Department of Health Policy and Management

On Oct. 15 from 2-3 p.m., the Department of Health Policy and Management will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Peggy Leatt in a virtual memorial. Registration required.

Emily Mangone, doctoral candidate within the Department of Health Policy and Management, will defend her dissertation titled "Development and assessment of contraceptive ideational profiles among urban women of reproductive age in Senegal: Implications for health communication programs." Watch the presentation online. To join Zoom meeting, contact vhooker@email.unc.edu for passcode.

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Neela Kumar will defend her dissertation research, titled "The effects of high deductible health plans and preventive drug lists on adherence and cost-sharing in individuals with Type 2 diabetes." Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Eunice Yang will defend her dissertation research, titled "The effect of competition among fully-capitated Medicaid managed care plans on healthcare utilization." Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

Doctoral candidate Olive Mbah will present her dissertation research on Thursday, Dec. 16 from Noon-2 pm EST. The title of her dissertation is "The impact of the Affordable Care Act on racial/ethnic and community-level inequities in colorectal cancer outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries." Watch online.

Sejin Lee will defend her dissertation research on March 15 at noon. The topic of her dissertation is "Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes for patients with advanced melanoma: Immunotherapy vs... Read more »

Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, tenured Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health and Blue Cross Endowed Professor in Health and Racial Equity, will give a lecture titled, “Examining Racism in Health Services Research: Experiences, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher and... Read more »

Doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management Kathleen Knocke will defend her dissertation research, titled "The impact of rural hospital-based maternity unit closures in North Carolina," on May 10 at 8 a.m. Watch online.

Doctoral candidate within the Department of Health Policy and Management Hadi Beyhaghi will defend his dissertation on June 30 from 10 a.m. - noon. The title of his dissertation is "Advanced analytics for predicting survival and facilitating precision medicine in checkpoint immunotherapy." Dissertation committee chair is Kristen Hassmiller Lich. Watch online.

In this inaugural Lunch and Learn presentation, Drs. Mark Holmes and George Pink will present "The rural environment and a new type of Medicare provider: The Rural Emergency Hospital." Registration required. Contact Jake Stallard with questions.

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Wendi (Elkins) Rotunda will present her dissertation research, "The impact of high costs of oral anticancer drugs: Access, death and net worth." Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

Doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management Soohyun Hwang will defend her dissertation research on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 1:00 pm. The title of her dissertation is, "Multilevel determinants of guideline-adherent active surveillance follow-up care for low-risk prostate cancer." Contact Valerie Hooker with questions. Watch online.

DrPH candidate, Marty Cooney, will defend his dissertation research, "Healthcare providers and parents of patients in the NICU: What are the barriers and facilitators to mobile device cleaning? Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

Health policy and management doctoral candidate Alix Boisson will present her dissertation research, titled "VaNISH-HBV: Vaccination of Newborns -- Innovative Strategies to Hasten Elimination of Hepatitis B Virus in Kinshasa Province, DRC." This presentation will be via Zoom only. Watch online. Contact Valerie Hooker with questions.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Thinking about the future of Health Policy and Management with Dr. Allen Gifford. Dr. Gifford is Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Boston... Read more »