Sheps Center Advisory Board
Sheps leadership/management is closely advised by the Sheps Center Advisory Board. The Advisory Board has approximately 20 members, composed of various university department chairs, other senior leaders across the UNC campus, and stakeholders. The members represent the five health science schools (medicine, nursing, public health, dentistry, pharmacy) and provide advice on Sheps Center strategy and emerging issues in health services research and state and federal health policy. Furthermore, they help recruit and select Sheps Center Research Fellows. The Board meets three times a year and provides a forum for exchange of topics in health services research.
2023-2024 MEMBERS
Thomas Bacon, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Dept of Social Medicine
School of Medicine
Ronny Bell, PhD
Professor and Chair
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
School of Pharmacy
Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
School of Medicine
Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH
Professor and Division Chief
Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology
School of Medicine
Kori Flower, MD, MPH
Professor and Chief
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
School of Medicine
Andrea “Andi” Goodwin, MA, MS
Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
Predoctoral Fellow, Sheps Center
Carolyn Halpern, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Maternal and Child Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Margaret Helton, MD
Professor and Chair
Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Mark Holmes, PhD
Professor
Health Policy and Management
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Director, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Michael Hudgens, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biostatistics
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Jessica Y. Lee DDS, MPH, PhD
Demeritt Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Dentistry
Chair, Division of Pediatric and Public Health
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Andrew F. Olshan, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Cristen Page, MD, MPH (Chair)
Executive Dean
Professor
Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Kristin Reiter, PhD
Professor and Interim Chair
Health Policy and Management
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Kurt Ribisl, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Behavior
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Til Stürmer, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Hugh Tilson, Jr, JD, MPH
Director, AHEC
Associate Dean
Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Director for Interprofessional Education and Practice
School of Social Work
Sheps Center:
Brian Cass, Deputy Director for Data Management and Information Technology
Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, Deputy Director for Policy
Lindsay McCall, MPH, Program Coordinator
Jennifer Middleton, PhD, EPC Program Manager
Colin Orr, MD, MPH, Deputy Director