Alumni
Our alumni are employed in leading universities, public policy settings, and "think tanks" around the country. The following is a partial listing of graduates of our program, their dissertation titles, and their current employment.
Jonathan Agnew, Ph.D
Cost and Utilization of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Among the Elderly: Implications for a Medicare Benefit
Assistant Director of Policy
British Columbia Medical Association, Vancouver, BC
Jim Bellows, Ph.D.
Use of Worker's Compensation Medical Care:Health Insurance Matters
Director
Center for Evaluation and Innovation
Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute, Oakland CA
Nicole Bellows, Ph.D.
The Minimum Data Set Quality Indicators and Nursing Facility Response to Reimbursement Incentives
Assistant Researcher
Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, UC Berkeley
Aman Bhandari , Ph.D.
National Estimates and Predictors of Pharmacy Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures in Underserved Populations
Research Analyst, Project Officer
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Research & Evaluation Group/ORDI
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore MD
Timothy T. Brown, Ph.D.
Three Essays on the Labor Market for Nonphysician Clinicians
Associate Director of Research
Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Lawrence Casalino, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Groups and Physician Organization; Physician-Hospital and Physician-Health Plan Relationships; Physician Organization and Quality
Associate Professor
Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
Susan Chapman, Ph.D.
The Experience of Returning to Work for Employed Women with Breast Cancer
Assistant Adjunct Professor and Director of Allied Health Workforce Studies
Center for the Health Professions, UC San Francisco
Ann Chou, Ph.D.
The Effect of Mental Health Parity on Children's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Utilization in Massachusetts
Assistant Professor
Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, Oklahoma University
Elizabeth Ciemins, Ph.D.
The Effect of Mental Health Parity on Children's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Utilization in Massachusetts
Director
Center for Clinical Translational Research, Billings Clinic, MT
Janet Coffman, Ph.D.
All Capitated Systems are not Alike: Effects of Organizational Structure, Culture, and Climate on Medicaid Recipients Use of Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Assistant Adjunct Professor
California Health Benefits Review Program
Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
Alison Evans Cuellar, Ph.D.
Changing Markets and Hospital: Managed Care, Horizontal Integration and Vertical Alignment
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University NY
Lisa Faulkner, Ph.D.
Willingness to Pay for a Health Plan that Allows Physician Choice
Associate Professor
Department of Public Affairs and Administration
California State University East Bay, Hayward CA
Toni Fogarty, Ph.D.
Physical and Chemical Restraint Management for Residents with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities
MSHCA Program Graduate Coordinator
Department of Public Affairs and Administration
California State University East Bay, Hayward CA
Laura Gardner, M.D., Ph.D.
Hospital-Physician Relationships and Cesarean Section Rate Variation
President, Axiomedics Research, Inc., Los Altos CA
Clinical Assistant, Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Stanford University CA
Daniel Gentry , Ph.D.
Organizational Bureacracy, Legitimacy, and "Thrival": A Study of the Response by AIDS Service Organizations in Twenty California Counties to the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990
Professor of Health Systems Management, College of Health Sciences
Program Director, Health Systems Managment Program,
Rush University, Chicago IL
Mita Giacomini, Ph.D.
The Equity of 'Implicit Rationing' for Medical High Technology: A Study of Access to Inpatient Procedures in California
Professor
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Xiaohui Hou, Ph.D.
Essays on Evaluation of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program---Evidence from Rural Mexico
Economist,
South Asia Human Development
The World Bank Group, Washington DC
Wendy Yun-Yi Hung, Ph.D.
The Impact of Health Maintenance Organizations on the Utilization of Health Care Services:Does Biased Selection Matter?
Senior Health Services Researcher
Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
Jenny Hyun , Ph.D.
Person-Centered Care Program Philosophy in Capitated Community Mental Health Centers in Colorado
Research Health Science Specialist, Military Sexual Trauma Support Team
Veteran Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System, CA
Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Ph.D.
State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments: Implications for a Federal Mandate
Assistant Professor
Temple University, Philadelphia PA
Sue Kim, Ph.D.
The Effect of Income on Medical Care Utilization for Injured Workers in California
Research Associate
MDRC, Oakland CA
Susan Lehrman, Ph.D.
Hospitals' Participation in the Nursing Home Market
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Management Institute,
Union College, Schenectady NY
Rui Li, Ph.D.
Effect of Financial Incentives on Physician Productivity in Medical Groups
Senior Service Fellow, Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA
Michael Lin, Ph.D.
Nursing Home Quality
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Martin Marciniak, Ph.D.
Too Good to Be True? The Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on an Individual's Ability to Quit Smoking
Senior Health Outcomes Scientist
Global Health Outcomes Group, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis IN
Jill Marsteller, Ph.D
The Relationship between Non-Racial Diversity in Team Composition and Performance and Creativity in a Chronic Illness Care Quality Improvement Intervention
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Sara McMenamin, Ph.D.
Organizational Support for Smoking Cessation Interventions in Physician Organizations
Director of Research
Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, UC Berkeley
Angela Merrill, Ph.D.
Subjective Expectations of Nursing Home Use, Medicaid, and Economic Behavior by Older Americans
Senior Researcher
Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge MA
Shannon Mitchell, Ph.D.
Quality of Care in Networks and Health Systems
Associate Research Scientist
Division of Health Policy, Yale University of Medicine NY
Eric Nauenberg, Ph.D.
Air Pollution and Hospitalization for Asthma in Los Angeles County: Economic and Policy Implications
Senior Health Economics Coordinator/Associate Professor of Health Economics
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care/Dept of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
Barbara Norrish , Ph.D.
The Impact of Hospital Restructuring on the Work of Registered Nurses
Director, Education and Career Development
Kaiser Regional Patient Care Services, Oakland CA
Michael Ong, M.D., Ph.D.
The Effects of Regulatory Change on the Safety of Pharmaceutical Innovations
Assistant Professor in Residence
Division of GIM & HSR, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles CA
Mary Paterson, Ph.D.
Financial Status of Retiree Caregivers: An Analysis of the Asset Structure of the Retiree Caregiver
Senior Research Associate,
Abt Associates International Health Area
Krista Perreira, Ph.D.
Exits, Recidivism, and Caseload Growth: The Effect of Private Health Insurance Markets on the Demand for Medicaid
Associate Professor
Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dana Petersen, Ph.D.
Social Capital, Social Support, and Quality of Life among Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors
Research Social Scientist
Policy Division, SRI International, Menlo Park CA
Kathryn Phillips, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Screening: The Influence of State Policies on Utilization of Human Autoimmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Screening
Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research
School of Pharmacy, Institute for Health Policy Studies, and UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC San Francisco
Brian Quinn , Ph.D.
The Effect of Community-Level Unemployment On Preventive Oral Health Care Utilization
Program Officer, Research and Evaluation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton NJ
Julie Schmittdiel, Ph.D.
The Effect on Primary Health Care Orientation on Chronic Care Management
Senior Data Consultant
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland CA
John Schneider, Ph.D.
Regulation and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Hospital Industry, 1980-1996
Assistant Professor
College of Public Health, University of Iowa
Sukyong Seo, Ph.D
Hospital Nurse Staffing: Focusing on Temporary Employment
Analyst
Evaluation & Innovation, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland CA
Karen Shore, Ph.D.
Consumer Choice and Switching Between Managed Care Plans
Director
Center for Health Improvement, Sacramento CA
Patsi Sinnott, Ph.D.
Administrative Delay and Secondary Disability Following Acute Occupational Low Back Injury
Health Economist
Health Economics Resource Center (HERC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Menlo Park CA
Nicole Smith, Ph.D.
Modeling Policy Implementation: A School Entry Requirement for Adolescent Vaccination
Epidemiologist
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Team
World Health Organization Country Office in Viet Nam
Seema Sonnad, Ph.D.
Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Sean Sullivan, Ph.D.
The Demand for Prescription Drugs in Elderly Americans
Professor of Pharmacy and Health Services
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington
Susan Thollaug, Ph.D.
Poverty, Race, and Childhood Asthma: Health Care Service Utilization in an HMO
Foreign Service Officer
US Agency for International Development
Chief, Office of Health Programs, USAID/Pakistan
John Troidl, Ph.D.
Effects of Capitated Reimbursement on Costs, Productivity, and Staffing at Community Health Centers
Consultant, Health Services Management
Adjunct Faculty,
University of San Francisco
Yi-Wen Tsai, Ph.D.
Cigarette Taxation, National Health Insurance
Associate Investigator, Division of Health Policy Research
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Associate Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Todd Wagner, Ph.D.
The Economics of Consumer Health Information
Health Economist
Health Economics Resource Center, VA Palo Alto
Health Care System and Consulting Professor
Stanford University CA
Jill Mathews Yegian, Ph.D.
Politics, Economics, and Organizational Innovation in the Small Group Market for Health Insurance
Senior Program Officer
California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland CA
James Zazzali, Ph.D.
Coordination and Productivity of Department of Veterans Affairs Psychiatric Units Providing Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services to Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
Associate Health Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica CA