William L. Swann

William L. Swann is a Senior Researcher and former Board President at TSRG. He is also an Associate Professor, MPA Program Chair, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Chair of Health Care Administration and Policy in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research focuses on community-level collaborative opioid response and disparities in substance use treatment and health services. This work has appeared in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Health & Justice, SSM – Population Health, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, and The Journal of Rural Health. Most recently at TSRG, he co-led a longitudinal social network analysis of substance use treatment and social service providers in multiple southern rural Colorado communities, funded by the Health Services and Resources Administration. He holds a BSBA in finance from Bryant University, an MPA from the University of Rhode Island, and a PhD from the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. He is an enthusiast of sports, nature and animals, film, and the performing arts.