Faculty and Staff

HAP Faculty

  • Associate Professor, HAP

    Dr. Renady Hightower is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy.
  • Dr. Y. Alicia Hong

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Alicia Hong’s current research interests focus on how to effectively apply health information technology in disease prevention and health promotion, particularly on chronic disease management and caregiving. She employs community-engaged user-centered design to develop culturally tailored programs, integrating low-cost digital tools with clinical care to deliver personalized programs that are easy to adopt and sustain in underserved communities, ultimately reducing health disparities.
  • Jeah Jung

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Jeah Jung is a Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Jung’s research analyzes health policy issues using approaches to infer causal relations from observational data. 
  • Panagiota Kitsantas

    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Yiota Kitsantas, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Department of Health Administration and Policy, has extensive research experience in the fields of child and maternal health, especially around utilizing data mining techniques to address various public health issues in these populations.
  • Assistant Professor, HAP

    Dr. Hansoo Ko is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Hansoo is a public health physician and health services researcher with training in health economics.
  • Mason Department of Health Administration and Policy Professor, PJ Maddox, smiles in a publicity portrait.

    Chair, Department of Health Administration and Policy, HAP
    Professor, HAP

    Dr. Maddox is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. She is a nurse with a distinguished career in health services administration, health policy analysis and health services research.
  • Hua Min

    Associate Professor, HAP

    Dr. Hua Min is an associate professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Min’s research interests are ontology-based data integration, ontology-based machine learning methods, data extraction and analysis from various EHR systems.
  • Brenda Sheingold

    Director for the Master of Healthcare Administration
    Associate Professor
    Department of Health Administration and Policy

    Dr. Brenda Helen Sheingold, is the Director for the Master of Healthcare Administration at the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Her research to identify and measure social capital in the healthcare workforce has been replicated by scholars globally and recognized by the Royal College of Nursing. 
  • Tracy Shevlin

    Department Manager, Health Administration and Policy, HAP

    Tracy Shevlin is the Department Manager of the Department of Health Administration and Policy.
  • Jay Shiver

    Coordinator of Undergraduate Students, Department of Health Administration and Policy, HAP
    Term Assistant Professor, HAP

    Jay Shiver, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Health Administration and Policy, teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs. Mr. Shiver is a seasoned healthcare executive and thought leader, consultant, and healthcare operations manager.