HAP Faculty
Division Director, Health Administration Programs
Associate Professor
Department of Health Administration and PolicyDr. Brenda Helen Sheingold, is the Division Director for Health Administration programs 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.
Department Manager, Health Administration and Policy, HAP
Tracy Shevlin is the Department Manager of the Department of Health Administration and Policy.
Coordinator of Undergraduate Students, Department of Health Administration and Policy, HAP
Term Assistant Professor, HAPJay 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.
Professor, HAP
Dr. Jinshan Tang is a professor of Health Informatics in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Before joining George Mason University, Dr. Tang was a full professor in the College of Computing at Michigan Technological University and a Founding Director of the Joint Center for Biocomputing and Digital Health.
MHA Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Administration and PolicyDr. Maria Uriyo is assistant professor and MHA Program Coordinator in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. She was Program Director at Medicalincs LLC, an independent minority owned healthcare consulting firm located in Maryland where she oversaw the Rare & Expensive Medical Conditions Program that provided care coordination services to clients residing in select counties in Maryland.
Professor, HAP
Division Director, Programs in Health Informatics, HAP
Director, Machine Learning and Inference LaboratoryDr. Wojtusiak, Professor of Health Informatics and Director of the Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory, has expertise that spans machine learning, health informatics, artificial intelligence in clinical decision support and knowledge discovery in medical data, and a wide range of applications of these fields in health care.
Associate Professor, HAP
Dr. Hong Xue is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. His primary research interests are in health economics, nutritional epidemiology, systems science and modeling, (childhood) obesity, mHealth, and big data and machine learning.
Administrative Office Specialist III, HAP
Regina Young is the Administrative Office Specialist in HAP.
Assistant Professor, HAP
Prof. Zane began teaching healthcare law at George Mason University as adjunct faculty member in the fall of 2014. In August of 2021, he joined the faculty full-time as an assistant professor. He teaches health economics, health policy, and cybersecurity for healthcare executives.