Health Policy, Systems, and Management

Health systems, policy, and management research drives improvements in healthcare delivery, optimizes resource allocation, and informs policy decisions, ensuring effective, equitable, and efficient health services. The SPH researches evidence-based strategies, addresses systemic challenges and fosters innovation, leading to a more resilient and responsive healthcare system and health care workforce.

Faculty List
Jean Abraham
Jean Abraham, PhD
Professor and Division Head
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
susan arnold
Susan Arnold, PhD, CIH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Zinzi Bailey
Zinzi D. Bailey, ScD, MSPH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
timothy beebe
Timothy Beebe, PhD
James A. Hamilton Professor of Healthcare Management
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Raiza Beltrain
Raiza Beltran, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Jeff Bender
Jeff Bender, DVM, MS
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
bjorn berg
Bjorn Berg, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
lynn blewett
Lynn Blewett, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Caitlin Carroll
Caitlin Carroll, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Dori Cross
Dori Cross, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Janette Dill
Janette Dill, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Bryan Dowd
Bryan Dowd, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Horacio Duarte
Horacio Duarte, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Darin Erickson
Darin Erickson, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Amy Fairchild portrait
Amy Fairchild, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases ◦ Substance Use
Andrew Fenelon
Andrew Fenelon, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Melanie Firestone
Melanie Firestone, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Simone French
Simone French, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Linda Frizzell
Linda Bane Frizzell, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Joseph Gaugler
Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Ezra Golberstein
Ezra Golberstein, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Sarah Gollust
Sarah Gollust, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Stuart Grande
Stuart W. Grande, PhD, MPA
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Carrie Henning-Smith
Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Jue Hou
Jue Hou, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Peter Huckfeldt
Peter Huckfeldt, PhD
Vernon E. Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Tran Huynh
Trân Huỳnh, PhD, CIH
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Rhonda Jones-Webb
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Eric Jutkowitz
Eric Jutkowitz, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Katy Kozhimannil
Katy B. Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Karen Kuntz
Karen Kuntz, ScD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
JP Leider
JP Leider, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Toben Nelson
Toben Nelson, ScD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Hannah Neprash
Hannah Neprash, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Ruby Nguyen
Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD
Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
sayeh-nikpay
Sayeh Nikpay, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Paige Nong
Paige Nong, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
MIchael Osterholm
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD
Regents Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Theresa Osypuk
Theresa L. Osypuk, SD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Helen Parsons
Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Nathan Shippee
Nathan Shippee, PhD
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition ◦ Substance Use
Tetyana Shippee
Tetyana Shippee, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mental Health and Cognition
Jamie Stang
Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Food and Nutrition ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Irina Stepanov
Irina Stepanov, PhD
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mayo Professor in Public Health
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Specialty Areas:
Aging ◦ Cancer ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Environment and Hazardous Exposures ◦ Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families ◦ Substance Use
Traci Toomey
Traci Toomey, PhD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Drissa M. Toure
Drissa M. Toure, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Mothers, Children, and Families
Katie White
Katie White, EdD, MBA
Associate Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management
Rachel Widome
Rachel Widome, PhD
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use
Rebecca Wurtz
Rebecca Wurtz, MD, MPH
Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Global Health ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Infectious Diseases
Xiao Zang
Xiao Zang, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Specialty Areas:
Antiracism and Health Equity ◦ Chronic Disease Causes and Prevention ◦ Data Science and Research Methods ◦ Health Policy, Systems, and Management ◦ Substance Use