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 Assistant Professor
Item response theory

Janice F. Bell,  PhD, MPH, MN
Assistant Professor
Maternal and child health, social determinants

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, communications

Diana Buist,  PhD, MPH
Affiliate Associate Professor
Primary and secondary prevention and control of breast cancer.

Gary Chan,  PhD
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, research methods

Michael K. Chapko,  PhD
Research Professor
Ambulatory care, long-term care, cost-effectiveness

Allen D. Cheadle,  PhD
Research Professor
Community-based research

Frederick A. Connell,  MD, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean
Measurement of health

Douglas A. Conrad,  PhD, MBA, MHA
Professor
Managed care; corporate finance in health care; risk and insurance

Bonnie M. Duran,  DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor

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
Methods and statistics for cancer research

Paul A. Fishman,  PhD, MA, MA
Affiliate Associate Professor

Emmanuela Gakidou,  PhD, MSc
Adjunct Associate Professor
health systems reforms, health inequalities in health of the poor, measurement of adult mortality in developing countries

Stephen S. Gloyd,  MD, MPH
Professor

David Grembowski,  PhD, MA
Professor
Evaluation, research design in health services; health service systems

David C. Grossman,  MD, MPH
Professor
Injury Control; Native American Health; Suicide Prevention

Paul L. Hebert,  PhD
Research Associate Professor

Colleen E. Huebner,  PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Infants, toddlers, community-based intervention, parent-child interaction

Dean T. Jamison,  PhD, MS
Adjunct Professor

Andrew J. Karter,  PhD, MS
Affiliate Professor

Ann Marie Kimball,  MD, MPH
Professor
Global Health, Emerging Infections, Trade, Epidemiology,Informatics

Thomas D. Koepsell,  MD, MPH
Professor
Community trials, program evaluation

Branko Kopjar,  MD, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Epidemiology, evidence-based health care planning, biostatistics, Prevention effectiveness, outcomes, quality

Bonnie K. Lind,  PhD, MS
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Statistics methods, research design, use of insurance claims data, complementary and alternative medicine, nursing workforce supply and demand

Chuan-Fen Liu,  PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor
Health economics, mental health, risk adjustment, and outcomes research.

James P. LoGerfo Sr.,  MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor
Assessment, Medical and Preventive Care

Elliott Lowy,  PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Paula Lozano,  MD, MPH
Adjunct Associate Professor

Diane P. Martin,  PhD, MA
Professor
Research methods, health services organization and financing

Charles C. Maynard,  PhD, MSW, MA
Research Professor
CVD Admin databases

Bonnie A. McGregor,  PhD, MS
Research Assistant Professor
Psychological factors affecting health in cancer patients

Hendrika W. Meischke,  PhD, MPH
Professor
Health Communication, Health Promotion, Theory development

Sohail K. Mirza,  MD, MPH
Clinical Professor

Christopher J. Murray,  MD, DPhil
Adjunct Professor

Donald L. Patrick,  PhD, MS
Professor
health-related quality of life assessment

James Pfeiffer,  PhD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor
Medical Anthropology, International Health, HIV/AIDS Prevention

Elizabeth Phelan,  MD, MPH
Adjunct Associate Professor
Delivering Effective Primary Care to Older Adults, Health Promotion

Alonzo L. Plough,  PhD, MA, MPH
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
DM, Foot Ulcer, Footwear, Epidemiology

Robert J. Reid,  MD, PhD, MPH
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Translation of research into practice to improve health

Hector P. Rodriguez,  PhD, MPH
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Influence of organizational, team, and physician/patient factors on quality and patient experience with health care.

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

Rosa Solorio,  MD, MPH
Assistant Professor

Clarence Spigner,  DrPH, MPH
Associate 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. Health behavior/education, institutional racism, structural inequalities

Andy Stergachis,  PhD, MS
Adjunct Professor

Sean D. Sullivan,  PhD, MS
Professor
CEA, Respiratory Diseases, Technology Assessment

Victoria M. Taylor,  MD, MPH
Research Professor
Special populations, health disparities, cancer control, secondary prevention

Engelberta Thompson,  PhD, MA
Professor
Community research, smoking, diet, cancer

Nicole D. Urban,  ScD, MS
Research Professor
Breast /ovarian cancer, screening, cost-effectiveness analysis.

Edward H. Wagner,  MD, MPH
Professor
Health promotion and disease prevention

Carolyn A. Watts,  PhD, MA
Professor
Health economics; health policy

Marcia R. Weaver,  PhD, MA
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Cost analysis, HIV/AIDS programs

William E. Welton,  DrPH, MHA
Senior Lecturer
Management and Leadership / Health Policy

Thomas M. Wickizer,  PhD, MPH
Affiliate Professor
Health economics; health services organization

Bessie Young,  MPH, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Health disparities, racial and ethnic differences in kidney disease, diabetes, transplantation.

Steven Zeliadt,  PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor

Chuan Zhou,  PhD, MS, MS
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Health services research, causal inference, missing data, Bayesian inference

Brenda K. Zierler,  PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
The influence of care delivery systems on patient outcomes; clinical effectiveness