Faculty and Staff
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Fatema Ahmed, Ph.D., MHA
Postdoctoral Scholar
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: fatema.ahmed@ucf.edu
Barbara Andraka-Christou, Ph.D., JD
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: barbara.andraka@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5174
Areas of Specialty:
- Health services
- Health policy
- Substance use disorder treatment
Yara Asi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: yara.asi@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5087
Areas of Specialty:
- Global health policy
- Health in fragile and conflict-affected populations
- Gender inequities in global health
- Structural violence and health
- Health effects of climate change
Mark Bush, DHA, MBA
Associate Lecturer and Undergraduate Health Services Administration Academic Program Coordinator
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: mark.bush@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5380
Areas of Specialty:
- Healthcare reimbursement variability and its impact on hospital financial strategy
- Market dynamics and consumer decision behavior in post-acute and long-term care settings
- Data analytics in quality improvement and patient safety outcomes
- Workforce development and transition models from academia to healthcare leadership roles
- Technology-enabled learning strategies in graduate healthcare education
Catherine Bush, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 402C
E-mail: Catherine.Bush@ucf.edu
Phone: 989-205-0997
Areas of Specialty:
- The impact of leadership behaviors on creating an inclusive workplace (grounded theory research project currently underway)
- Leadership behaviors that impact employee motivation and demotivation (research project completion expected in Fall 2021)
Landon Canida
Administrative Assistant III
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: landon.canida@ucf.edu
Latarsha Chisholm, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401I
E-mail: latarsha.chisholm@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4775
Areas of Specialty:
- Long-term services and support
- Quality of care
- Disparities
- Dementia care
- Implementation and dissemination
Sung Choi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
Phone: 407-823-2369
Areas of Specialty:
- Health information technology
- Cybersecurity
- Data breaches
Kendall Cortelyou, Ph.D.
Professor and School Director
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401N
E-mail: kcortely@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2359
Michelle Crozier, Ph.D.
Lecturer and HCI Academic Program Coordinator
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: Michelle.Crozier@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1402
Areas of Specialty:
- Adverse Childhood Events
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Resilience
Kristin Della Sala
Academic Support Coordinator II
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401B
E-mail: kristin.dellasala@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3267
Shannon Elswick, MSHA, FACHE
Associate Instructor and Executive in Residence
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: powell.elswick@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4168
Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401J
E-mail: varadraj.gurupur@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5161
Su-I Hou, Dr.P.H., CPH, MCHES, RN, CDP, FACHE, FGSA
Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401M
E-mail: su-i.hou@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3344
Areas of Specialty:
- Healthy Aging-in-Community
- Cancer Screening Disparities
- HIV Behavioral Research
- Global Healthcare Management
Christian King, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: Christian.King@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4146
Parul Naib, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: parul.naib@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- AI Clinical Decision Support systems
- Public Health
Christine Neubert, MS, RHIA
Instructor
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: christine.neubert@ucf.edu
Hannah Nguyen
Academic Support Coordinator II
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 402A
E-mail: hannah.nguyen@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0002
Kourtney Nieves, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: kourtney.nieves@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3264
Dawn Oetjen, Ph.D., MHA
Professor and Executive MHA Academic Program Coordinator
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: dawn.oetjen@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0204
Reid Oetjen, Ph.D.
Professor and MHA Program Coordinator
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: reid.oetjen@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5668
Areas of Specialty:
- Aging and gerontology
- Long-term care systems
- Healthcare practitioner tool development
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- Academic Leadership and Governance
Jaeyoung Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 402O
E-mail: jaeyoung.park@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Machine learning & Deep learning
- Missing data
- Causal inference
- Transfer learning
- Federated learning
Virginia Pinzon
Academic Program Coordinator II
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: virginia.pinzon@ucf.edu
Bernardo Ramirez, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: bernardo.ramirez@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4133
Meredith Robertson
Associate Instructor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: meredith.robertson@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3765
Timothy Rotarius, Ph.D., MBA
Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: Dr.Timothy.Rotarius@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3762
Olga Lucia Russell, MS, MHS, RHIA
Associate Instructor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: olga.russell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4137
Suhas Shewale, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: suhas.shewale@ucf.edu
Steven Ton, MS
Senior Instructor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: steven.ton@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5328
Samuel D. Towne, Ph.D., MPH, CPH, FAAHB
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: Samuel.Towne@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2296
Pamela Von Graff
Academic Program Coordinator III
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401F
E-mail: pamela.vongraff@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0564
Giang Vu, DDS, MS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 402L
E-mail: giang.vu@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0652
Areas of Specialty:
- Adverse oral health outcomes among patients with systemic diseases (e.g., diabetes)
- Disparities in utilization and access to dental and medical care services
- Applications of artificial intelligence to analyze costs of dental prevention for medical conditions
Amanda Walden, Ph.D., RHIA, CHDA
Senior Lecturer and HIM Academic Program Coordinator
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401
E-mail: amanda.walden@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3613
Areas of Specialty:
- Healthcare Privacy
- Health Information Systems
- Healthcare Management
- Affordable Educational Initiatives
- Higher Education Student Success
Cynthia Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 403D
E-mail: cynthia.williams@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0948
Areas of Specialty:
- Telehealth/Telemedicine
- Health Equity
- Aging
- Chronic Disease Management
Ashley Wilt, Ph.D., SHRM-CP
Lecturer
Health Management and Informatics
Location: DPAC
Suite: 401H
E-mail: ashley.wilt@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2174
Tahira Yeasmeen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Health Management and Informatics
E-mail: tahira.yeasmeen@ucf.edu
