People & Partners

People & Partners

Leadership Team


Director
Joanne Spetz, PhD
Professor and Director
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Deputy Director
Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor & Interim Dept Chair
Community Health Systems

Faculty


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

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

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

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

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

Anil Makam, MD
Asst Professor In Residence
Medicine

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

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

Postdoctoral Trainee


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
Chief Executive Officer
National Skills Organization
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MS, FAAN
Senior Strategic Advisor and immediate past CEO
American Geriatrics Society
Faith Mitchell, PhD
Institute Fellow
Urban Institute
John W Rowe, MD
Professor
Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
Robyn Stone, DrPH
Executive Director
Center for Applied Research and Senior Vice President of LeadingAge

Staff

Timothy Bates
Analyst
Institute for Health Policy Studies

Lisel Blash
Senior Research 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