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Health Services Management and Policy

The Division of Health Services Management and Policy is home to top-tier education, research, advocacy and service activities to improve the organization, financing and delivery of health care.

Our graduates occupy leadership positions throughout the United States, improving the health and well-being of the patients served within a multitude of health care institutions. The division’s Master of Health Administration is ranked No. 5 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

Academic programs

Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Prepare for management careers and leadership roles in a variety of health care settings from one of the most widely recognized professional health care leadership programs in the United States.
PhD Health Services Management and Policy
The doctoral program prepares thought leaders with a deep understanding and expertise in health care services management and policy.

Health Services Research graduate certificate
Get equipped with the tools to conduct and interpret reliable research that addresses costs, access to and quality of health care as well as the processes and outcomes of health services and policies.
Health Services Research graduate minor
The minor helps current graduate students get equipped with the tools to conduct and interpret reliable research that addresses costs, access to and quality of health care as well as the processes and outcomes of health services and policies.

Research expertise

Health policy analysis

Health services research

Quality-of-care measurement and improvement

Health finance

Health economics

Health care management

No. 5-ranked MHA program

For more than 50 years, our two-year, full-time Master of Health Administration program trains students to become leaders of health care systems. Academics, project-based learning, clinical rotations, administrative residencies and connected alumni mentors make the MHA one of the best in the United States.

Learn about the MHA

Student experience

PJ Noghrehchi, PhD, Health Services Management and Policy

Fourth-year PhD student charts career in health services research

Hannah Nosbisch, Master of Health Administration

MHA student motivated to improve rural health care access

Division faculty

Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH

Chair

“The strength of our program stems from our faculty, and their commitment to a premier, dynamic educational experience. All of our faculty continue to enjoy great success in the areas of research, grant funding and classroom teaching — all of which is the backbone of our national scholarly reputation and strong financial foundation for continued growth.

This is a tremendously exciting time for the Health Services Management and Policy division. We are growing steadily in expanding our academic programs, strengthening and expanding our research and funding profile, recruiting top-tier students and raising the overall bar of excellence within the division.”

Tasleem J. Padamsee, PhD

Associate Professor

Co-Director, Undergraduate Honors Program