Alumni Placement

Employment of Graduates of PhD Program in Health Services Research & Administration, University of Minnesota, 1990-2012[1]

Name	Grad Year	Current position (Past positions)
Tao, Li	2012	Epidemiologist III. Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA
Wang, Shi-yi	2012	Assistant Professor, Yale University
Wysocki, Andrea	2012	Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University, Center for Gerontology Healthcare Research Providence, RI
Choi, Jae Young (Nick)	2012	Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management, Div. of Business Administration, Hallym University, Chuncheon,  S. Korea
Chen, Song	2011	Sr. Product Research Analyst, Product & Innovation, UnitedHealthCare, Iselin, NJ
Leerapan, Borwornsom (Ack)	2011	Lecturer, Ramathibodi Medical School, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Parsons, Helen	2011	Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Antonio, TX (Formerly Public Health Advisor, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD)
Shaten (Yiscah Bracha), Barbara	2011	Assistant Vice President, Data Systems, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Bockstedt, Lindsay	2010	Principal Analyst, Health Policy & Payment, Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN
Barrette, Eric	2010	Senior Consultant, Bates White Economic Consulting, Washington, DC. Previously Research Fellow, Division of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Lee, Jinhyung	2010	Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas, Galveston TX
Mullen, Deborah	2010	Research Scientist, Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, MN.
Bershadsky, Julie	2009	Senior Research Analyst, Human Services Research Inst, Cambridge, MA.
Forte, Mary	2009	Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health. School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Ouyang,Wei	2009	Assistant Professor, Remnin University of China, Beijing
Prenevost, Rebecca	2009	Senior Analyst, Evidity[2] (Formerly Research Analyst, Medica Health Plans)
Schousboe, John T	2009	Director, Rheumatology Research, Park Nicollet Clinic, Adjunct Asst Prof, Health Policy & Management, SPH, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Ward, Andrew	2009	Senior Policy Analyst, Kansas Health Institute, Topeka, KS
Constantine, Melissa	2008	Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI (Formerly Research Associate, Division of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota)
Garrrido, Melissa (nee Nelson)	2008	Assistant Professor, Dept Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (previously, post-doc fellow, Rutgers Univ)
Habermann, Eliz.	2008	Assistant Professor, Surgery Dept,[3] U of Minnesota Twin Cities
Yu, Tzi-Chi (Amanda)	2008	Research Scientist, NORC-University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD (Formerly Senior Health Researcher, HealthCore, Inc, Wilmington, DE).
Ziegenfuss,Jeanette	2008	Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (Formerly Research Associate, Mayo Clinic)
Butler, Mary	2007	Assistant Professor, Center for Evidence Based Practice, Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Dagher, Rada	2007	Assistant Professor,  Department of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park (Formerly Asst Professor, University of Florida at Gainesville)
Geng, Yisong	2007	Senior Research Associate, ORC Macro, Rockville, MD
Li, Suying	2007	Nephrology Analytic Services, Chronic Disease Research Group, Minnesota Medical Foundation.
Sommers, Andrew	2007	Senior Health Policy Analyst, OASPE, US Dept of Health & Human Services (earlier, Analyst in Public Health & Epidemiology, Congressional Research Office), Washington, DC.
Song, Yunji	2007	Statistical Research Analyst II, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Ghomrawi, Hassan	2007	Instructor/Researcher. Division of Health Policy, Dept of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY
Jung, Kyoung Rae	2007	Assistant Professor, Policy & Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Wang, Jye	2007	Assistant Professor, Chang Jung Christian Univ, Tainan, Taiwan
Carlin, Caroline S.	2006	Investigator, Medica Research Institute, Minnetonka, MN (Formerly Asst Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.)
Zhan, Hui	2006	Reporting Manager, APS Healthcare, Sacramento, CA
Klinger, Jill	2006	Assistant Professor, Operations & Health Care Management, Finance & Management Information Sciences Department, University of MN- Duluth, Duluth, MN
Anderson, Louise	2005	Research Associate, Health Partners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Avery, George	2005	Assistant Professor, Dept Health & Kinesiology, Purdue University,  W. Lafayette, IN
Halpern, Rachel	2005	Researcher, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Nitz, Nicole	2005	Researcher, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Rodin, Holly	2005	Clinical Data Analyst, HealthEast, Minneapolis, MN(Formerly Senior Health Care Analyst, Services Employees International Union (SEIU))
Caldis, Todd	2004	Senior Economist, Office of the Actuary/ National Health Statistics Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Chen, Xiaohong	2004	****??? Completed Law School after finishing PhD, was admitted to MN bar in 2008.[4]
Sommers, Anna	2004	Senior Health Researcher, Center for Studying Health, Washington DC (Formerly Hilltop Institute, University of Maryland-Baltimore Campus; Research Associate, Urban Institute, Washington, DC)
Totten, Annette	2004	Research Associate & Investigator; Oregon Evidence Based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR, & Long-term Care & Survey Contractor, at Veterans Healthcare Administration (Assistant Professor & Director Center on Aging, Boise State Univ).
Trice, Elizabeth[5]	2004	Assistant Investigator, Group Health Research Institute & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.  (Formerly Oncology Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston; Medical Resident Mass General Hospital, Boston).
Kaissi, Amer Anis	2003	Assistant Professor, Health Care Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Jeixin A (Jason) Liu	2003	Clinical Research Specialist and Assistant Director for Research Programs, Univ of Maryland School of Medicine (Previously Asst Director of Research, Institute for Health Policy Research & Adjunct Asst Prof Community Medicine, Univ of West Virginia).
Veazie, Peter J	2003	Associate Professor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, NY (previously University of Florida at Gainesville)
Vincent, Lisa G	2003	Chief Operating Officer and Senior Principal Advisor, Regulatory & Clinical Research Institute (RCRI), Inc., Minneapolis, MN  (Formerly Vice President, Global Clinical & Medical Affairs, Medtronic Spinal & Biologics, Inc, Minneapolis MN)
Chen, Chin-Hsing	2002	Assistant Professor, Health Promotions & Behavior Science, University of Texas School of Public Health (Houston Campus)
Good, Margaret B	2002	Researcher, Igenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Griffiths, Steve	2002	VP, Medical Informatics, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN (formerly Sr. Director, Healthcare Analytics at OptumHealth; Director, Health Care Informatics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota)
Jordan, Neil	2002	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL; Director, Health Care Economics Center; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Formerly Florida Institute for Mental Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL)
Nonnemaker, James	2002	Research Economist, RTI International, Research Triangle, NC
Ptaszec, Andrea	2002	Senior Consultant, Pacific Consulting Group, Boston, MA
De Vries, Andrea R	2001	Director, Research Operations, HealthCore, Inc, Wilmington, DE (Formerly Manager Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield)
Frytak, Jennifer	2001	Senior Researcher, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Harley, Caroline R	2001	Director, Economic Outcomes, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Hebert, Paul L.	2001	Associate Research Professor, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Investigator, VA Health Service Research & Development (Previously Assistant Professor Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY)
Levin, Carrie A	2001	Director of Research, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Boston MA (Assistant Research Prof, Institute for Health, Aging, & Long-Term Care, Rutgers Univ, Princeton, NJ.
Nayebaziz, Hamid	2001	Has law degree from Whittier University, Whittier, CA; Practices health care law at Nayebaziz & Associates in Orange County, CA
Radcliffe, Tiffany	2000	Associate Professor, Department of Policy & Management, School of Rural Public health, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
Lin,Wen-Chieh	2000	*** Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Med School & Senior Project Director, Research and Evaluation Unit, Center for Health Policy and Research, Shrewsbury, MA.
Olson, Douglas M.	2000	Associate Professor, Health Care Administration, & Director, Center for Health Administration & Aging Services Excellence, University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire
Oswald, John	2000	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota & Assistant VP for Research, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Washington DC
Reidel, Aylin A	2000	Vice President, Health Outcomes Research, Ingenix Research Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Friedman, Bruce	1999	Associate Professor, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, NY
Goertz, Christine	1999	Vice President for Research & Health Policy, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, IA.
Harmon, Jeffrey S	1999	Associate Prof & PhD Program Director, Health Services Research, Management & Policy, College of Public Health & Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Martinson, Melissa Schulteis	1999	Vice President, Technomics Rearch, Minneapolis * Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Univ of Minnesota
Schultz, Jennifer S	1999	Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Director of the Health Care Management Program. Univ of MN Duluth
Smith, Maureen	1999	Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health Sciences, Family Medicine, and Surgery, School of Medicine & Public Health, U Wisconsin/Madison
Wiggins, Carla A	1999	Associate Prof, Health Care Administration & Informatics, College of Health Sciences, Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Degenholtz, Howard	1997	Associate Prof, Health Policy & Management; Associate Director of Research, Center for Bioethics and Health Law; Director Doctoral Program in Health Services Research & Policy, Univ of Pittsburgh.
Krein, Sarah Louse	1997	Research Associate Prof, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Quick, Karin	1997	Associate Clinical Specialist, School of Dentistry, University of MN
Penrod, Joan D	1996	Assoc Prof, Department of Geriatrics & Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC, & Center Dir, HSR&D, Bronx VA
Wingert, Terrence	1996	Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital[6]
Zhan, Chunliu	1996	Senior Fellow, Agency for Health Research & Quality, Rockville, MD
Chen, Mei Mei	1995	Associate Prof, Chang Jung Christian Univ, Kway Jen,Taiwan
Kihlstrom, Lucille  C.	1995	Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Personality & Social Research, Berkeley, CA
Liu, Yuanli	1995	Senior Lecturer on International Health, Department of Global Health & Population, School of Public Health, Harvard University
Tao, Guoyu	1995	Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Wyant, David K	1995	Associate professor of Health Administration, College of Health Professions, Weber State University, Ogden, UT (previously Assistant Prof, Program in Health Care Administration, Dept of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; Asst Professor, Health Care Administration, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH).
Liu, Chuan-Fen	1994	Research Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Washington & Senior Investigator, VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
Porter, Janet E	1994	Executive VP and COO Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston & Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA (previously Associate Dean & Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina; CCO, Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH)
Friedlob, Alan S	1993	Currently retired from the Public Health Service Commissioned Officer Corp & Acting Director, Critical Junctures Institute[7], Whatcom County, WA (Previously director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, CDC, Atlanta; Director CMS Nursing Home Branch, Baltimore, MD)
Hartley, David	1993	Research Professor, Population Health & Health Policy, Muskie Center for Public Policy & Director, Rural Health Center, University of Southern Maine , Portland, ME.
Rogers, Jody J	1993	Visiting Associate Professor, Dept Health Care Administration, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX & consultant to Army Medical Department in Executive Skills (previously Professor and Director of the U.S. Army - Baylor University Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration, Houston, TX) .
Wisner, Catherine	1993	National Vice President for Quality Minute Clinic, Minneapolis, MN, (Nurse Practitioner Health Care Foundation Fellow, Office of Us Surgeon General in 2006)
Blewett, Lynn	1992	Professor, Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health & Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC). University of Minnesota (previously Assist and Assoc Professor; from 1992-1988 Director, Health Economics Program and State Health Economist, Minnesota-Department of Health)
Stark, Alice J	1992	Retired/ Research Associate Uof MN (previously Sr. Researcher, Medtronic Foundation, Minneapolis).
Grogan, Colleen	1991	Professor, School of Social Service Administration, Univ of Chicago (previously Asst Professor, Dept. Epidemiology & Public Health at Yale University; after PhD graduation she was post-doctoral fellow, University of CA-Berkeley)
Rice, James	1991	Vice-Chairman, Governance Institute, San Diego, CA & Practice Leader, Governance and Leadership at Integrated Healthcare Strategies, Minneapolis, MN.
Fawcett, Louise	1990	Fellow, St. Catherine’s University, St. Paul & Lecturer in Politics & International Relations, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Kreitzer, Mary Jo	1990	Professor and Director/Founder, Center for Spirituality and Healing, School of Nursing University of MN

Winter, 2012

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[1] The PhD program was thoroughly revised in the mid1980s and by1990 graduate began reflecting the new program requirements.  Therefore, the list ends with 1990 graduates.

[2] Evidity is a Minneapolis-based healthcare data analysis firm that helps providers more effectively analyze their EMR and practice management data.

[3] Dr. Habermann’s appointment in surgery (as a non-MD faculty member) was designed to enable the surgery department to do outcome studies.

[4] We are not aware of her present position; in last communication she was returning to China. 

[5] Elizabeth Trice was a joint MD & PhD student at U of MN, and thus did a medical residency and oncology fellowship before assuming her  first academic position.

[6] Terrence Wingert is a practicing physician and clinical researcher specializing in endocrinology and diabetes.

[7] The Institute is a collaboration between Western Washington University and Bellingham’s St. Joseph Hospital/PeaceHealth,