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  • 135 Dauer Drive
  • 1101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB #7411
  • Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411
  • (919) 966-7350

Compassionate leaders for complex challenges

The Gillings School's top-ranked Department of Health Policy and Management trains the next generation of leaders in management, policy making and research to address the complex challenges of health care delivery and produce cutting-edge research. We prepare our students to improve population health both domestically and globally. We are committed to ensuring that all people — irrespective of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, geographic origin, religion or economic resources — have access to high-quality health care services.

Message from the Chair

Morris Weinberger, PhD
Vergil N. Slee Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Quality Management and Chair
"As one of the top-ranked Departments of Health Policy and Management in the nation, we are dedicated to making an impact locally and globally through our leadership, research, scholarship, service and diversity."
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Department Spotlight

HPM wins award for sustainability in health care management
HPM is a recipient of the Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice given by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) and Canon Solutions America. The award is given to educational institutions with programs that support sustainability goals. HPM will be honored at a luncheon on Mar. 22 in Chicago, IL and acknowledged in the January 2020 edition of Modern Healthcare.
Read more about HPM's commitment to sustainability
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We have nearly 450 students enrolled in certificate, undergraduate and graduate programs. Our full-time faculty members are experts in finance, economics, sociology, decision science, informatics, management and health policy. Additionally, more than 130 adjunct faculty members, with wide-ranging practice experience, contribute to teaching and learning.

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

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