About This Program
Joe Selby, MD
Joe Selby, MD, MPH, has been the Director of the Division of Research (DOR), Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, since 1998. Dr. Selby is a family physician, clinical epidemiologist and health services researcher.
Prior to becoming DOR Director, Dr. Selby served for seven years as DOR’s Assistant Director for Health Services Research. Dr. Selby also serves as Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and as a Consulting Professor, Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Selby is a member of the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research study section for Health Care Quality and Effectiveness. Dr. Selby was a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service from 1976 to 1983 and received the Commissioned Officer’s Award in 1981.
Dr. Selby has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has written numerous book chapters. Dr. Selby’s publications cover a spectrum of topics from colon cancer screening and diabetes complications to the delivery of primary care.
