Department of Health Administration and Policy

Point of Contact

Dr. PJ Maddox
Chair, Department of Health Administration and Policy
(703) 993-1982
pmaddox@gmu.edu
Fax: (703) 993-1953

News

Program Accreditation News
November 19, 2009 - The Department of Health Administration and Policy has received official notification of accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Congratulations to the Department of Health Administration and Policy!

HAP Faculty in the News
November 16, 2009 - Dr. Peter Kongstvedt was recently appeared on a Today Show special report.  Watch the report.

New Research Award
November 11, 2009  - Dr. Tony Yang recently received notification of funding for his latest research project. The project will analyze the effect of non-medical exemptions to state school immunization laws on vaccine-targeted diseases. This research will be funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

HAP Seminar Series
November 11, 2009 - Two seminars will be presented in December. Details below.

• The Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
  Presented by Mai Pham, MD, MPH
  Center for Studying Health System Change
  December 1st, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
  Student Union 1, Room B
  View Flyer
• What's So Different About Health Insurance
  Presented by Peter Kongstvedt, MD, FACP
  Department of Health Administration and Policy
  December 8th, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
  Johnson Center 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
  View Flyer

Peace Corp World AIDS Day Information Session
November 5, 2009 - The Peace Corps’ Mid-Atlantic Regional Office is hosting an information session on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Washington, DC that will focus on what Peace Corps Volunteers are doing to address the global HIV/AIDS crisis.  A panel of returned Peace Corps Volunteers who worked in communities affected by the epidemic, along with Pamela Martin, Peace Corps’ AIDS Relief Coordiantor, will discuss their experiences and answer questions.

What: Peace Corps World AIDS Day Information Session
Where: Peace Corps Headquarter's Office, 1111 20th St, NW. Washington, D.C. 20526
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

• Press Release about the Information Session
• Learn more about Health Administration and Policy's Master's International Joint Program with Peace Corps, MS degree

HAP Faculty featured in BBC Documentary

September 30, 2009 - Dr. Tracy Koehlmoos, currently working in Bangladesh, is featured in the BBC Documentary "Think Zinc". 

Program Description: Diarrhoea kills over 1.5 million children every year. This is more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.

It is in the developing world where this deadly condition takes its heaviest toll. In countries such as Bangladesh children are already malnourished, sanitation is poor and running water is seen as a luxury. Here, zinc treatment has been estimated to save the lives of as many as 50,000 children a year.

Will zinc be the silver bullet in the fight against diarrhoea and can it help to save the lives of millions of children globally?

Watch Episode 1 of this series.

Health Reform Summit led by Dr. Mark Meiners
September 23, 2009 - Dr. Mark Meiners lead the dicussion at The Long-Term Services and Supports Health Reform Summit on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, September 23. The Summit brought together Congressional, policy, and LTSS experts to synthesize Health Reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience, and evidence.

America and a Public Option
September 11, 2009 - Families throughout the U.S. are considering the highly-debated health care reform public option. Dr. Peter Kongstvedt was interviewed for this Special Report on CBS News.  Watch the report.

Archive of Previous News Items

For More Information

Email Adam McCutcheon at amccutch@gmu.edu.

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The Department of Health Administration and Policy is located in the Northeast Module, Fairfax Campus.
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Resources

• HAP 790 Capstone Practicum Site
• Long Term Care
  Educational Foundation
• Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory
• NOVA Regional Health Information Organization Headlines
• Quality Improvement of the Year Award
• Upsilon Phi Delta's National Honor Society
• Washington Health Policy Institute