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Faculty Research Interests
The faculty of the Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior have diverse backgrounds and academic fields of interest, including health policy, management, sociology, economics, health behavior, social psychology, gerontology, and health services research. The group has published manuscripts in the foremost medical journals ( Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Chest), public health policy and health services research journals ( Medical Care, American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, Medical Care Research and Review), health management journals ( Journal of Healthcare Management, Healthcare Management Review) and behavioral science journals ( Health Education Research, Journal of Aging and Health, Research on Aging, The Gerontologist, Journal of Applied Gerontology). They review manuscripts for numerous journals, serve in leadership roles within their appropriate academic societies, and staff federal granting agency review panels, professional service activities which attest to their research accomplishments.
Full-time Faculty
Edward
Hannan, (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research, SPH
Health outcome assessment, quality assurance and assessment, evaluation of health programs and policies, decision analysis, medical decision making and medical errors.
Kirsten Davison,
(M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)
Assistant Professor
Familial factors related to the development and consequences
of childhood obesity.
Diane
Dewar, (Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY)
Associate Professor
Health insurance markets, health care utilization, economic
evaluation of health policies and programs, medical
technology assessments, critical care and chronic disease
management.
Mary
P. Gallant, (Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan)
Associate Professor and Chair
Self-care and health behaviors among older adults, psychosocial influences on chronic illness management, physical activity, falls prevention, dissemination of evidence-based interventions into public health practice, and caregiving.
Timothy
Hoff, (Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY)
Associate Professor
Quality of care and pay for performance, patient safety, evidenced-based management, health care innovation, U.S. newborn screening policy, evolution of primary care, physician attitudes and behaviors, consumer-oriented health care delivery, the sociological aspects of medical work and careers, organizational restructuring of health care services, organization theory and behavior, qualitative research.
Janine Jurkowski, (Ph.D., University of Illinois
at Chicago, M.P.H., Boston University) Assistant Professor
Health disparities, social and cultural determinants of health care utilization and screening practices, community based participatory research, Latino/Hispanic health focusing on Latinas, health promotion among people with disabilities, and factors that influence chronic disease prevention and control. Methods focus on telephone and in person survey methods as well as qualitative methods including focus group and Photovoice research methods.
Jennifer
Manganello, (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, M.P.H., Boston
University)
Assistant Professor
Children's health, health communication, media effects
on policy and health behavior, injury prevention, and
violence prevention.
Priya Nambisan, (Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S., R.D., Syracuse University)
Assistant Professor
HIT adoption, organizational factors in the implementation of HIT, and evaluation of user experiences and attitudes towards new technologies.
Shadi
Saleh, (Ph.D., University of Iowa)
Associate Professor, Director of Certificate Programs
Pay for performance (P4P), association between costs and quality of health care services, health care finance, financial performance of hospitals, financial evaluations of health care interventions, cost effectiveness/cost benefit analysis, innovations in managed care, prescription drug utilization and costs.
Benjamin
Shaw, (Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan)
Assistant Professor
Social support and health among the elderly; the influence
of early life social environments on adult health; stress,
coping and health.
Wendy
Weller (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins)
Assistant Professor
Care of children and adults with chronic conditions.
Yuchi Young (DrPH, M.P.H., Johns Hopkins )
Assistant Professor
Health services research, evaluation of the effectiveness
of rehabilitation following hip fracture surgery and
integrated care approach in continuing care retirement
communities, health measurement development.
Other Faculty with full-time appointments at SUNY
Other Assistant, Associate and Full Professors with
full-time appointment's at the NY State Department of
Health
Mary Applegate, (M.D., John Hopkins; MPH, UMASS)
Assistant Professor, , School of Public Health.
Public health workforce development. Prevention of unintended pregnancy, infant mortality, and sexual assault. Breastfeeding promotion.
Rachel deLong, (M.D., University of Wisconsin,
M.P.H., SUNY Albany)
Assistant Professor. Director, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health.
Child development and policy, parenting education and family support, youth development and adolescent health, public health program development and evaluation.
Jayanth V. Kumar, (D.D.S., Bangalore. M.P.H. Johns
Hopkins)
Associate Professor. Director, Oral Health Surveillance and Research, Bureau of Dental Health, NYS Department of Health.
Planning, implementation, management, and evaluation of public health programs related to oral health. Data collection, analysis and development of policies and practical guidelines. Assessment of oral diseases, unmet needs, knowledge, attitude, and behavior, and investigation of issues of public health significance.
Barry Sherman, (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Associate Professor. Director Dr.PH. program, School of Public Health
Psychosocial aspects of health; coping, stress, and social supports, families of children with special needs, substance abuse and pregnant and postpartum women and their children.
Adjunct and Research Appointments
Mildred B. Shapiro, (M.A., New School for Social
Research)
Adjunct Professor, Private Consultant.
Health and long-term care financing, including insurance.
Edward C. Waltz, (Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental
Science & Forestry Syracuse)
Research Associate Professor. Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director, Prevention Resource Center, School of Public Health.
Community health, social/behavioral topics, and AIDS health service programs.
Paul Wing, (D. Engin., University of Berkeley
California)
Adjunct Associate Professor. Deputy Director, Center for Health Workforce Studies, President, Planning and Research Services, and Executive Vice President, Continuous Learning Corporation.
Information systems, performance assessment, strategic planning.
Joint Appointments
James Fossett, (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Joint Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy
Medicaid policy and access to primary care.
Hayward Horton, (Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University,
M.A.)
Associate Professor
Race/Ethnicity, rural sociology and demography.
Kajal Lahiri, Economics (Ph.D., University of
Rochester)
Joint Professor
Efficiency and productivity measurement in hospitals
and health centers, economics of caesarean section practices,
economics of health and disability and health effects
of smoking.
Bonnie Steinbock, Philosophy (Ph.D., UC Berkeley)
Professor. Philosophy.
Intersection of ethics, medicine, and law, moral and
legal status of the embryo,
reproductive ethics and ethical issues in genetics.
Frank Thompson, (Ph.D., UC Berkeley)
Joint Professor. Acting Provost and Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.
Health politics and implementation of health policy. Working on a book on Medicaid. Recently delivered a paper on the potential and limits of Medicaid demonstration waivers.
Clinical Appointments (Assistant, Associate, Full)
Nancy R. Barhydt, (Dr. Ph., Columbia University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Bureau of Home
Health Care Services.
"In Search of Excellence in
Home and Community Health Care". Outcomes based quality
improvement and
performance monitoring and hospice.
Robert Barnett, (M.S., SUNY Albany; M.S.I.A. Union)
Clinical Associate
Professor. Assistant Director, Division of Health Care
Finance.
Continuing
public goods financing in a deregulated health care
environment, attaining
universal health care coverage for children and coordination
with public health.
James B. Crucetti, (M.D., George Washington
Univ. of Medicine)
Clinical Associate Professor. Commissioner of Health,
Albany County Department of Health.
Barbara Frankel, (M.P.H., University of Michigan)
Clinical Associate Professor. Assistant Director, Policy/Planning
Unit, Office of Managed Care.
Development of managed
care policy for maternal child health, public health
and special populations.
Elmer Green, (D.D.S. Howard University)
Clinical
Associate Professor. Director, Bureau of Dental Health,
Division of Family Health.
Direct and implement the
NYS Department's dental public health program, and provide
consultative services for other state agencies with
dental programs.
Karen Greendale , (M.A., University of Colorado)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Cancer Support and Survivorship Initiatives, Cancer Services Program, Bureau of Chronic Diseases as the New York State Department of Health.
Glenn McGee , (Ph.D, M.A., Vanderbilt)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical College. Professor, Albany Medical College and Albany Law School of Union University. Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Senior Fellow, Nelson Rockefeller Institute of Government. Research Professor, Union College.
Patricia McGeown, (M.H.S.A., University of Michigan)
Clinical Associate Professor. Executive director, Upper
Hudson Planned Parenthood. Reproductive health issues,
community-based health planning, and medical ethics.
Peter J. Millock, (J.D., Harvard)
Clinical Associate Professor. Partner and member of
the Health Services Practice Group at Nixon, Hargrave
Devans & Doyle law firm.
Health law and regulation, affiliations among health
care providers and privatization of government providers.
David Momrow, (M.P.H., Univ. of North Carolina)
Clinical Associate Professor. Regional Representative,
American Cancer Society.
Theodore D. Peters, (Ph.D., SUNY/Albany)
Clinical Associate
Professor. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
Management.
Human resource management: performance appraisal, recruiting, retention, selection, strategic management, total quality management, continuous quality improvement, training and development. Marketing: consumer decision-making behavior, strategic decision-making behavior and outcomes. Organizational behavior: decision-making, leadership, motivation, organization development, organizational humor.
Larry D. Preston, (M.A., SUNY Albany)
Clinical Assistant Professor. Assistant Dean of Administration,
School of Public Health. Injury program development
and health information systems and training.
William E. Reynolds, (D.D.S., Northwestern University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Bureau of Standards
Development.
Delivery and financing of health and community support
services for persons with chronic disease and disabilities,
particularly those who have experienced a traumatic
brain injury.
John Rugge , (M.D., Yale University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Clinical practice through Hudson Headwaters Health Network and Glens Falls Hospital. Executive leadership as CEO of Hudson Headwaters Health Network, which operates 11 community health centers delivering primary and specialty care to the medically-underserved. Also holds many additional executive and member positions at a variety of organizations.
Jerry Salkowe (M.D., Jefferson Medical College,
Pennsylvania)
Clinical Associate Professor.
Regulatory compliance both for NCQA and the states of
New York and Vermont, HEDIS reporting and related clinical
improvements, and health promotion and management programs.
Mary Jane Schneider, (Ph.D. University of California)
Clinical Associate Professor. Assistant Dean, School
of Public Health.
Public health education and communication of scientific
information.
Joseph Schulman, (M.D., University of Pennsylvania,
School of Medicine)
Clinical Associate Professor.
Clinical informatics. NICU and pediatric inpatient performance.
Peter Slocum,
Clinical Associate Professor. Vice President for Advocacy,
American Cancer Society Eastern Division.
Raymond Sweeney, (B.A., City College of New
York)
Clinical Professor. Executive Vice President,
Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).
Plans, formulates and recommends for approval basic policies and programs that the objectives of the Associaiton – a trade organization representing 400+ nonprofit health care providers in the state. Health care financing, quality of care and alternative delivery systems.
Steven Szebenyi , (M.D., Johns Hopkins University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, HealthNow Foundation d.b.a. Foundation for Healthy Living.
Carol Whittaker, (M.A., M.P.A., Ph.D. in progress,
University at Albany)
Clinical Associate Professor. Assistant Dean for Public
Health Practice. International health, principles of
public health, public health leadership. Dissertation
research: popular culture and pandemic influenza.
Dwight Williams, (M.S.W., Rutgers University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Northeast Regional
Health Leadership Institute. Planning and policy development,
program implementation and evaluation.
Carol Young, (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Clinical Associate Professor. Director, Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute, and Director, Health Development Fellowship Management Program.
Professional development of the public health workforce, training and adult education.
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