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Faculty Research Interests
The faculty 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)
Department Chair and Distinguished Professor
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
Chronic illness management, gerontology, self-care and
health behaviors among older adults, caregiving, and
gender and health.
Timothy
Hoff, (Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY)
Associate Professor
New models of physician organization such as unions
and integrated delivery teams, health services management,
organization theory and behavior, medical and occupational
sociology, medical errors, organizational restructuring
of health care services, physician attitudes and behaviors,
CQI in hospital settings, physician socialization and
training, interprofessional cooperation/conflict in
the practice setting and applying modern organization
theory to health care issues.
Janine Jurkowski, (Ph.D., University of Illinois
at Chicago, M.P.H., Boston University) Assistant Professor
Health disparities, community based research, aging
adults, people with disabilities, chronic disease prevention,
Latino health, social and cultural determinants of health,
and health care utilization.
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.
Shadi
Saleh, (Ph.D., University of Iowa)
Assistant Professor
Health care finance, health care management, cost- effectiveness/cost-benefit
analysis, substance abuse, rural health, managed care,
and access to health services.
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
Peter Levin, (Sc.D., The Johns Hopkins School of
Hygiene and Public Health, M.P.H., Yale Medical School)
Professor. Dean, School of Public Health, University at
Albany
Hospital and public health administration and policy formulation
in academic medical centers and government. Has written
about health insurance, health care financing, the Japanese
health care system, public hospitals and has proposed
ways to care for the uninsured. Dealt with Medicare, managed
care and biomedical research while serving in Washington.
Nancy Persily, (M.P.H., Yale University, School
of Medicine)
Clinical Professor, Associate Dean, School of Public
Health.
Health care administration, managed care, health care
planning, strategic planning, and eldercare.
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, Medical Director, Bureau of Women's
Health.
Prevention of unplanned pregnancy and infant mortality.
Public health in health care reform.
Rachel deLong, (M.D., University of Wisconsin,
M.P.H., SUNY Albany)
Assistant Professor, Medical 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, Dental Public Health Epidemiologist,
Bureau of Dental Health.
Monitoring trends in oral diseases. The impact of changing
disease patterns on
the dental profession. Determining the cost and effectiveness
of dental services.
Exploring health promotion and disease prevention strategies.
Antonia Novello, (M.D., University of Puerto
Rico; M.P.H)
Professor, Commissioner, New York State Department of
Health.
Health administration and public health education.
Barry Sherman, (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Associate Professor, Research Scientist, Bureau of Child
and Adolescent 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
Samir Banoob, (M.D., Alexandria University, Egypt)
Adjunct Professor
International health program development.
Paul Castellani, (Ph.D., Syracuse University)
Adjunct Professor, Director for Program Research, Office
of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
Political and policy analysis in the field of disability
policy.
Kimberly Hoagwood (Ph.D., University of Maryland)
Research Professor
Child and adolescent services, implementing research
projects throughout New York State on mental health
service delivery with emphasis on school-based mental
health services, trauma treatment, and parental engagement
in treatment planning.
Jeryl Mumpower, (Ph.D., University of Colarado,
Boulder)
Professor
Decision-making processes, risk analysis and environmental
policy.
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,
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. President, Planning and
Research Services.
Design, market and implement data bases, planning models,
research studies, and statistical analyses in the fields
of health and education.
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)
Joint Professor
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.
Dean and Professor,
Public Administration and Policy. Health politics and
implementation of health policy.
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.
Sonja Hedlund, (M.S., Hunter College, Institute
of Health Science) Clinical Associate Professor. Director,
New York State Healthy Heart Program. Design, implementation
and evaluation of statewide community based cardiovascular
disease prevention program.
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 Heart Association.
Theodore D. Peters, (Ph.D., SUNY/Albany) Clinical Associate
Professor. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
Management. Applying social judgment theory to rural
health policy and human resource planning.
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.
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, HANYS.
Health care financing, quality of care and alternative
delivery systems.
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, Continuing Education.
Professional development of the public health workforce,
training and adult education.
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