Health Policy & Management

Alan Jette
Professor and Acting Chair. Director, Health Disability Research Institute.
PhD, MPH, University of Michigan.
Areas of interest: physical therapy, rehabilitation, gerontology, health outcomes, and disability.
sph.bu.edu/ajette

Full Time

Dan Berlowitz
Professor. Director, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: quality assessment and improvement with an emphasis on ambulatory and long-term care settings.
sph.bu.edu/dberlow

Barbara G. Bokhour
Associate Professor. Research Health Scientist, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Clark University.
Areas of interest: patient-provider communication; patient perceptions of health and illness; chronic illness management; use of qualitative methods in health services research.
sph.bu.edu/bokhour

Ann Marie Borzecki
Research Associate Professor. Researcher, CHQOER, Veterans Health Administration. Also, Research Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine.
MD, University of Ottawa; MPH, Boston University.
Areas of interest: chronic disease management and changing provider behavior.
sph.bu.edu/amb

James F. Burgess Jr.
Professor and Director, Health Economics Program. Senior Investigator, Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Brown University.
Areas of interest: health economics, productive efficiency, quality and profiling, and industrial organization.
sph.bu.edu/jfburges

Kathleen Carey
Associate Professor. Researcher, CHQOER, Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Boston University; MAT, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: econometrics, health expenditures, and regulation.
sph.bu.edu/kcarey

Bei-Hung Chang
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor of Biostatistics.
ScD, Harvard University; MA, University of California, Berkeley; MS, University of Illinois.
Areas of interest: statistical methods, mind and body medicine, religion/spirituality and health.
sph.bu.edu/bhchang

Martin P. Charns
Professor and Director, Program on Health Policy & Management. Director, Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
DBA, MBA, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: health care organization, organizational change and development, coordination among health professionals, clinical service lines, patient safety, and diffusion of innovation.
sph.bu.edu/mcharns

Cindy L. Christiansen
Associate Professor.
PhD, MS, University of Texas, Austin.
Areas of interest: Bayesian and hierarchical statistical models for health services research.
sph.bu.edu/cindylc

Jack A. Clark
Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Areas of interest: chronic illness, cancer, quality of life, medical outcomes, and patient-physician communication.
sph.bu.edu/jaclark

Irene E. Cramer
Research Assistant Professor. Investigator, Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Brandeis University; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University.

Mari-Lynn Drainoni
Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Northeastern University; MEd, University of Massachusetts.
Areas of interest: program evaluation, infectious diseases, mental health/substance abuse, disability and chronic illness.
sph.bu.edu/drainoni

Susan Eisen
Professor. Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Brandeis University.
Areas of interest: mental health outcome assessment, quality of mental health services, consumer perspectives on treatment and outcomes, post-deployment mental health; risk and resilience factors in mental health; computer-adapted health assessment.
sph.bu.edu/seisen

Anashua (Rani) Elwy
Assistant Professor.
PhD, King’s College, London; MS, London School of Economics.
sph.bu.edu/relwy

DiJon Fasoli
Research Instructor.
PhD, MA, Brandeis University; MBA, State University of New York; MSN, University of Cincinnati.

B. Graeme Fincke
Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration. Also, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Yale University.
sph.bu.edu/gfincke

Allen L. Gifford
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Co-Director, Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economics Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
MD, University of North Carolina.
sph.bu.edu/agifford

Mark E. Glickman
Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: Bayesian inference; paired comparison models; state-space models; causal inference; physician payment reform; provider practice patterns; health care utilization patterns.
sph.bu.edu/mg

Gouri Gupte
Assistant Professor.
PhD, University of Alabama-Birmingham
sph.bu.edu/gourig

Stephen M. Haley
Professor.
PhD, University of Washington; MS, University of Kentucky.
Areas of interest: pediatric and adult patient-reported outcomes, computer adaptive testing, special health care needs for children, health and disability research.
sph.bu.edu/smhaley

Christine Hartmann
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, MSS, Bryn Mawr College.
Areas of interest: health care quality, patient safety, patient safety culture, and the elderly and nursing home care.

Elaine C. Hickey
Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
MS, RN, Boston University.
Areas of interest: program evaluation, long-term care, palliative and end-of-life care, and quality management

Lewis E. Kazis
Professor. Director, Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices (CAPP).
ScD, ScM, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: health-related quality of life, survey research, pharmaceutical effectiveness studies, drug safety and policy.
sph.bu.edu/lek

Nancy Latham
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, University of Auckland; MSc, McGill University.
Areas of interest: disability, older people, rehabilitation effectiveness, satisfaction with care, clinical trials, and meta-analysis.
sph.bu.edu/nlatham

Carol VanDeusen Lukas
Clinical Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
EdD, Harvard University.
Areas of interest: organizational change, integrated delivery systems, and health system reform.
sph.bu.edu/cvlukas

Donald Keith McInnes
Research Assistant Professor. Investigator, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research
(CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
ScD, MS, Harvard University School of Public Health.

Robert F. Meenan
Professor and Dean. Also, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences & Community Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Boston University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MBA, Boston University.
Areas of interest: health status measurement, outcomes research, and clinical epidemiology.
sph.bu.edu/rmeenan

Donald R. Miller
Associate Professor. Director of Research, Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices. Senior Epidemiologist, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER) and Director, Epidemiology and Outcomes Services.
ScD, Harvard University.
sph.bu.edu/drmiller

David C. Mohr
Research Assistant Professor. Investigator, Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, MA, Bowling Green State University.

Pengsheng Ni
Research Assistant Professor.
MD, MPH, Shanghai Medical University.
Areas of interest: item response theory (iRT), computerized adaptive testing (caT), structural equation modeling (SeM), and psychometrics.
sph.bu.edu/psni

Victoria A. Parker
Associate Professor. Researcher, Center for Organization, Leadership, and Management Research (COLMR), Veterans Health Administration.
EdM, Harvard University; DBA, Boston University.
Areas of interest: organizational behavior; health care teams, long-term care workforce; workforce diversity.
sph.bu.edu/vaparker

Mark J. Prashker
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Institutional Development and Strategic Planning. Also, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, MPH, Boston University.
sph.bu.edu/prashker

David L. Rosenbloom
Professor.
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
sph.bu.edu/drosenbloom

James Rothendler
Researcher, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), Veterans Health Administration.
MD, Columbia University.
Areas of interest: informatics, telemedicine, and quality of care.
sph.bu.edu/jrothend

Alan Sager
Professor and Director, Health Reform Program.
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Areas of interest: equal access to effective acute and ambulatory care, hospital finance, survival of needed hospitals, affordable prescription drugs, and program design for long-term care.
sph.bu.edu/asager

Carol R. Tobias
Assistant Professor. Director, Health & Disability Working Group, Boston University School of Public Health.
MMHS, Brandeis University.
sph.bu.edu/tcarol

Part Time

Sara S. Bachman
Research Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor, Social Research, Boston University School of Social Work.
PhD, Brandeis University; MS, University of Massachusetts.

Justin Benzer
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, MS, Texas A&M University.

Sharmila Chatterjee
Research Instructor.
MD, University of Chicago; MPH, Harvard University.

Roberta N. Clarke
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Boston University School of Management.
DBA, MBA, Harvard University.

Alan B. Cohen
Professor. Also, Professor of Health Policy & Management, Boston University School of Management, Boston University School of Management. Executive Director, Boston University Health Policy Institute.
ScD, Harvard University.

Sally J. Deane
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor. Health care consultant.
MPH, MEd, Boston University.

Daniel Deykin
Professor Emeritus. Also, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Director, Health Services Research and Development Service, and Chief, Cooperative Studies Program, Veteran Affairs.
MD, Harvard Medical School.

Almas Dossa
Research Instructor.
PhD, Brandeis University; MPH, MS, Boston University.

Gail H. Douglas
Adjunct Assistant Professor.
RN, MPH, Boston University.

Richard H. Egdahl
Professor. Also, Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Health Care Entrepreneurship, Boston University. Director, Boston University Health Care Entrepreneurship Program. Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Professor of Management, Boston University School of Management. University Professor, Boston University.
MD, Harvard Medical School; PhD, University of Minnesota.

Gemmae Fix
Research Instructor.
PhD, MA, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Austin B. Frakt
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Paul M. Gertman
Professor.
MD, Johns Hopkins University.

Ann Marie Hendricks
Associate Professor.
PhD, University of Michigan.

Judith A. Jones
Associate Professor. Also, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of General Dentistry, Boston University School of Dental Medicine.
DDS, MPH, University of North Carolina; DSc, Boston University.

Peter J. Koutoujian
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Massachusetts State Representative and Chair, House Committee on Health Care.
JD, New England School of Law; MPA, Harvard University.

David Lagasse
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
MHSA, MA, University of Michigan.

Robert J. Master
Associate Professor. Chief Medical Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan.
MD, New York Medical College.

Mark Meterko
Research Associate Professor.
PhD, State University of New York.

John Minichiello
Lecturer.
MBA, Northeastern University.

Jack Newsom
Lecturer.
ScD, Boston University; MBA, MS, Dartmouth College.

Victoria V. Ozonoff
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director, Injury Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
PhD, Boston University.

Steven D. Pizer
Research Associate Professor.
PhD, Boston College.
sph.bu.edu/pizer

Terri Krangel Pogoda
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, MS, Tufts University.

Julia Prentice
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, MSPH, University of California, Los Angeles.

Joseph D. Restuccia
Associate Professor. Also, Professor of Health Care & Operations Management, Boston University School of Management. Assistant Research Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
DrPH, MPH, University of California, Berkeley.

Robert Restuccia
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Executive Director, Community Catalyst.
MPA, Harvard University.

Carolyn E. Schwartz
Adjunct Research Associate Professor.
ScD, Harvard University.

Stephanie Shimada
Research Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management.
PhD, Harvard University.

Mary Slavin
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, Clark University; MS, Boston University.
sph.bu.edu/mslavin

Theodore Stefos
Assistant Professor and Director, Management Science Group, Veterans Health Administration.
PhD, Boston University. Assistant Professor.
sph.bu.edu/tstefos

Jennifer Sullivan
Research Assistant Professor.
PhD, MS, University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Bert White
Lecturer.
DMin, ThM, MBA, Boston University.

Robert A. Witzburg
Professor. Also, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean and Director of Admissions, Boston University School of Medicine.
MD, Boston University.

Gary Young
Adjunct Professor.
JD, PhD, State University of New York-Buffalo.