Mission and Goals
Mission
The primary mission of the Health Policy and Administration (HPA) graduate program is to:
- Prepare excellent working students in metropolitan Spokane, eastern Washington, and the Inland Northwest region and excellent students nationally interested in healthier communities, for a variety of professional health services management positions; and
- Contribute to community health services enhancement and community health policy development through education, applied research, and service.
Goals
In support of its mission, the goals of the HPA are to:
- Provide working students and students interested in improving and developing healthier communities with the knowledge, skills, and values to be skilled health service administrators and community health policy leaders.
- Conduct research that focuses on domestic (local, state, national) and international community health service management and policy enhancement.
- Serve as a resource for health service organizations, programs, and policy settings in domestic and international communities through service activities and outreach.
Contact Us
Office LocationAcademic Center
Offices 403 M–S
Winsor Schmidt, Chair
E-mail: schmidtw@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7981
De Martin, Academic Coordinator
E-mail: demartin@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7987
Telephone: 509.358.7980
Fax: 509.358.7984
