Health Management and Policy Faculty List

Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson, DO, MS

Clinical Professor
Director, Executive MHA program

Healthcare quality safety system design, clinical transformation using AI, provider leadership in healthcare systems, and creating value in healthcare experiences.

Kanika Arora

Kanika Arora, PhD

Associate Professor

Aging, long-term care, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and caregiving.

Karen Hammar

Karen Hammar, MHA

Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, MHA program

Brian Kaskie of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Brian Kaskie, PhD, MA

Professor

Alzheimer’s disease, Medicare, Medicaid, and work and retirement.

Emily Lawton

Emily Lawton, PhD

Assistant Professor

Financial incentives, health care delivery and quality, patient safety, readmissions, and vulnerable patient groups and disparities.

Julie Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor

Healthcare workforce, formal and informal caregiving, work-life balance, aging, and technology and organizations.

A portrait of A. Clinton Mackinney of the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

A. Clinton MacKinney, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Clinically integrated networks, healthcare value, rural healthcare financing, physician/administration relationships, and rural healthcare policy.

Prof. Jennifer McDonnell of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Jenny McDonnell, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Health services research, patient-centered care, disparities in care quality and access, resource allocation and decision making, and organizational behavior.

Portrait of Keith Mueller of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health

Keith Mueller, PhD, MA

Gerhard Hartman Professor

Rural health policy, Medicare advantage, alternative payment models, rural health delivery, and innovation in rural health.

A portrait of Professor Dan Shane of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Dan Shane, PhD, MA

Associate Professor

Economics of health insurance, Medicare advantage, Medicaid, cost-effectiveness and economic evaluation, and causal inference methods.

A portrait of Hari Sharma, professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health

Hari Sharma, PhD

Associate Professor

Long-term and post-acute care, policy evaluation, rural, workforce, financing, quality, access, and health economics.

A portrait of Tanya Uden-Holman, associate dean in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

Tanya Uden-Holman, PhD, MA

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dean of the University College, Clinical Professor

Workforce development and higher education administration/student success.

Marcia Ward

Marcia Ward, PhD, MA

Distinguished Research Professor

Telehealth/telemedicine, remote care, implementation science evaluation, identifying evidence-based measures, and rural healthcare delivery.

George Wehby, professor and head of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

George Wehby, PhD

Professor and Head

Health insurance and access, income support policies, children’s health and academic achievement, and dental care and oral health.

Whitney Zahnd

Whitney Zahnd, PhD

Assistant Professor

Rural health, cancer disparities, access to care, social drivers of health, and health workforce.

Executives in Residence

Secondary Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Dean Emerita and Distinguished Professor of Health Management and Policy

UIHC Director and CEO Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

  • Allan, Mary Ann
  • Alvarado, Scott
  • Archibald, Gwen
  • Barnes, Nathan
  • Blomberg, Emily
  • Briese, Kyle
  • Cain, Rachel
  • Cerone, Shane M.
  • Clamon, Joseph
  • Dillon, Karmen
  • Dreyer, Nicholas
  • Dwivedi, Pramod
  • Egbuonye, Nafissa
  • Evans, Christopher
  • Evans, Thomas
  • Fluharty, Chuck
  • Fredericks, Mohammed
  • Glick, Jessica
  • Heinemann, John
  • Kincaid, Kevin
  • Kingston, Heather
  • Kirchner, Rachel
  • Klitgaard, Christopher
  • Leste, Jim
  • Linden, Todd C.
  • Loy, Alisha
  • Marlar, Priscilla
  • Mason, Lauren
  • McDanel, Jennifer
  • Miene, Vickie
  • Miller, Tom
  • Montgomery, David
  • Mooss, Eric
  • Mulrooney, Thomas
  • Rippentrop, Steven
  • Rubin, Bonnie
  • Semprini, Jason
  • Skogsbergh, James H.
  • Slessor, Steve
  • Smith, A.J.
  • Smith, Joseph
  • Trachta, Michael
  • Tye, Joe
  • Vande Berg, Jeff
  • Wessels, Jana
  • Whisler, Melissa
  • Wilson, Kristin
  • Yerkes, Elizabeth