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