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

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

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