PhD in Health Policy and Management

Current PhD Students

	Teresa Beacham tbeacham@kumc.edu MBA, Concentration: Health Care Administration, Baker University BS, Major: Sociology; Minor: African American Studies, University of Kansas Research Interests: Underrepresented minorities in medical education, racial/ethnic health disparities, and social determinants of health Download More Information
	Gayle M. Brekke gbrekke@kumc.edu MBA, Health Care Leadership, Rockhurst University BA, Mathematics, St. Mary's University of Minnesota Research Interests: Health economics, patient engagement and empowerment, disruptive innovation, measurement and communication of quality and outcomes, impact of insurance benefit design on health care expenditures, and modeling and simulation techniques Download More Information
	Tanner M. Fortney tfortney@kumc.edu MPA (City/County Budgeting and Finance), University of Kansas-Lawrence BA (Political Science/US Political Institutions/Public Policy and Administration), University of Kansas-Lawrence Research Interests: Healthcare economics, social determinants of health, population health, data management and analysis, mental health, categorical data analysis, longitudinal data analysis Download More Information
	Jordyn Gunville jgunville@kumc.edu MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center BA, Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas-Lawrence Research Interests: Tribal Health policy around Maternal, Infant and Child Health; Impacts of using Indian Health Service among American Indian Populations Download More Information
	Leah Lambart llambart@kumc.edu MPH, Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center BA, German Language, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Research Interests: Exploring equity, access to care, behavioral change, removing barriers to healthcare, economic burden, and what altruism means in our culture Download More Information
	Drennon (Kris) Leverette dleverette@kumc.edu MS (Finance and Economics), West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX) BS (Health Sciences), University of Missouri-Kansas City Research Interests: Download More Information
	Charley S. Lewis clewis4@kumc.edu MPH, Environmental Health, University of Kansas Medical Center BS, Environmental Science, Haskell Indian Nations University Research Interests: Health disparities and working with American Indian communities; environmental health, tobacco cessation, mental health and suicide, cancer eduation; development of culturally-tailored health interventions Download More Information
	W. Todd Moore tmoore3@kumc.edu MPS, Public Service/Public Policy, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service BGS, African and African American Studies, University of Kansas Research Interests: Linking academic researchers and clinicians with the health needs of the community, building strong relationships between health institutions and community, and improvement of research readiness of community organizations and members Download More Information
	Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam dmudaranthakam@kumc.edu MBA, Leadership and Management, University of Kansas MS, Computing and Information, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India Research Interests: Population health, epidemiology, electronic health records, administrative claims data, observational study design, categorical data analysis, survival analysis, longitudinal data, System integration, Informatics Eco-system Download More Information
	Letycia Nunez-Argote lnunezargote@kumc.edu MPH, Public Health Administration, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico BS Clinical Laboratory Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Interests: Access to healthcare, health for migrant populations, rural health, LatinX health outcomes, impact of PAMA in clinical laboratory fee schedule Download More Information
	Jennifer Oliveira joliveira2@kumc.edu BS, Health Administration and Policy, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska BA, Medical Anthropology, Creighton University Research Interests: Health policy, racial/ethnic health disparities, population health, social determinants of health, access to healthcare Download More Information
	Alicia O'Neal aoneal2@kumc.edu M.Ed, Higher & Post-Secondary Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ BS, Biology & Society (Minor: Education), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Research Interests: Sociobehavioral research, including 1) health inequities affecting select populations: people of color (POC), women, children, and people with mobility disabilities (PMD); and 2) preventative chronic disease(s) investigation Download More Information
	Joseph Pacheco jpacheco@kumc.edu MPH, Environmental Health, University of Kansas Medical Center BS, Pre-Medical Biology, Northwest Missouri State University Research Interests: Reduction of health disparities among American Indian communities; reducing the burden of commercial tobacco use among American Indians through community-based participatory research methods Download More Information
	Shea J. Roy sroy4@kumc.edu MPH, Texas A&M University (College Station) BS (Kinesiology), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS BA (Modern Languages/Spanish, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Research Interests: Understanding health disparities through community health development and capacity building; Disability health and policy advocacy; Community‐based participatory research Download More Information
	Jessica Sand jsand@kumc.edu MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center BA, Human Biology, University of Kansas Research Interests: Primary care, Dissemination and implementation, Patient-centered outcomes resaerch, Community-based participatory research Download More Information
	Danya Turkmani dturkmani2@kumc.edu MBA, University of Missouri-Kansas City BBA (Business), University of Missouri-Kansas City Research Interests: Prescription abuse and improving pain management tools for cancer patients; Improvement of safety outcomes for patients; Implementation of harm reduction practices. Download More Information
	Joi Wickliffe jwickliffe@kumc.edu MPH, University of Kansas Medical Center BS (Biology), University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Research Interests: Health outcomes among previously incarcerated persons; Sexual health among women with histories of incarceration, preventable illness and disease; Developments of jail-based interventions; Participatory action research. Download More Information
	Sharon A. Fitzgerald-Wolff sfitzgerald@kumc.edu MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center BS, Biology, Missouri State University BS, Spanish, Missouri State University Research Interests: Improving preventive services with a particular interest in smoking cessation, vaccinations, diabetes management, use of information technology in healthcare settings, home health nutrition and cardiovascular health; Database design, implementation, data management and analysis Download More Information