Health Policy | Health Systems | Health Management

Health Policy | Health Systems | Health Management

We foster an integrated research ecosystem—spanning doctoral, master’s, and postdoctoral levels—dedicated to shaping health policy, improving system performance, and preparing leaders to innovate across public health and healthcare settings.

  • Headshot of Priyanka Anand

    Associate Professor, HAP

    Dr. Priyanka Anand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. Her research interests include health economics, disability policy, labor economics, and social insurance programs.
  • Alison Cuellar

    Associate Dean of Research, CPH
    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Cuellar, professor of Health Administration and Policy, has extensive research experience in health care systems, Medicaid, mental health, and justice involved populations. A health policy researcher, her contributions include work on evaluating new organizational forms, such as hospital systems and physician alliances and their effects.
  • headshot of Gilbert Gimm

    Associate Professor, HAP
    Director, Health Services Research PhD

    Dr. Gimm, associate professor of health administration and policy, has research experience in disability and aging, program evaluations, and health care financing.
  • Debora Goetz Goldberg

    Associate Professor, HAP

    Dr. Goldberg is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. She is a mixed methods researcher with an emphasis on survey and qualitative research methodologies. Her research focuses on primary care practice transformation, patient experience, and care for the underserved.
  • Jeah Jung

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Jeah Jung is a Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Jung’s research analyzes health policy issues using approaches to infer causal relations from observational data. 
  • Headshot photo of Panagiota Kitsantas

    Interim chair, HAP

    Dr. Kitsantas' research focuses on integrating data science with statistical/epidemiological methods to address health issues in vulnerable populations of women and their children.
  • Assistant Professor, HAP

    Dr. Hansoo Ko is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Hansoo is a public health physician and health services researcher with training in health economics.
  • Suyoung Kwon headshot

    Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

    Dr. Suyoung Kwon’s research focuses on occupational health nursing, with a particular emphasis on preventing work-related disability and addressing employment challenges faced by people with disabilities. She has conducted studies on musculoskeletal disorders among workers in both the manufacturing and healthcare sectors, examining ergonomic exposures and the psychosocial work environment. Additionally, she has explored employment challenges through the lens of social determinants of health. Drawing on her experience as an occupational health nurse, ergonomist, industrial hygienist, and congressional policy fellow, she explores how the interplay between the work environment, labor market, and health policies shapes workers' health.