Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD, is the director of the Health Services Research Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah. He is a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program.

He plans to investigate the following questions by analyzing existing medical data:

• Which existing therapy for a specific cancer is optimum, and how does the optimum therapy depend on characteristics of the cancer, previous treatment, and characteristics of the patient?
• Do some providers of a specific cancer treatment have better results than others, and if so, why?
• Under what circumstances are unusually toxic and costly cancer treatments valuable?
• What barriers in the health-care system prevent patients from receiving optimal preventive care or treatment?

Hartz received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1974. In 1982, he received a medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Hartz has participated on numerous review panels, including most recently the Chronic Fatigue Committee Advisory to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Health. He has also served as a reviewer for more than a dozen scientific and medical publications, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet, and Journal of Cancer Research.