Category: Sheps Center

Effie Wei

Effie Wei is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a second year student in the Master of Science in Public Health program in the Health Policy and Management Department… Read more »

Soobin Seong

Soobin is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a second-year student attaining her Master of Science in Public Health degree in the department of Health Policy and Management. Prior to joining the team,… Read more »

Emily Tierney

Emily Tierney is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a second year student in the Master of Healthcare Administration program in the Health Policy and Management Department at UNC-Chapel… Read more »

Evan Galloway, MPS

Evan Galloway, MPS is a Research Associate with the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. He develops web-based interactive visualizations for exploring health workforce data. He received his Master of Professional Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of North Carolina at… Read more »

Sheps researchers present at AcademyHealth 2016 Annual Research Meeting in Boston

AcademyHealth is one of the largest health services research conferences of the year, and Sheps researchers will be presenting throughout the conference June 25-June 28th. See details below: NRSA CONFERENCE – Sheraton Boston Hotel Saturday June 25th   Plenary Session     8:00-8:30am Independence         Presentation of the John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award Ballroom                 (Winner: Kathleen… Read more »

Mark Fraser, PhD, MSW

Dr. Fraser is an Associate Dean for Research at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and has been at UNC for almost 20 years. His primary areas of interest include children and families at risk; antisocial and aggressive behavior in childhood; early adolescence and adolescence; risk and resilience in childhood; and prevention of conduct problems in… Read more »

Mark Toles, PhD, RN

Mark Toles, PhD, RN is an assistant professor with clinical experience in transitional care, behavioral health and nursing management. In his research, Dr. Toles seeks to expand understanding of transitional care for older adults and their family caregivers. In epidemiological and observational studies, he described the prevalence of re-hospitalizations for older adults after nursing home discharge and targets… Read more »

Erica Richman, PhD, MSW

Erica Richman (Carroll) PhD, MSW, is a Research Analyst at the Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Richman received her PhD from the School of Social Work at… Read more »

Kelly Alanis-Hirsch, PhD

Academic Interests I am interested in the availability and accessibility of evidence-based practices for those with co-occurring substance use disorders and serious mental illness, particularly medications to support addiction recovery. My research interests also include mental health and primary care integration for persons with multiple morbidities—serious mental illness, substance abuse, and chronic physical illness. I… Read more »

William J. Olesiuk, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow   Academic Interests I am interested in evaluating systems of health care organization for individuals with chronic diseases and mental illnesses. In particular, I enjoy studying how novel health care delivery approaches affect cost and quality of care. My hope is that the research I do can lead to improved care for individuals… Read more »

Mona Kilany, M.S.P.H., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow   Academic Interests Mona Kilany, M.S.P.H, Ph.D., is interested in models of care management for people with chronic conditions, with an emphasis on people with mental health and physical comorbidities. Her research interests also include mental health/primary care integration as well as outcomes in the patient-centered medical home for people with severe mental… Read more »

OPINION: Gun violence, simple solutions, and mental health workforce shortage

Kathleen C. Thomas, Alan R. Ellis and Joseph P. Morrissey updated June 9, 2014 The politically acceptable solution to the current crisis over gun violence is to say it’s a ‘mental health problem.1-3 This branding distorts the facts about violence and mental illness, and creates unrealistic expectations about what mental health professionals can do to… Read more »

JudyAnn Bigby, MD

JudyAnn Bigby is a Senior Fellow at Mathematica Policy Research. She served as Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from January 2007 through January 2013. As the longest serving Secretary of Health and Human Services she was responsible for implementing many of the aspects of the 2006 Massachusetts land mark… Read more »