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  1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  2. Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
  3. Departments and Units
  4. Departments
  5. Health Policy and Management

Health Policy and Management

The Department’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of Arkansans by generating, disseminating, and applying the evidence needed for sound policy and managerial decision-making within the health system. We pursue this mission by:

  • Conducting research to identify better ways of organizing, financing, and delivering health services and implementing health policies;
  • Helping students acquire the knowledge and skills needed for effective policy and managerial decision-making on health issues; and
  • Serving the health system in Arkansas and beyond by providing public officials and other decision-makers with objective, reliable information and assistance.

Contact the Department of Health Policy and Management at 501-526-6633


Key Areas of Expertise

The department is comprised of full-time faculty and secondary and part-time faculty who have methodological and substantive expertise in many of the areas that drive health system performance, including:

  • Organization and financing of medical care and public health services
  • Access to care and safety-net health care systems
  • Quality measurement, quality improvement, and health outcomes assessment
  • Health disparities and cultural competence in health care
  • Health insurance coverage, including Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance markets
  • Public health policy, regulation, and law
  • Economic evaluation of medical and public health interventions
  • Long-term care delivery and financing
  • Rural health care delivery and financing
  • Maternal, child and women’s health
  • Nutrition policy and programming
  • Tobacco policy and programming
  • Substance abuse and mental health policy and programming

Faculty

J. Mick Tilford, PhD
J. Mick Tilford, PhD
Professor and Chair of Health Policy and Management
Location: RAHN 2212
Phone: 501-526-6642
Email: tilfordmickj@uams.edu
Richard J. Ault, MHSA
Richard J. Ault, MHSA
Assistant Professor
Location: RAHN 1254
Phone: 501-526-6652
Email: rjault@uams.edu
Jure Baloh, PhD, MHA
Jure Baloh, PhD, MHA
Assistant Professor
Location: RAHN 1256
Phone: (501) 526-6604
Email: jbaloh@uams.edu
Stephen M. Bowman, PhD, MHA
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Email: smbowman@uams.edu
Clare Brown
Clare Brown, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Location: RAHN 2214
Phone: 501-526-6602
Email: ccbrown@uams.edu
Geoffrey Curran
Geoffrey A. Curran, PhD
Associate Professor
Email: currangeoffreym@uams.edu
Joycelyn Elders, MD
Joycelyn Elders, MD
Professor
Holly C. Felix, PhD, MPA
Holly C. Felix, PhD, MPA
Professor
Location: NWA Campus 4510
Phone: 479-684-5117
Email: felixholly@uams.edu
Liz Gates, JD, MPH
Assistant Dean for Planning and Policy, Instructor
Location: RAHN 2264
Phone: 501-526-6050
Email: lizgates@uams.edu
Anthony Goudie, PhD
Assistant Professor
Email: agoudie@uams.edu
Akif Koru
Güneş Koru, PhD, FAMIA
Professor & Director of the Office of Public Health Informatics
Email: GKoru@uams.edu
Micheal Knox
Assistant Professor
Email: mknox@uams.edu
Cynthia L. Lewis, MSPH, CSP, CIT
Associate Professor and Director of Office of Professional Development and Program Evaluation
Location: RAHN 2248
Phone: (501) 526-6636
Email: cllewis3@uams.edu
Creshelle R. Nash, MD, MPH
Location: RAHN 2214
Phone: 501-526-6608
Email: Cnash@uams.edu
Kelsey Owsley, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Location: RAHN 1262
Phone: 501-526-6656
Email: kmowsley@uams.edu
Stella Phillips, MPH, JD
Instructor
Email: Sjphillips@uams.edu
Austin Porter, DrPH, MPH
Austin Porter, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Phone: 501-526-6632
Email: austin.porter@arkansas.gov
T. Elaine Prewitt, DrPH
Associate Professor
Location: RAHN 2216
Phone: 501-526-6637
Email: tprewitt@uams.edu
Mandana Rezaeiahari, Ph.D, M.Sc.,
Phone: 501-320-7597
Email: mrezaeiahari@uams.edu
Kevin Ryan, JD, MA
Kevin Ryan, JD, MA
Associate Dean for Student and Alumni Affairs, Associate Professor
Location: RAHN 2260
Phone: 501-526-6673
Email: ryankevinw@uams.edu
Dennis Smith, MA
Dennis Smith, MA
Visiting Professor
Phone: 703-772-6119
Email: dgsmith@uams.edu
M. Kathryn (Kate) Stewart, MD, MPH
M. Kathryn (Kate) Stewart, MD, MPH
Professor
Location: RAHN 2226
Phone: 501-526-6625
Email: stewartmaryk@uams.edu
Michael Thomsen
Michael R. Thomsen, PhD
Professor, Governor Sidney S. McMath Chair in Obesity Prevention
Location: RAHN 6201B
Phone: (501) 526-6737
Email: mthomsen@uams.edu
Craig Wilson, JD, MPA
Assistant Professor
Email: jcwilson@uams.edu
Armineh Zohrabian, PhD
Associate Professor
Email: zohrabiana@uams.edu
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