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.
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Full-time Faculty
- BeLue, Rhonda
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Brannon, Diane
- 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
- Farmer, Elizabeth "Betsy"
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Hillemeier, Marianne
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, and Health Evaluation Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Nursing
- 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
- Director of External Relations
- Mittler, Jessica
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Moran, John
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Scanlon, Dennis P.
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Sciegaj, Mark
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Associate Director of the Penn State Smart Spaces Center
- Shea, Dennis G.
- Department Head and Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Health Policy and Economics
- Short, Pamela F.
- Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Demography, and Health Evaluation Science, Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research
- Volmar, Karen
- Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Executive Director of the MHA Program
Teaching, Adjunct and Courtesy Faculty
- Barry, Theresa "Teta"
- Instructor and Director of Undergraduate and Outreach Programs
- Beers, Judy
- Part-Time Instuctor, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
- Calkins, Chris C.
- Director of Strategic Initiatives, Penn State Outreach
- Charles, Tom
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Director of Business Development, Geisinger Health System
- Dansky, Larry
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- DelliFraine, Jami
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of HPA
- Dionisio, Joseph
- Part-Time Instructor,Health Policy and Admiinistration
- Elliott, Nathan
- Fnancial Analyst, Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Jones, Damon
- Research Associate, Penn State Prevention Center
- 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
- Part-Time Instructor.
- Newcomb, Brian
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Newcomb, Celeste
- Part-Time Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Parrott, Roxanne
- Professor, Joint Appointment, Liberal Arts
- Shurgalla, Richard
- Instructor and Director of Professional Development
- Spokus, Diane
- Instructor, Health Policy and Administration
- Vanderbrink, Jocelyn
- Research Assistant, Health Policy and Administratio
- Vasey, Joe
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration.Research Associate, Center for Health Care and Policy Research
- 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