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Institute course directors for master's level and doctoral level courses are listed below. Use this link to go to a full Institute PhD faculty listing. Paul B. Batalden, MD Health care process improvement and leadership development. Ethan Berke, MD, MPH Use of medical geography in understanding issues of public health. Other interests include aging, activity, and obesity. Bernard F. Cole, PhD Development and application of statistical methods for incorporating quality-of-life considerations in the evaluation of cancer treatments. Samuel Finlayson, MD Further exploration of the choice between laparoscopic surgery and medical therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) from several perspectives, including economics, preference-based decision making, and quality of life. Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Uses of administrative data bases for epidemiological and clinical research. Ann Barry Flood, PhD Theory and policy implications of professional and organizational factors that influence the efficiency and outcomes of health care. David Goodman, MD, MS Development of novel methods for measuring physician resources and understanding the relationship between regional physician capacity, population risks, and health outcomes. Jiang Gui, PhD Development of statistical, probabilistic, and computational methods for genetic and genomic data analysis. Nathaniel Jones III, PhD, MBA Policy and economic implications of various methods of health care financing and health system reforms. Margaret R. Karagas, PhD Environmental health and public health. Biologic mechanisms and prevention of cancer. Robin Larson, MD, MPH Health outcomes research. Donald S. Likosky, PhD Redesigning cardiac surgery to prevent neurological injury. Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD Assessment of patient health status and shared decision making applications. Sharon McDonnell, MD, MPH Public health, epidemiology, chronic disease prevention. Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH Environmental health issues, occupational medicine. Todd MacKenzie, PhD Survival/time-to-event analysis, diabetes. Nancy Morden, MD, MPH Prescription benefits design, prescription drug utilization, and pharmacoeconomics. Carolyn J. Murray, MD, MPH Occupational health and public health. Eugene C. Nelson, MPH, DSc Improvement of health care delivery systems and the measurement of clinical processes in relationship to health outcomes, satisfaction and total cost. Gerald T. O’Connor, PhD, DSc Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, uses of epidemiology in clinical medicine, assessing medical and surgical treatment outcomes. Rosemary A. Orgren, PhD Health professions education, providers of primary, geriatric and gerontological public health care. Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS Medical decision making and risk communication. Mark E. Splaine, MD, MS Accelerating quality measurement and improvement. Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD Decision analytic modeling, economic evaluation, and statistical methods for diagnostic technology assessment. William B. Weeks, MD, MBA Patient safety, quality improvement, and business aspects of medicine. H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH Early detection efforts and problems, fundamental effects of advancing time of diagnosis. John E. Wennberg, MD, MPH Population-based rates for the utilization and distribution of health-care services ; Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. Steve Woloshin, MD, MS Medical decision making and risk communication. Michael Zubkoff, PhD Measurement of variations in the process, outcomes, and costs of medical care for chronic disease patients treated in different systems of care and by different medical specialties. |
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Examples of Recent Institute Research • How patients make decisions when facing complex health care choices • Impact of managed care on outcomes • Geographic variations in health care delivery and treatment • Issues in delivery and payment for geriatric care • Primary care for children • Methods to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction |
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“What's so unusual here, that you don't get from most coursework, is the faculty's absolute commitment and love of the work that they're doing.” Vicki Flanagan, RN, MS |
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“It's phenomenal to have access to experts in the field, and know that you're getting the best of the best.” Tatiana Louis, MS |
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