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Key Faculty Administrators

François Sainfort, Division Head

Kathleen Thiede Call, Director of Graduate Studies, the Masters of Science in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration program and the Doctorate in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration program

Susan Foote and Robert Town, Co-Directors of the Masters of Science in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration program

Beth Virnig, Director of the Masters in Public Health, Public Health Administration and Policy program

Sandra Potthoff, Director of the Masters in Healthcare Administration program
 

HPM Full-Time Faculty

Abraham, Jean (PhD)
Assistant Professor
(612) 625-4375, D262 Mayo, abrah042@umn.edu
Health economics and policy; industrial organization; applied econometrics; household decision-making with respect to employer-based health insurance; welfare analysis of health care choice; employer health benefit design; hospital market competition issues

Begun, James (PhD)
Professor and James A. Hamilton Term Professor in Healthcare Management
(612) 624-9319, D262 Mayo, begun001@umn.edu
Applications of complexity science; structure and strategy of healthcare organizations; evolution of the profession of nursing and healthcare organizations as complex adaptive systems

Blewett, Lynn (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 626-4739, 15-217 Phillips-Wangensteen, blewe001@umn.edu
Impact of financial incentives on health care costs and access and state health policy development; health care access issues for Chicano/Latino population in Minnesota; states' role in monitoring the uninsured; financing graduate medical education

Call, Kathleen Thiede (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 624-3922, 15-230 Phillips-Wangensteen, callx001@umn.edu
Access to care and health status among vulnerable populations, including poor, young, elderly, uninsured, rural and chronically ill populations; sociology of health and illness; research methods

Christianson, Jon (PhD)
Professor and James A. Hamilton Chair in Health Policy and Management
(612) 625-3849, 15-225 Phillips-Wangensteen, chris001@umn.edu
Competition and competitive healthcare markets, health insurance, and financial incentives in healthcare; development of new consumer-directed health plans, employer strategies for purchasing healthcare, implementation of evidence-based treatment processes in healthcare organizations, and tracking change in healthcare markets

Davern, Michael (PhD)
Assistant Professor, Research Director SHADAC
(612) 625-4835, 2221 University AVE SE, Suite 345, daver004@umn.edu
Health survey research methodology, Census Bureau surveys, health insurance coverage, quantitative policy analysis, and social networks

Dowd, Bryan (PhD)
Professor
(612) 624-5468, 15-213 Phillips-Wangensteen, dowdx001@umn.edu
Insurance theory; program evaluation; health plan choice; Medicare reform; tax policy

Feldman, Roger (PhD)
Acting Division Head and Blue Cross Professor of Health Insurance
(612) 624-5669, 15-205 Phillips-Wangensteen, feldm002@umn.edu
Competition among health care providers and mergers among hospitals and HMOs; health economics and health insurance

Foote, Susan Bartlett (JD, MA)
Professor
(612) 626-2851, D360 Mayo, foote003@umn.edu
Influences of public policies on health care services, with a particular emphasis on innovation in medical technology; administrative law and regulation; Medicare politics and policy

Garrard, Judith (PhD)
Professor
(612) 625-9169, D361 Mayo, jgarrard@umn.edu
Behavioral geriatrics and pharmacoepidemiology; research methods

Grant, Leslie (PhD)
Associate Professor, Director of Center for Aging Services Management
(612) 624-8844, D262 Mayo, grant004@umn.edu
Environmental design for seniors; financing, organization and delivery of long-term care; environment assessment and program evaluation; effectiveness of organizational models for Alzheimer's care; environment, aging and adaptation

Gürses, Ayse (PhD)
Assistant Professor
(612) 625-2302, D376 Mayo, gurse001@umn.edu
Development, implementation, and evaluation of information technology to improve coordination, communication, teamwork and patient safety in healthcare organizations; impact of work system design on clinical workload, quality of working life, and patient safety; socio-technical aspects of healthcare information technology

Kane, Robert (MD)
Professor, Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
(612) 624-1185, D351 Mayo, kanex001@umn.edu
Outcomes of acute and long-term care, especially the effects of hospital and post-hospital care; epidemiology of aging; managed care; assessment; long-term care policy

Kane, Rosalie (PhD)
Professor
(612) 624-5171, D527 Mayo, kanex002@umn.edu
Organization, services, policies, and financing of long-term care in community care, assisted living, and nursing homes; family care; disability; quality of life; ethics and values

Karaca-Mandic, Pinar (PhD)
Assistant Professor
(612) 624-8953, 15-228 PWB, pkmandic@umn.edu
Topics in public health, health economics and law & economics; health insurance benefit design, health care regulations and markets

Kuntz, Karen (ScD)
Professor
(612) 625-9333, 15-232 Phillips-Wangensteen, kmkuntz@umn.edu
Decision analysis with special interest in applying disease modeling techniques to chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease, asthma and obesity

McAlpine, Donna (PhD)
Assistant Professor
(612) 625-9919, 15-227 Phillips-Wangensteen, mcalp004@umn.edu
Alcohol, drug and mental health care, racial and ethnic disparities in health care, community based participatory research. Access to psychiatric care, utilization of services and treatment outcomes for persons with severe mental illnesses and the impact of changes in the health system.

McBean, A. Marshall (MD MSc)
Professor
(612) 625-6175, A369-1 Mayo, mcbea002@umn.edu
Use of CMS data for health policy research; access to care and quality of care, particularly among elderly Americans; cancer surveillance, treatment and outcomes; diabetes epidemiology and treatment; immunization of adolescents; use of health services among the elderly and among different racial groups

McCullough, Jeffrey (PhD)
Assistant Professor
(612) 625-9328, 15-231 Phillips-Wangensteen, mccu0056@umn.edu
Health care finance and economics, with a focus on the role of technology and innovation in health care

Moscovice, Ira (PhD)
Professor
(612) 624-8618, 15-215 Phillips-Wangensteen, mosco001@umn.edu
Quality of rural health care; pay-for-performance models in the rural context; and, the viability of rural hospitals

Mosser, Gordon (MD)
Associate Professor
(612) 624-4371, D375 Mayo, gmosser@umn.edu
Health care quality improvement; leadership; teamwork; organizational behavior; evidence-based health care

Nyman, John (PhD)
Professor
(612) 626-4425, 15-219 Phillips-Wangensteen, nyman001@umn.edu
Nursing home behavior and long-term care policy; the theory of insurance and health insurance; cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis, especially of new health care technologies and drugs; the behavior of physicians

Potthoff, Sandra (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 624-9019, D262 Mayo, potth001@umn.edu
Long term care; quality management in healthcare; outcomes evaluation in healthcare and public health; decision making in healthcare; outcomes management systems; variation in healthcare delivery; quality management in long-term care

Riley, William (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 625-0615, D383 Mayo, riley001@umn.edu
Health care administration, management, and finance

Rockwood, Todd (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 625-3993, C313 Mayo, rockw001@umn.edu
Outcomes research; organization (structure/process) of health care delivery relative to patient outcomes; measurement error in survey research; scale development

Sainfort, Francois (PhD)
Mayo Professor and Division Head
(612) 626-0929, 15-205 PWB, sainf001@umn.edu
Medical decision making under risk and uncertainty, health outcomes modeling and measurement, health risk perception and assessment, health status assessment and monitoring, and health-related performance measurement and analysis

Town, Robert (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 626-4683, 15-229 PWB, rjtown@umn.edu
Hospital competition in HMO networks; quality of care in hospitals; and mergers and acquisitions

Virnig, Beth (PhD)
Associate Professor
(612) 624-4426, A365 Mayo, virni001@umn.edu
Differences in end-of-life care between managed care and fee-for-service settings; utility of Medicare administrative data for cancer surveillance and studies of treatment patterns

Weckwerth, Vernon (PhD)
Professor, Director of ISP Off-Site Executive Study Programs in Healthcare Administration
(612) 624-9000, D262 Mayo, weckw001@umn.edu
Quantitative methods in healthcare administration; variable effects on health service delivery; research design and analysis; inductive methods; distance education of healthcare executives

Wholey, Douglas (PhD)
Professor
(612) 626-4682, D373 Mayo,  whole001@umn.edu
Management; health maintenance organizations and organizational sociology; measuring HMO markets and the effect of HMO market structures on HMOs; use of information technology among HMOs; physician organization

Zismer, Daniel (PhD)
Associate Professor and Director, ISP off-site, Executive Management and Leadership Programs, Healthcare Management
(612) 625-5148, D362 Mayo,  zisme006@umn.edu
Health system strategy, structure and management. Integrated health system design, management and strategy. Physician services and group practice management

HPM Professors Emeriti

Aroskar, Mila, Ed.D., R.N.
Associate Professor Emeritus

Block, Lester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus

Choi, Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus

Dornblaser, Bright, M.H.A.
Professor Emeritus

Kralewski, John, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

Litman, Theodore, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

Veninga, Robert, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
 

See also HPM Affiliates.