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Research Areas

The Department of Health Policy and Management has a very active and well-funded research program addressed to a wide range of contemporary healthcare issues. The research interests of the HPM faculty are listed alphabetically by name below. Click the link to the faculty member's name for contact information.

For a table listing interests alphabetically by subject, please see the Faculty Expertise by Subject document (Adobe Acrobat format)

Publications listings can be found on our Papers and Articles and Books pages. 

Also see our latest Research News!

Edward Baker, MD, MPH, MSc

  • Public Health Policy
  • Political Philosophy
  • Workforce Development
  • Information Systems  

Deborah Bender, PhD

  • Human Resources Management in Health Care
  • Integrated (Qualitative/Quantitative) Research Methods
  • International Maternal and Child Health
  • Access to Quality Care for Latino Immigrant Populations
  • Quality of Care for Latino Immigrant Populations  

Andrea K. Biddle, PhD

  • Outcomes Research in Children
  • Evidence-based Medicine
  • Technology Assessment
  • Pharmacoeconomics  

Edward Brooks, DrPH

  • Health Services Policy 
  • Access to Health Services
  • Healthcare Leadership
  • Research Ethics  

William R. Carpenter, PhD

  • Clinical Research Trials
  • Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Cancer Care quality and Outcomes
  • Diffusion of Innovations
  • Translating Research into Practice
  • Organization Design and Behavior  

Peggye Dilworth Anderson, PhD

  • Long-term Care
  • Health Disparities
  • Minority Aging
  • Family Caregiving and Aging
  • Dementia and Caregiving  

Marisa Domino, PhD

  • Health Economics
  • Medicaid Policy
  • Mental Health Economics and Policy  

Laurel Files, PhD

  • Organizational Development and Change
  • Graduate Education
  • Strategic Planning  

Bruce Fried, PhD

  • Health Services Management Education
  • Mental Health and Mental Health Services
  • Global Health Systems and International Health
  • Human Resources Management in Healthcare   

Sandra B. Greene, DrPH

  • Healthcare Utilization and Cost Trends
  • Physician Profiling
  • Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need
  • Health Insurance and Managed Care
  • Healthcare Policy Issues in North Carolina  

Dean M. Harris, JD

  • Global Health Systems and International Health
  • Comparative Health Systems
  • China's Health System
  • Healthcare Law  

Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH

  • Food and Nutrition Policy (Domestic and International)
  • Nutrition in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Diet and Health Communication in the Public Interest
  • Alternative and Complementary Health and Nutrition Services
  • Culture and Language in Health Services Delivery
  • Dietary Guidance Policy  

Thomas R. Konrad, PhD

  • Aging and Long-term Care
  • Health Workforce
  • Provider-Patient Interaction
  • Survey Design and Methods
  • Evaluation
  • Organization and Delivery of Healthcare to Vulnerable Populations  

Sheila Leatherman, MSW

  • International Health Policy
  • Health Systems Performance  

Jessica Lee, DDS, PhD

  • Evidence-based Practice of Dentistry
  • Dental Public Health  

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, PhD

  • Healthcare Utilization
  • Organizational Studies
  • Healthcare Organization and Delivery
  • Health Professions
  • Social Networks and Social Capital
  • Organizational Change  

Peggy Leatt, PhD

  • Patient Safety
  • Organizational Strategy and Design
  • Health System Reform  

Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhD

  • Tobacco Policy
  • Econometrics in Healthcare
  • Operations Research Application in Complex Systems
  • Infectious Disease Modeling
  • Tuberculosis Control  

Michelle Mayer, RN, PhD

  • Access to Pediatric Subspeciality Care
  • Underserved Pediatric Populations
  • Quality of Pediatric Care for CSHCNs  

Felicia E. Mebane, PhD

  • Health Policy Communication
  • Politics
  • Impact of News Media on Health Policy  

Joseph Morrissey, PhD

  • Depression in Primary Care
  • Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Justice Services/Policy
  • Interorganizational Systems
  • Families and Autism   

Jonathan B. Oberlander, PhD

  • Healthcare Reform
  • Medicaid
  • Health Politics and Policy
  • Aging and Public Policy
  • Medicare
  • American Politics and Public Policy  

John E. Paul, PhD

  • Organization and Delivery of Healthcare in Developing Countries
  • Healthcare Outcomes Research
  • Pharmaceutical Development and Pharmacoeconomics
  • Organizational Behavior in Healthcare  

George Pink, PhD

  • Financial Performance Measurement
  • Health Services Accounting and Finance
  • Nursing Cost Analyses   

James Porto, PhD

  • Public Policy Development and Assessment
  • Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness in Public Organizations
  • Comparative Evaluation Methodology (Data Envelopment)
  • Socio-Economic Evaluations (CBA, CEA)
  • Expert Decision-Making
  • Disaster Management
  • Political Leadership
  • Substance Abuse Treatment  

Kristin L. Reiter, PhD

  • Hospital Pay for Performance
  • Healthcare Financial Management
  • Healthcare Accounting  

Thomas Ricketts III, PhD

  • Policy Implementation and Policy Development
  • Regionalization of Services
  • Global and Comparative National Health Policies
  • Primary Care   

R. Gary Rozier, DDS

  • Access to Care for Children
  • Effectiveness of Preventive Services  

Christopher M. Shea, MA, MPA

  • Business Communication
  • Organizational Studies  

Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH

  • Medicaid
  • The Uninsured
  • State Child Health Insurance Program
  • State Health Policy
  • Rural Health  

Sally Stearns, PhD

  • Cost-effectiveness Analysis
  • Health Service Reimbursement Systems
  • Use of Health Services at the End of Life
  • Applied Statistical Methods  

Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD

  • Development Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics  

MorrisWeinberger, PhD

  • Pharmaceutical Care
  • Quality of Care
  • Health Services Research
  • Patient-centered Outcomes Research  

Bryan Weiner, PhD

  • Adoption and Implementation of Innovations
  • Interorganizational Relationships  

Rebecca Wells, PhD

  • Community-Based Coalitions
  • Safety Net Provider Strategies and Performance
  • Interorganizational Relationships
  • Organizational Change  

Leslie Zeldin

  • Children's Oral Health
  • Behavior Change Theory, including Motivational Interviewing

William Zelman, PhD

  • Distance Learning
  • Healthcare Financial Management
  • Institutional Performance Measures
  • Cost Management
  • Instructional Design  



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Last updated August 27, 2008
 
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