Program Faculty

Faculty are involved locally, nationally, and internationally in health services research and policy. They are developing and testing interventions and translating research into practice. They play an important role in improving health and shaping health care systems and policy world-wide.
By participating in myriad organizations and associations outside of the UW, members of the faculty are able to provide relevant experience and opportunities to graduate students.
Dagmar Amtmann, PhD, MA, MS
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Item response theory; instructional design, assistive technology, and information systems with a focus on issues related to accessibility of information technology to users with disabilities
Anirban Basu, PhD, MS, MS
Associate Professor
Health econometrics; cost-effectiveness; comparative effectiveness and value of information analyses; quality of life; spill-over effects; substantive focus on cancer, mental health and diabetes
Janice F. Bell, PhD, MPH, MN
Assistant Professor
Shirley A. A. Beresford, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Nutritional epidemiology; folic acid; fruit and vegetable; exercise in preventive intervention trials
Deborah J. Bowen, PhD
Clinical Professor
Health behavior; underserved populations; health communication
Diana Buist, PhD, MPH
Affiliate Professor
Comparative effectiveness research, cancer screening, outcomes research
Rachel Ceballos, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Biobehavioral research methods; community based participatory research; cancer health disparities; cancer survivorship in underserved populations
Gary Chan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Survival analysis and stochastic processes; epidemiological design and analysis; missing data and causal inference; nonlinear mixed models and predictions; semiparametric models
Michael K. Chapko, PhD
Research Professor
Ambulatory care; long-term care; cost-effectiveness
Allen D. Cheadle, PhD
Affiliate Professor
Community-based research
Frederick A. Connell, MD, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean
Pediatrics health services and epidemiological research; health outcomes; medicaid; access to care.
Douglas A. Conrad, PhD, MBA, MHA
Professor
Vertical integration in health services; integrated health systems; impact of financial incentives on physician behaviorManaged care; corporate finance in health care; risk and insurance
Beverly J. Court, PhD, MHA
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Evidence-based public policy development; Medicaid/Medicare dual eligible populations; implementation of Medicaid health reform and chronic care management for high risk/high cost Medicaid clients
Paul K. Crane, MD, MPH
Adjunct Associate Professor
Beth Devine, PhD, MBA, PharmD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Comparative effectiveness research; clinical research informatics; evidence sythesis; medication management; health information technology
Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH
Affiliate Professor
Evidence-based medicine; health status measures; technology assessment; strategies in primary care; low back problems
Bonnie M. Duran, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor
Native American mental health; community-based participatory research
Amira El-Bastawissi, PhD, MS, MBChB
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Determining epidemiologic and biologic risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes
Ruth B. Etzioni, PhD, MS
Affiliate Professor
Statistical methods in cancer screening, Bayesian methods in biostatistics, design issues in clinical trials.
Paul A. Fishman, PhD, MA, MA
Affiliate Associate Professor
Cost analysis; risk adjustment
Meredith P. Fort, PhD, MPH
Affiliate Instructor
Gary M. Franklin, MD, MPH
Adjunct Research Professor
Occupational injury, neurological epidemiology, outcomes research
Emmanuela Gakidou, PhD, MSc
Adjunct Associate Professor
Impact evaluation studies; health systems reforms; health inequalities and health of the poor; measurement of adult mortality in developing countries
Stephen S. Gloyd, MD, MPH
Professor
Infectious disease epidemiology (STD, TB, EPI); health systems research; political economy of health and impact and equity in health care
David Grembowski, PhD, MA
Professor
Design and performance of health care systems; prevention; technology diffusion; program evaluation; survey researchEvaluation, research design in health services; health service systems
David C. Grossman, MD, MPH
Professor
Injury control; Native American health; suicide prevention
Peggy Hannon, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Chronic disease prevention; cancer screening projects evaluation
Jeffrey R. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor
Health-care quality; economic evaluation; systematic reviews of community-based prevention, older adults, physical activity, tobacco, chronic disease, adult immunization
Paul L. Hebert, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Chronic disease with elderly and minority populations; disease management; social determinants of health disparities
Colleen E. Huebner, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Design, delivery and evaluation of preventive interventions with young children and families; social bases of language; cognitive and emotional development in normal and at-risk children; language and literacy development; parents' health literacy
Dean T. Jamison, PhD, MS
Adjunct Professor
Cost-effectiveness; health economics; economics of education; human resources; economic development
Andrew J. Karter, PhD, MS
Affiliate Professor
Diabetes epidemiology; social determinants of health; pharmacoepidemiology
Larry Kessler, ScD
Professor and Chair
Cost-effectiveness and diagnostic value of medical technology in screening for cancer and other diseases
Linda K. Ko, PhD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor
Health communication interventions using new media; decision making in cancer screening; mediators and moderators of behavior change; cancer prevention and control; obesity prevention; health literacy and health disparity; aging and social support
Branko Kopjar, MD, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Prevention effectiveness; outcomes research; international health; health care reforms; quality of careEpidemiology, evidence-based health care planning, biostatistics, Prevention effectiveness, outcomes, quality
Stephen Lim, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
quality of mortality data, health inequality, risk factor and disease burden, economic evaluation and priority setting
Bonnie K. Lind, PhD, MS
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Quality improvement; complementary and alternative medicine; research methods
Chuan-Fen Liu, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor
Health economics; mental health; risk adjustment; outcomes research.
James P. LoGerfo Sr., MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor
Assessment; medical and preventive care
Elliott Lowy, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Rafael Lozano, MD
Adjunct Professor
Health needs assessment; national burden of diseases studies; design, monitoring, and evaluation of national health information systems
Bonnie A. McGregor, PhD, MS
Research Associate Professor
Effect of psychological interventions on distress, posttraumatic growth, nervous, endocrine, and immune system functioning among cancer patients and those at risk for cancer; psychological factors contributing to distress among women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer
Hendrika W. Meischke, PhD, MPH
Professor
Health communication; health promotion; theory development
Ali Mokdad, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Chronic Diseases; obesity; surveillance; survey methodology; emergency and refugee health
Leo Morales, MD, PhD, MPhil, MPH
Affiliate Associate Professor
Minority health and health disparities; obesity and diabetes; psychometric methods
Christopher J. Murray, MD, DPhil
Adjunct Professor
Health metrics and evaluation; mortality analysis and causes of death; life expectancy; health disparities; burden of disease assessment; injuries and risk factors; health economics; cost-effectiveness; health program evaluations; infectious disease epidemiology
India J. Ornelas, PhD, MPH
Acting Assistant Professor
Racial and ethnic health disparities; social determinents of health; Latino and immigrant populations; theory-based interventions; cancer prevention and control; community-based participatory research
Donald L. Patrick, PhD, MS
Professor
Outcomes in health policy and treatment effectiveness; improving end-of-life care; health behavior and health promotion; disability policy; community intervention; resource allocation
James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor
Medical anthropology; International health; HIV/AIDS prevention
Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
Adjunct Associate Professor
Delivering effective primary care to older adults; health promotion
Alonzo L. Plough, PhD, MA, MPH
Clinical Professor
Prevention activity; community-oriented primary care; health policy and management
James D. Ralston, MD, MPH
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Electronic tools to improve health
Gayle E. Reiber, PhD, MPH
Professor
Diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; foot ulcer; amputation; foot care; footwear; epidemiology; health services research
Robert J. Reid, MD, PhD, MPH
Affiliate Associate Professor
Translation of research into practice to improve health
Carolyn M. Rutter, PhD, MS
Affiliate Professor
Longitudinal data analysis; assessment of diagnostic and screening tests; Bayesian methods
Michelle D. Seelig, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary care/specialist physician collaboration; maximizing quality and efficiency of care
Rosa Solorio, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Development of community level interventions to prevent HIV and promote HIV testing among Latino youth; development of primary care interventions to improve health outcomes among Latinos; racial/ethnic health disparities; adolescent health; Latino mortality paradox
Clarence Spigner, DrPH, MPH
Professor
Tobacco-related behavior; racism as a stressor; social construction of 'race' vis-a-vis biological reductionism in health research and behavior; knowledge and opinions about organ donation among ethnic groups; program evaluation; popular culture
Andy S. Stergachis, PhD, MS
Adjunct Professor
Pharmacoepidemiology, global medicines safety, and public health systems research, pharmaceutical education in developing countries, medicines policy
Sean D. Sullivan, PhD, MS
Professor
Technology assessment; medical decision making; economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals, particularly in the areas of respiratory disorders, organ transplantation, HIV/AIDS, mental health and clinical decision making
Sarah Taubman, ScD, MS
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Health insurance
Victoria M. Taylor, MD, MPH
Research Professor
Special populations; health disparities; cancer control; secondary prevention
Beti Thompson, PhD, MA
Professor
Community-based research; dietary change; cancer prevention; health disparities
Ranak B. Trivedi, PhD, MA, MS
Research Assistant Professor
Psychosocial factors and self management with chronic diseases
Nicole D. Urban, ScD, MS
Research Professor
Breast/ovarian cancer screening; cost-effectiveness analysis
Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH
Professor
Health services research; Health promotion and disease prevention
Carolyn A. Watts, PhD, MA
Affiliate Professor
Health care economics and policy; public health genetics; health care industry structure and incentives
Marcia R. Weaver, PhD, MA
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Cost analysis; HIV/AIDS programs
William E. Welton, DrPH, MHA
Senior Lecturer
Organization of health care markets and relationship to overall per capita costs
Thomas M. Wickizer, PhD, MA, MPH, MSW
Affiliate Professor
Managed care costs and outcomes; occupational health; quality improvement; expenditure growth; economic outcomes of substance abuse treatment
Emily C. Williams, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Implementing evidence-based management of unhealthy alcohol use in medical settings; decision-making in health and health care (patient, provider, and system-level decision making); stigmatized chronic conditions (e.g., unhealthy alcohol use, HIV); social and cultural determinants of health and healthcare
Bessie Young, MD, MPH
Adjunct Associate Professor
Health disparities; racial and ethnic differences in kidney disease, diabetes, and transplantation
Steven Zeliadt, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Decision-making and quality of life in prostate cancer treatment; cancer screening; costs of health care interventions; evaluation of informed decision making strategies; comparative effectiveness using large databases; quality of life assessment among cancer survivors; decision modeling; assessment of health care costs
Chuan Zhou, PhD, MS, MS
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Health services research; causal inference; missing data; Bayesian inference
Brenda K. Zierler, PhD
Adjunct Professor
The influence of care delivery systems on patient outcomes; clinical effectiveness



