People & Partners

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

Deputy Director
Laura Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Department Chair
Community Health Systems

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

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

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP
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, PhD, RN, ANP
Professor
Community Health Systems

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

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

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

Lei Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Health Policy Studies

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

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

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 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

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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