Curricula Vitae in Health Services Policy & Mgmt

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Christina Andrews, PhD Associate Professor	social work, substance abuse	Dr. Andrews' research interests include the impact of organization financing of substance abuse treatment on access to services; gender, racial, and ethnic disparities in treatment service access; and adoption of evidence-based practices in substance abuse treatment.
John Brooks Professor	Pharmacoeconomics, Cancer	Research interests include Using Linked Databases to Construct Instrumental Variables Suitable for Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment Effectiveness Research. Principal Investigator, Factors Affecting Bargaining Between Pharmacists and Insurers, and Faculty Development Award in Pharmacoeconomics.
Dr. Brian K Chen, PhD Associate Professor	Economic incentives in health care provision, Regulation of health care services, Economic evaluation of health care programs	My current research examines the impact of legal doctrines and regulation on the provision of health care services. Specifically, I empirically investigate whether medical malpractice liability causes physicians to practice defensive medicine, and what legal, financial, or organizational factors enhance or mitigate its effect. I also study how legal restrictions on physician ownership of ancillary medical services change physician prescribing behavior and the organization of the health services.
Dr. Elizabeth Louise Crouch, PhD Associate Professor		Elizabeth Crouch, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and Director, Rural and Minority Health Research Center, HSPM MPH Program Director in the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health.
Nicole L Hair, PhD Assistant Professor	Health Policy, Maternal and Child Health, Health Economics	Dr. Hair is an economist whose research focuses on understanding the relationships between inequality, health, and human capital. She has written about the influence of early environments on children’s neurobiology. Her current research examines racial and socioeconomic disparities in health and access to health care, policies and interventions aimed at improving vaccination outcomes, and the potential for public health interventions to promote more equal opportunity for disadvantaged children.
Dr. Peiyin Hung Assistant Professor	Health Services Research, Rural Health, Maternal and Child Health	My research focuses on geographic disparities in health services and quality of health care in the national, state, and institutional levels (e.g. hospital, nursing home, hospice, etc.). Most of my work integrates: a) Building statistical models to simulate rural healthcare delivery processes; b) Identifying effective health policy interventions to address health disparities; c) Implementing technology changes to help close gaps in costs, access, and quality of care.
Chen Liang, PhD Assistant Professor	development and application of data science, informatics, and artificial intelligence	Dr. Liang's research interest focuses on the development and application of data science, informatics, and artificial intelligence that lead to a safe and intelligent health system. His recent work involves heterogeneous health data integration, Electronic Health Records (EHR) based phenotyping and data mining, medical knowledge representation, EHR-based machine learning and predictive modeling, and clinical natural language processing.
Dr. Nabil Natafgi Assistant Professor	Health Services Research, Health Policy	Recent research examined the effectiveness and value of telehealth interventions in rural settings and learning health care communities in urban settings. My research has encompassed a variety of methodological approaches including both quantitative and qualitative analyses, with emphasis on mixed-methods and special interest in engagement of patients, community members, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders.
Dr. Bankole Adeyemi Olatosi Associate Professor	HIV/AIDS, Rural Health, Business Analytics	Skilled in secondary data analysis with strengths in data mining techniques. Trained in applied analytics using Enterprise guide and miner, visual analytics and text mining and analysis.
Dr. Jan Ostermann Associate Professor	HIV/AIDS, Child wellbeing, Global health	I am a health services researcher who focuses on individuals’ decision making regarding health and preventive behaviors. My research targets the intersection of health policy and health economics, access and outcomes disparities, and inefficiencies in resource allocation. I firmly believe in the use of robust and innovative methods and the use of experimental or quasi-experimental designs to support causal inferences and inform policy.
Dr. Rajendra Singh, PhD Clinical Associate Professor	computer information systems, healthcare information technology, healthcare operations management	My research examines how healthcare organizations are creating business value by appropriating technology to deliver services. I seek to understand how IT-enabled process innovations, data analytics, and simulations can improve cost-effectiveness, quality, safety, and accessibility of healthcare services; optimize internal and external supply chains; improve information flows within and across organizational boundaries; and, strengthen overall business model and organizational performance.
Brad Wright Professor	inequities in health care delivery, with an emphasis on publicly insured populations, health politics and policy, and patient and public involvement in health care	Dr. Wright has received funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health (specifically NIMHD, NINDS, and NIA), the U.​S.​ Department of Veterans Affairs, HRSA, the Iowa Department of Human Services, and multiple private foundations. Dr. Wright is an active member of AcademyHealth and received AUPHA's John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators in 2016 for his contributions to the field of health services research.
Dr. Sudha Xirasagar Professor	Colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer, Physician leadership, healthcare leadership, transformational leadership, provider behavior, healthcare outcomes, Retail food defense preparedness	Dr Sudha Xirasagar is Associate Professor of health services policy and management in Arnold School of Public Health at USC. Research expertise: Colorectal cancer screening and outcomes, racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening and treatment; physician leadership in quality of care and outcomes; and global health services research on health systems strengthening, costs, provider behavior, and clinical outcomes. She has over 65 publications and received federal grants in these areas.