Faculty
Our faculty is the heart of Health Policy and Administration's reputation for excellence. We are a diverse community of scholars and practitioners well known for teaching and research expertise. HPA's faculty possess strong training and orientation in the theoretical foundations of health care and the application of cutting edge research methods and statistics to the study of health care organizations and health policy. Faculty maintain strong ties to leading national professional organizations and top firms and organizations in the health care industry. Our adjunct faculty members are accomplished professionals from a wide variety of fields, and they teach courses that help translate research to practical application of knowledge to improve patient outcomes.
Recent Faculty Publications
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Full-time Faculty
- Brannon, Diane
- Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- BeLue, Rhonda
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Dansky, Kathryn H.
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Davis, Lisa A.
- Director, Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
- DelliFraine, Jami L.
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Farmer, Elizabeth "Betsy"
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Hillemeier, Marianne
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Jung, Kyoungrae
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Kemper, Peter
- Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography
- McCaughey, Deirdre
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Meacham, Michael
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Executive Director of the MHA Program
- Moran, John
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Scanlon, Dennis P.
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Shea, Dennis G.
- Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Health Policy and Administration Department Head
- Short, Pamela F.
- Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research
Teaching, Adjunct and Courtesy Faculty
- Beers, Judy
- Part-Time Instuctor, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
- Charles, Tom
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Dansky, Larry
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Kaufman, Scott
- Part-Time Instructor, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
- Milliron, Mark
- Instructor of Health Policy and Administration
- Moskowitz, Jay
- Professor, Joint Appointment Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
- Murray, Thomas
- President and CEO, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
- Part-Time Instructor
- Newcomb, Brian
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Parrott, Roxanne
- Professor, Joint Appointment, Liberal Arts
- Schreiner, Andrea
- Research Associate, Health Policy and Administration
- Shurgalla, Richard
- Instructor and Director of Professional Development
- Spokus, Diane
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Vanderbrink, Jocelyn
- Research Assistant, Health Policy and Administration
- Vasey, Joe
- Research Associate, Center for Health Care and Policy Research
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Volmar, Karen
- Research Associate, Health Policy and Administration
- Weisman, Carol
- Professor, Joint Appointment Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Emeritus Faculty
- Eisele, Frederick R.
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration
- Gamm, Larry
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration
- Mayers Jr., Stanley P.
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration
- Miller, Joe
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration
- Raffel, Marshal
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration
- Yesalis, Charles
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration, and Exercise and Sport Science
- Yu, Lucy C.
- Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Administration