Mary K. Zimmerman, PhD

Professor & PhD Program Director

Phone: 913.588.2688
Fax: 913.588.8236
E-mail: mzimmerman@ku.edu

Dr. Zimmerman received a PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota and has done post-doctoral work in epidemiology under an NIH Research Fellowship. She was on the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Minnesota - Duluth prior to coming to the University of Kansas in 1982. In addition to her appointment at the Department of Health Policy and Management, she also holds as an appointment as Professor in the Department of Sociology.

Dr. Zimmerman is the Program Director for the doctoral program in Health Policy and Management and teaches in both the MHSA and PhD programs. She also teaches a course in Scandinavia in some summer terms, taking U.S. students abroad to learn more about health care systems in another part of the world. Her current research is in the areas of long-term care, social inequality and adverse birth outcomes, and local spending for health care. Her recent publications appear in the International Journal of Health Services, Journal of Ambulatory Care, the Journal of Poverty, and the Journal of Health Administration Education. She has contributed numerous chapters to books.

Dr. Zimmerman has been active in professional service, regionally and nationally. She also serves on many doctoral committees across the University. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 1990 and a 2000-2001 recipient of a W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas.