Health Management & Policy 
Ph.D. Placement
2009
Larry Hearld
Dissertation Title: Does Market Structure Affect Access to Ambulatory Care?: The Relationship Between Provider Supply, Inter-organizational Relationships, and Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations
Dissertation Chair: Jeffrey Alexander
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Feng Pan
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Health Economics
Dissertation Co-chairs: Daniel Silverman and Dean Smith
Placement: United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, M.D.
2008
Ezra Golberstein
Dissertation Title: Essays on Long-Term Care and Aging
Dissertation Chair: Richard Hirth
Placement: Post Doc, Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Sarah Gollust
Dissertation Title: The Impact of News Media Frames of Type 2 Diabetes on the Public's Health Policy Opinions
Dissertation Chair: Paula Lantz
Placement: Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
Kirk Schueler
Dissertation Title: Factors Affecting Consumers' Responses to Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Dissertation Co-chairs: Dean Smith and Richard P. Bagozzi
Placement: Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Business
Emily Shelton Pape
Dissertation Title: Payment Systems, Market Factors and Long-Term Care Hospitals
Dissertation Chair: Richard Hirth
Placement: Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
2007
Kristen Hassmiller
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Smoking on Population-Level Tuberculosis Outcomes
Dissertation Co-chairs: David Mendez and Ken Warner
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
2006
Haslyn Hunte
Dissertation: The Role of Perceived Discrimination on Racial/Ethnic Differences in Health Risk Behaviors and Outcomes
Dissertation Chair: Paula Lantz
Placement: Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, University of Wisconsin
Karoline Mortensen
Dissertation Title: Heterogeneity of the Uninsured: An Exploration of Personal Characteristics, Utilization and Spells of the Intermittently Uninsured
Dissertation Chair: Catherine McLaughlin
Placement: Research scholar, Rice University
Alyssa Pozniak
Dissertation: An Examination of Organizational Change and Structure in the Healthcare Industry
Dissertation Chair: Richard Hirth
Placement: Senior Analyst, Abt Associates, Inc.
Paula Song
Dissertation Title: Investment Strategies in Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Dissertation Chair: Dean Smith
Placement: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Robyn Watson
Dissertation Title: Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality: An Examination of Stage at Diagnosis, Estrogen Receptor Status and Treatment Experiences
Dissertation Chair: Paula Lantz
Placement: Director of Reseaerch American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
2005
Shawn Boykin
Dissertation Title: Stress, Resilience, Socioeconomic Status and the Dynamic Model of African American Self-Rated Health: Results From The Pitt County, NC Study
Dissertation Co-chairs: Paula Lantz and Sherman James
Placement:
Tracy Finlayson
Dissertation Title: Mothers' Self-Efficacy and Oral Health in Low-Income African American Children in Detroit
Dissertation Co-chairs: Paula Lantz and Kristine Siefert
Placement: Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
2004
Kristin Reiter
Dissertation Title: Investment, Financing, and Liquidity Constraints in Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Dissertation Chair: John Wheeler
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
Howard Rivenson
Dissertation Title: The Cash Holdings of Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Dissertation Chair: Dean Smith
Placement: Lecturer, Health Management and Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
Julie L. Rogers
Dissertation Title: Increasing Recruitment of Women Participants in Medical Research: The Women's Health Registry Model at the University of Michigan
Dissertation Chair: Paula Lantz
Placement: V.P., Healthcare Operations & Research, Karlsberger Companies
John Zeber
Dissertation Title: The Effect of a Medication Copayment Increase on Veterans with Schizophrenia
Dissertation Chair: Kyle Grazier
Placement: Investigator, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development
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