HSOP Program

RESEARCH IN HMP

FACULTY
The HSOP program draws on the expertise of the faculty of the Department of Health Management and Policy and the university at large. The department faculty hold degrees in public health, medicine, sociology, economics, operations research, law, political science, public policy, management and finance. Faculty members have national and international reputations in areas such as health insurance, health care finance, nursing home care and home health care, organizational analysis of hospitals, the physician workforce, health maintenance organization and managed care, quality of care, legal issues in a managed care world, tobacco policy, and women's health. Please visit HMP faculty web pages to learn more about individual faculty research areas.

RESEARCH
Guided research is an important component of the HSOP program. Students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty members on a variety of cutting edge health services research and health policy projects such as: tobacco policy research, managed care research, women's health research, and long-term care research.

Students also participate in WIDTH - Workshop for Integrating and Discussing Topics in Healthcare - an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral students to discuss their dissertation topics, research ideas, and results with other students and faculty that have a similar interest in health services research but different cognate training/perspectives.