Department of Health Policy and Management

USC Price’s Department of Health Policy and Management is on a mission to improve the lives of others and reduce health disparities. We are committed to training the future leaders of health care who will improve not only the health of our broader population, but make the delivery of care safer, expand access and make health care affordable. Our faculty are policy experts and health economists who work collaboratively within research centers on campus, including the nationally-renowned USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, to promote health and value in health care delivery through innovative research in the United States and internationally.

You will be prepared, as one of our students, to succeed in a health policy and management career thanks to the exposure and experience you will gain in our programs. As a leader, you will understand how to address the needs of diverse and often under-served communities. Through your chosen program, you will gain first-hand knowledge of how to solve real-world problems in health care.

Upon graduating, you will join an esteemed group of alumni who serve as health care executives, policy experts and public servants who are devoted to carrying out our mission and committed to providing opportunities for new students and fellow graduates. Together, we will impact the future of health care.

Rosalie Pacula
Professor
Elizabeth Garrett Endowed Chair in Health Policy, Economics, and Law
Chair, Health Policy and Management Department

Academic Programs

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Master of Health Administration

The USC Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has been training leaders in health management and policy for more than 35 years.

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Executive Masters of Health Administration Online

If you are an experienced clinical or management health care professional aiming to advance or transition in your career, USC’s Executive MHA offers an unparalleled opportunity to distinguish yourself as a remarkable leader in a time of profound change.

Department Faculty

Name	Position	Expertise
Emma Aguila	Associate Professor	Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics
Wändi Bruine de Bruin	Director, Behavioral Science and Policy Initiative at the Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science Hear my name	Psychology of risk perception and communication Health behavior and patient decision making Public perceptions of climate change and sustainability Economic expectations and financial decision making Behavior change interventions Social science of science communication Age differences in decision making and well-being
Alice Chen	Associate Professor Vice Dean for Research	Health economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics
Phil Dalton	Professor of Practice of Health Policy and Management	Health policy and management, community health needs, national health care delivery, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions
Jason Doctor	Professor Norman Topping National Medical Enterprise Chair in Medicine Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs Co-Director, Behavioral Sciences Program, USC Schaeffer Center	Physician behavior and psychology, behavioral economics and health, patient choice and decision making, health policy and implementation, treatment preferences, prescriptions, health informatics
Paul B. Ginsburg	Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center	Health policy, health care financing and delivery, health care markets
Dana Goldman	University Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics Leonard D. Schaeffer Director of the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service	Health economics and finance, health policy, the role of prevention in healthcare, healthcare reform, pharmaceutical regulation and innovation, precision medicine, value of delayed aging
Howard Greenwald	Professor	Health service delivery, organizational behavior, survey design
Norris Gunby	Associate Professor (Teaching)	Health care contracting, health care policy and reform, healthcare strategic management, operational management in the long-term care continuum, racial microaggressions in the healthcare workforce
Michael E. Harris	Professor of the Practice of Health Services Administration and Policy	Health care contracting, health care policy and reform, emerging health care delivery business models, health care innovation and its impact on health care delivery systems, health care prevention, wellness, patient access
Genevieve Kanter	Associate Professor	Health economics, health policy, FDA, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, conflicts of interest, physician-industry relationships, medical ethics
Darius Lakdawalla	Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation; Director of Research, Schaeffer Center	Health economics and health policy, the economics of risks to health, value and determinants of medical innovation, the economics of health insurance markets, industrial organization of healthcare markets
LaVonna B. Lewis	Professor (Teaching) Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	American politics, public policy (most notably health policy), interest groups, and federal programs
Glenn Melnick	Professor Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance	Health economics, health finance, health care systems, managed care
Karen Mulligan	Assistant Professor (Research)	Health economics, applied microeconometrics, labor economics
Lisa Ozaeta	Assistant Professor (Teaching)	Health care finance, law, strategy
Rosalie Pacula	Professor Elizabeth Garrett Endowed Chair in Health Policy, Economics, and Law Chair, Health Policy and Management Department	Economics of addiction, market for addictive goods, addiction policy, delivery and financing of addiction treatment, cannabis and opioid policy
John A. Romley	Associate Professor of Public Policy and Pharmaceutical & Health Economics Director, PhD Programs	Hospital industry, Health-care productivity / efficiency, Environmental health disparities
David Sloane	Professor Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis	Urban history, community health planning, health disparities, cultural landscapes
Neeraj Sood	Professor	Infectious diseases, health care costs, global health, economic epidemiology, health insurance markets and benefits design, medical innovation and regulatory policy, Medicare and aging
Bryan Tysinger	Assistant Professor (Research) Director of Health Policy Microsimulation, USC Schaeffer Center Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center	Modeling health and economic outcomes over the life course; dynamic microsimulation modeling; valuing the burden of disease, medical innovation, and disease prevention; international comparisons of health policy solutions; Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Julie M. Zissimopoulos	Professor Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center	Economics of aging, economics of the family, labor economics, health economics

Name

Position

Expertise

Emma Aguila

Associate Professor

Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics

Wändi Bruine de Bruin

Director, Behavioral Science and Policy Initiative at the Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science
Hear my name

Psychology of risk perception and communication
Health behavior and patient decision making
Public perceptions of climate change and sustainability
Economic expectations and financial decision making
Behavior change interventions
Social science of science communication
Age differences in decision making and well-being

Alice Chen

Associate Professor
Vice Dean for Research

Health economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics

Phil Dalton

Professor of Practice of Health Policy and Management

Health policy and management, community health needs, national health care delivery, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions

Jason Doctor

Professor
Norman Topping National Medical Enterprise Chair in Medicine
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
Co-Director, Behavioral Sciences Program, USC Schaeffer Center

Physician behavior and psychology, behavioral economics and health, patient choice and decision making, health policy and implementation, treatment preferences, prescriptions, health informatics

Paul B. Ginsburg

Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management
Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center

Health policy, health care financing and delivery, health care markets

Dana Goldman

University Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics
Leonard D. Schaeffer Director of the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service

Health economics and finance, health policy, the role of prevention in healthcare, healthcare reform, pharmaceutical regulation and innovation, precision medicine, value of delayed aging

Howard Greenwald

Professor

Health service delivery, organizational behavior, survey design

Norris Gunby

Associate Professor (Teaching)

Health care contracting, health care policy and reform, healthcare strategic management, operational management in the long-term care continuum, racial microaggressions in the healthcare workforce

Michael E. Harris

Professor of the Practice of Health Services Administration and Policy

Health care contracting, health care policy and reform, emerging health care delivery business models, health care innovation and its impact on health care delivery systems, health care prevention, wellness, patient access

Genevieve Kanter

Associate Professor

Health economics, health policy, FDA, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, conflicts of interest, physician-industry relationships, medical ethics

Darius Lakdawalla

Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy
Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Innovation; Director of Research, Schaeffer Center

Health economics and health policy, the economics of risks to health, value and determinants of medical innovation, the economics of health insurance markets, industrial organization of healthcare markets

LaVonna B. Lewis

Professor (Teaching)
Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

American politics, public policy (most notably health policy), interest groups, and federal programs

Glenn Melnick

Professor
Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance

Health economics, health finance, health care systems, managed care

Karen Mulligan

Assistant Professor (Research)

Health economics, applied microeconometrics, labor economics

Lisa Ozaeta

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Health care finance, law, strategy

Rosalie Pacula

Professor
Elizabeth Garrett Endowed Chair in Health Policy, Economics, and Law
Chair, Health Policy and Management Department

Economics of addiction, market for addictive goods, addiction policy, delivery and financing of addiction treatment, cannabis and opioid policy

John A. Romley

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Pharmaceutical & Health Economics
Director, PhD Programs

Hospital industry, Health-care productivity / efficiency, Environmental health disparities

David Sloane

Professor
Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis

Urban history, community health planning, health disparities, cultural landscapes

Neeraj Sood

Professor

Infectious diseases, health care costs, global health, economic epidemiology, health insurance markets and benefits design, medical innovation and regulatory policy, Medicare and aging

Bryan Tysinger

Assistant Professor (Research)
Director of Health Policy Microsimulation, USC Schaeffer Center
Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center

Modeling health and economic outcomes over the life course; dynamic microsimulation modeling; valuing the burden of disease, medical innovation, and disease prevention; international comparisons of health policy solutions; Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Julie M. Zissimopoulos

Professor
Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center

Economics of aging, economics of the family, labor economics, health economics