Robert Blaine is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Medical Public Policy within the Office of Government and Community Relations. His work involves analysis and advocacy of legislative and regulatory issues affecting biomedical research, health care and health reform, Medicare and Medicaid policy and graduate medical education.
In addition to his university duties, serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Citizens for Modern Transit. He is actively involved with the Greater St. Louis, Inc., Government Relations Council and the Government Relations Representatives group of the Association of American Medical Colleges, chairing its steering committee in 2013. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Biotechnology Association, the Community Investment Committee of the St. Louis United Way, and as the university’s representative to the Healthcare for Missouri 2020 initiative petition campaign.
Robert Blaine received a Master of Arts in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.