Faculty and Staff
Faculty
- Winsor Schmidt, JD, LLM, Chair and Professor
- Joseph Coyne, DrPH, Professor
- David Sclar, BPharm., PhD, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Health Policy
- Jae Kennedy, PhD, Associate Professor
- FevziAkinci, PhD, Associate Professor
Retired Faculty
- William Lassey, PhD, Professor Emeritus
- Barry Hicks, PhD, Research Associate Professor
Staff
- De Martin, Academic Coordinator: 509.358.7987, SAC 411. Hours: M–TH, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and by appointment.
- Laura Manson, Secretary Senior: 509.358.7980, SAC 411. Hours: M–F, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Advisory Committee
The program's Advisory Committee includes professionals from a variety of health-related organizations and backgrounds, including hospitals, physicians, public health, mental health, and policy makers.
Faculty Expertise
- Health finance
- Health law
- International health
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Policy analysis
- Disability and aging services
- Access to care
- Disease management and health axioms
- Health care economics
- Impact of communities on health
- Managed care efficiency and effectiveness
- Quality improvement
- Health information systems
- Management development and education
- Governance and strategy issues in the hospital
- Mental health services
- Rural health