About
Dr. Randolph F.R. Rasch’s scholarship is in the area of community health, the reduction and prevention of infectious diseases, and related policy development. His most recent work in policy development and implementation of practices to assess the risk and reduce the rates of COVID-19 infections among African Americans and other at-risk populations. He worked in the development and testing of the efficacy of HIV prevention interventions as co-PI of an NIH-funded cooperative agreement specifically for at-risk populations of individuals who use substances in the United States and South America.
Rasch also works in the area of theory critique and analysis. In particular, he has worked with students and colleagues in selecting, adapting and/or developing the conceptual frameworks to ground and guide their research, scholarship, and administrative work.
Rasch has consulted on a multitude of projects, including analysis of nursing productivity and workload, and process improvement. Notably, his expertise is in the area of primary care and community health, particularly the roles, functions, and appropriate skill mix for all levels of nursing and cultural diversity in the delivery of healthcare services.
Rasch has a distinguished record of public service. Notably, the appointments by the governor of the State of Michigan to co-chair the Task Force to Reduce Mortality and Morbidity in Black Women and Babies and Implicit Bias Training LARA Advisory Workgroup. Also, by governor appointment, he served on the historic Michigan Coronavirus-19 Racial Disparities Task Force and, in that capacity, led the Primary Care Connections Workgroup. The Task Force received the “Meeting the Moment for Public Health Research Award.”