Faculty and Staff

Connect with faculty and staff in the Health Management and Policy department.

Learn more about faculty research interests and their expert topics. You can also filter all faculty by research interest in the Research section.

Department Faculty

Sandra Bloom, MD

Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy; Co-Founder of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
267.359.6012
slb79@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Violence and Trauma
- Public Health Practice
- Substance Use
- Mental health and Behavioral health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Administration and Management
- Community Engaged Research
Darryl Brown, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6023
drb48@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Services Research
- Healthcare Administration and Management
- Patient Reported Outcomes
- Health Disparities
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Managed Care
- Urban Health
James Buehler, MD

Teaching Professor
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6019
james.buehler@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Policy
- Urban Health
- Public Health Practice
- Public Health & Health Care Interface
Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH

Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Hunger-Free Communities
267.359.6026
mmc33@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Nutrition
- Community Engaged Research
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental health and Behavioral health
- Urban Health
- Violence and Trauma
- Human Rights
- Food Insecurity
Jan M. Eberth, PhD

Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management
Health Policy and Management
267.359.6188
jme336@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer Prevention
- Health Equity
- Health Policy
- Health Services Research
- Spatial Analysis and GIS
Robert Field, PhD, MPH, JD

Professor
Health Management and Policy
215.571.4810
rif24@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Policy
- Public Health Law
- Health Administration and Management
- Public Health Ethics
Dennis Gallagher, MA, MPA

Associate Teaching Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact
267.359.6021
dmg44@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Policy
- History of Public Health
- Medicare/Medicaid
- Public Health Practice
Marla Gold, MD

Professor and Dean Emerita
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6162
mjg32@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Care Administration and Management
- Health Care Policy
- Infectious Disease
- Public Health Practice
- Health Disparities
Jessie Kemmick Pintor, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact
267.359.6163
jbp83@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Immigrant Health
- Health Disparities
- Health Services Research
- Health Policy
- Maternal & Child Health
- Mixed Methods
- Immigration Policy
Jennifer Kolker, MPH

Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and External Relations, and Director of the Center for Public Health Practice
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6014
jak682@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Access to Care
- Health Equity
- Health Policy
- Public Health Practice
- Urban Health
Brent A. Langellier, PhD, MA

Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6025
bal95@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health disparities
- Health Policy
- Immigrant Health
Alex Ortega, PhD

Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Center for Population Health and Community Impact
Health Management and Policy, Center for Population Health and Community Impact
267.359.6017
ano37@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Latino health
- Immigrant health
- Health disparities
- Health services research
- Health policy
John Rich, MD, MPH

Visiting Research Professor
Health Management and Policy; Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
215.762.3934
jar82@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Disparities
- Violence and Trauma
- Urban Health
- Qualitative and Mixed Methods
Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy
as5494@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Infectious Disease
- Health Disparities
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Urban Health
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health Services Research
- Health Policy
Lindsay Shea, DrPH, MS

Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy
215.571.3440
ljl42@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Neurodevelopment
- Neurologic disorders
- Mental health
- Behavioral health
- Health policy
David Smith, PhD

Research Professor
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6029
dbs36@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Administration and Management
- Health Disparities
- History of Public Health
- Health Services Research
- Health Policy
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
Mark Stehr, BS, PhD

Professor
Health Management and Policy
215.895.0554
stehr@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health Policy
- Health Economics
- Data Analysis Methods
Jim Stimpson, PhD

Professor
Health Management and Policy
267.359.6024
James.p.stimpson@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer
- Immigrant health
- Health and place or built environment
- Health services research
- Health disparities
- Health policy
- Urban health