member of the executive committee of the Center for Bioethics and Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh.  He is the AAAS chair of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, a joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Science and Technology Section of the American Bar Association. Dr. Gardner received his AB in social studies from Harvard University; MS in psychology, MS in biostatistics, and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Utah.