Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She also holds appointments as professor of health services management and policy in the College of Public Health and professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. Dr. McAlearney has over 30 years of health services research experience and has been actively involved in both performing research and disseminating research results to academic and practitioner audiences.