Canopy HealthTech promotes new associate director

from The O'Colly, Friday, June 23, 2023

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Stacie Pace has officially been appointed as the new associate director at Canopy HealthTech.

Canopy HealthTech is a partnership between the University of Oklahoma, the University of Tulsa and Oklahoma State University. Pace will keep her office within OSU’s Center for Health Systems Innovation.

“We are excited about the formation of Canopy HealthTech to integrate our collective efforts in virtual health across OSU, OU and TU,” said William Paiva, executive director of CHSI. “We are even more ecstatic that Stacie will continue to have a tight working relationship with CHSI. It’s a perfect fit given our focus on deploying innovative healthcare solutions in the rural and Native American markets. Clearly, virtual health is one of our major arrows in our quiver.”

The George Kaiser Family Foundation will sponsor the Canopy HealthTech partnership, a new multi-year initiative and Tulsa-based program that aims to catalyze the commercialization of virtual health transformations for Oklahoma universities and institutions. Canopy HealthTech will accelerate startup growth and improve health care consequences by reinforcing the development of vital virtual health technologies that focus on notable health care delivery gaps.

“I’m excited about this promotion to this new role that after working with rural populations I believe will provide generational value to Oklahomans,” Pace said.

Since 2017, Pace has worked with OSU CHSI as the director of the Rural Oklahoma Network (ROkNet). ROk-Net is a practice-based research system of primary care rural physicians, and her role has helped rural health care centers access, build and share technical help and resources. This has improved care in rural areas and communities and supports rural providers and their practices.

“Stacie’s legacy of work with rural health, along with her vast knowledge and experience in economic, business and healthcare development are a perfect addition to the Canopy team,” said Rachel Lane, executive director of Canopy. “With Stacie, Canopy will further fast-track innovation from our university partners into startups that build an industry hub for virtual HealthTech in Tulsa.”

In addition to her work at OSU and Canopy, Pace also resides on the Rural Health Association of Oklahoma

Board of Directors, MyHealth Access Board of Directors and the Oklahoma Broadband Expansion Council. For more information about Canopy or its staff, please visit canopyhealth.tech.

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Payne will begin his duties at Spears Business around Aug. 1.

“With the excellent reputation of the Spears School of Business, I’m excited to work with the students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors to continue the school’s positive trajectory in advancing Oklahoma State University’s land-grant mission,” Payne said.

As dean at UTEP, Payne was responsible for overseeing the Hunt

College of Business on the main campus and the downtown Graduate Business Center in advancing programs. Payne served 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students and recently secured the largest single gift in UTEP’s history and first naming of a college at the university through a $25 million gift, establishing the Hunt College of Business.

Having secured successful reaffirmations at two business schools, Payne has extensive accreditation experience with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Payne has also been an active member of a number of AACSB peer review teams.

During his time at UTEP, Payne

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In the past, Payne has served as a Fullbright Research Scholar and a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the Institute of Economics in Zagreb, Croatia, establishing a distinguished record of accomplishments in research for himself. He has published more than 280 peer-reviewed journal articles, and his work is recognized by the Stanford-Elsevier global ranking of researchers. Additionally, he is on the editorial board of several academic journals. Payne has over 20 years of higher education administrative experience to include department chair, dean and provost at both public and private institutions. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Barea (Kentucky) College in 1985, a master’s degree in economics (1987), and Ph.D. in economics (1989), both from Florida State University news.ed@ocolly.com