The Masters of Science Program in Health Policy Research

Faculty

Health policy researchers are intrinsically multidisciplinary, using tools from a wide range of scientific disciplines to gain insight into the complex challenges facing health care. To this end, program faculty, including lecturers and individual scholar mentors, are drawn from across the University:

David A. Asch, MD, MBA; Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Health Care Management and Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School; Co-Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School

Fran Barg, PhD, MEd; Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine

Rinad Beidas, PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

Kathleen Burke, PhD, RN; Assistant Dean for Clinical Nurse Learning and Innovation, Perelman School of Medicine

Andrew J. Epstein, PhD, MPP; Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Marsha Gerdes, PhD; Co-director, Neonatal Follow-up Program; Project Director, Early to Learn: Partners for School Readiness, School Readiness Initiative, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Henry A. Glick, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Health Care Systems, The Wharton School

David Grande, MD, MPA; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

John R. Kimberly, PhD, MS; Henry Bower Professor of Entrepreneurial Management, Professor of Management, The Wharton School; Professor of Health Care Management/Sociology; Executive Director, Wharton/INSEAD Alliance

Judith A. Long, MD; Director, Masters of Science in Health Policy Research; Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MS, MSHP; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program

Nandita Mitra, PhD; Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine

Jennifer S. Myers, MD; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine; Perelman School of Medicine; Director of Training Programs, Center for Health Care Improvement and Patient Safety (CHIPS)

Mark Pauly, PhD; Bendheim Professor of Health Care Systems, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, and Economics, the Wharton School

Daniel E. Polsky, PhD; Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School

Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MS; Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

David Rubin, MD, MSCE; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH; Director, Health Policy Research Track of the Masters of Science in Health Policy Research Program; Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

J. Sanford Schwartz, MD; Leon Hess Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Judy A. Shea, PhD; Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, PhD; Professor of Pediatrics, Health Care Management, Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine

Lucy Tuton, PhD; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Director, Program Development in Community Health, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Associate Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Sankey V. Williams, MD; Sol Katz Professor of General Internal Medicine; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Professor of Health Care Management (formerly Health Care Systems), The Wharton School; Associate, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Sarah Zlotnik, MSW, MSPH; Research Associate, PolicyLab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia