People & Partners

People & Partners

Leadership Team

joanne_spetz
Director
Joanne Spetz, PhD
Professor and Director
Institute for Health Policy Studies
laura_wagner
Deputy Director
Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor & Interim Dept Chair
Community Health Systems

Faculty

susan_chapman

Susan Chapman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emeritus
Social Behavioral Sciences
janet_coffman

Janet Coffman, PhD, MPP, MA
Associate Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
lauren_hunt

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP
Associate Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
jackie_kaslow

Jackie Kaslow, DrPH, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Project Director of Red Medicine Tobacco Prevention Project
Social Behavioral Sciences
soo-jeong_lee

Soo-Jeong Lee, PhD, RN, ANP
Professor
Community Health Systems
anil_makam

Anil Makam, MD, MAS, BS
Asst Professor In Residence
Medicine
ulrike_muench

Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
alissa_sideman

Alissa Sideman, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Postdoctoral Trainee

lei_chen

Lei Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Affiliated Investigators


Kezia Scales, PhD
Vice President of Research & Evaluation
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)

Denise Tyler, PhD, MA
Research Scientist
Scripps Gerontology Center of Miami University

Expert Advisory Group


Robert Espinoza, MPA
CEO and Fellow
CareWorks Project, Leadership and Society Initiative, University of Chicago

Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MS, FAAN
Senior Strategic Advisor and immediate past CEO
American Geriatrics Society

Faith Mitchell, PhD
Institute Fellow
Urban Institute

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director, Center for Aging and Serious Illness
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

Robyn I. Stone, DrPH
Strategic Advisor
LeadingAge

Staff


Timothy Bates
Analyst
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Lisel Blash
Data Analyst
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Lela Chu
Research Data Analyst
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Matthew Jura
Full Specialist
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Jackie Miller
Research Data Analyst 3
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Kyoko Peterson
Data Analyst
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Joanie Rothstein
Senior Program Manager
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Catherine Woodward Calder
Executive Assistant
Institute for Health Policy Studies

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