Areas of Faculty Expertise

Excerpted from the School of Public Health's Guide to Faculty and Their Expertise

AGING/ALZHEIMER’S/ASSISTED LIVING/END­OF­LIFE CARE/ GERIATRICS/LONG­TERM CARE
Judy Garrard, Leslie Grant, Robert Kane, Rosalie Kane, Sandy Potthoff, Beth Virnig

ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATION
Vernon Weckwerth

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE/BOTANICALS
Judy Garrard

CANCER
Karen Kuntz, Beth Virnig

CHRONIC DISEASE
Robert Kane, Karen Kuntz

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Leslie Grant

DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT
Michael Davern

DECISION ANALYSIS
Karen Kuntz, François Sainfort

DIABETES
Marshall McBean

DISABILITY
Robert Kane, Rosalie Kane

EVALUATION
Judy Garrard

EVIDENCE­BASED HEALTH PRACTICE/MANAGEMENT
Judy Garrard, Leslie Grant, Gordon Mosser

FAMILY CAREGIVING
Rosalie Kane

GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Marshall McBean, Vernon Weckwerth

HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Thiede Call, Michael Davern

HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
James Begun, Sandy Potthoff, William Riley, Douglas Wholey

HEALTH CARE COMPETITION
Jon Christianson, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, John Nyman, Robert Town, Douglas Wholey

HEALTH CARE COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Karen Kuntz, John Nyman

HEALTH CARE DATA
Michael Davern, Marshall McBean, François Sainfort, Beth Virnig

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
Lynn Blewett, Bryan Dowd, Sandy Potthoff, William Riley, François Sainfort

HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS
Jean Abraham, Lynn Blewett, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Pinar Karaca­Mandic, Jeffrey McCullough, John Nyman, Robert Town

HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND REIMBURSEMENT
Lynn Blewett, John Christianson, Jeffrey McCullough

HEALTH CARE INSURANCE
Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Thiede Call, Jon Christianson, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Pinar Karaca­Mandic, John Nyman

HEALTH DISPARITIES
Kathleen Thiede Call, Karen Kuntz

HEALTH DISPARITIES, COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
Kathleen Thiede Call, Donna McAlpine

HEALTH DISPARITIES, MINORITY HEALTH/RACE, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND HEALTH
Kathleen Thiede Call

HEALTH INFORMATICS
François Sainfort, Beth Virnig, Douglas Wholey

HEALTH POLITICS
Susan Foote

HEALTH CARE REFORM
Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Susan Foote, Pinar Karaca­Mandic, Ira Moscovice, William Riley, Robert Town

MEDICARE REFORM
Lynn Blewett, Susan Foote

HEALTH POLICY, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Lynn Blewett, William Riley

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY
Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Thiede Call, Roger Feldman, Susan Foote

STATE HEALTH POLICY
Lynn Blewett, Michael Davern

HMOS
William Riley, Douglas Wholey

HMO­HOSPITAL MERGERS
Roger Feldman, Robert Town

MANAGED CARE
Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Robert Town, Douglas Wholey

HMO MANAGEMENT
James Begun, Sandy Potthoff, William Riley, Douglas Wholey

MINNESOTACARE
Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Thiede Call

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Marshall McBean

INJURIES/INJURY PREVENTION
Pinar Karaca­Mandic

LUNG HEALTH
Karen Kuntz

MEDICAID/MEDICARE
Lynn Blewett, Kathleen Thiede Call, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Susan Foote, Robert Kane, Rosalie  Kane, Marshall McBean, Beth Virnig

MENTAL HEALTH
Donna McAlpine

NURSING FACILITIES
Leslie Grant

OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
Douglas Wholey

OUTCOMES, HEALTH/ OUTCOME MEASURES
Judy Garrard, Robert Kane, Rosalie Kane, Todd Rockwood, François Sainfort, Robert Town

PHYSICIAN BEHAVIOR
François Sainfort, Robert Town

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Leslie Grant, Gordon Mosser

QUALITY OF CARE
Robert Kane, Rosalie Kane, Marshall McBean, Sandy Potthoff, François Sainfort, Robert Town

RURAL HEALTH
Ira Moscovice

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, MEDICAL
James Begun, Kathleen Thiede Call, Donna McAlpine

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS
Kathleen Thiede Call

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS
James Begun, Douglas Wholey

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, SOCIAL NETWORKS
Michael Davern, Douglas Wholey

SURVEY DESIGN/RESEARCH
Kathleen Thiede Call, Michael Davern, Ira Moscovice, Todd Rockwood