The Gillings School’s top-ranked Department of Health Policy and Management trains the next generation of leaders in every aspect of management, policy development and research to address the complex challenges of improving population health locally, nationally and globally. We’re working to ensure that all people – irrespective of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, geography, religion or economics – have access to high quality, affordable health care.
Coronavirus Affects Everyone: The Department of Health Policy and Management Responds
HPM Professor of Practice Leah Devlin, DDS, recently co-chaired an advisory committee for a COVID-19 vaccination plan developed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). This plan was submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the goal of mapping out an immunization strategy for everyone in N.C who is eligible for and wants a COVID-19 vaccine.
Message from the Chair
Our Mission
To improve health for all by creating and translating knowledge into policy and practice and educating current and future health leaders, managers, policymakers, practitioners and researchers.
Our Vision and Values
High quality, accessible and affordable health systems that achieve optimal population health in North Carolina, across the United States and around the world.
Our Research Strengths
- Cancer care
- Rural health
- Mental health
- Comparative effectiveness
- Financial management and performance
- Health outcomes
- Organization and implementation science
- Quality of and access to care
