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


