Health Policy and Management
Health Policy and Management

Health Policy and Management

 

 

Shaping policies and leaders for a healthier future.

 

 

 

 

Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, the Department of Health Policy and Management offers students unparalleled access to U.S. leadership and an opportunity to make lasting and impactful changes to the world we live in. Students focus on developing and advocating for better public health policies while learning how to be effective, productive and compassionate healthcare leaders.

 

 

 

Graduate Degrees and Certificates

 

Students studying; HPM department office

The Department of Health Policy and Management offers a number of graduate degrees that allow students to specialize in key aspects of this broad and dynamic field.

Whether you are looking to obtain an MPH or an MHA, options are available to students both in the classroom and online. We also offer a doctorate program and joint degrees. Only a few blocks from the Capital Building, White House and Supreme Court, health policy begins and ends in our community.

 

 

Meet Our Department Chair

 

Anne Markus

Anne Markus, PhD, MHS, JD

Department Chair

The overarching theme of social justice weaves through Professor Markus's work. An expert on the financing and organization of health care and on access to care, she is particularly interested in how the health system addresses - or fails to address - the needs of women, trans and nonbinary persons, minorities and children, including those of low-income and with special needs.

Anne Markus' Bio

Our Department's Faculty & Staff

 

 

Student Opportunities

 

HPM in the US

Children playing in a water fountain

National Opportunities

Each semester, faculty, staff and students from HPM practice what they teach and learn in the classroom with the goal of better health for all.

HPM in DC

HHS Building

In Our Own Community

HPM offers unique opportunities to  work with federal agencies on the most pressing public health problems facing the world.

HPM at GW

Overview of DC

Here on Campus

GW is home to a wide range of public health research and practice activities both within GWSPH and across the university.

 

Explore HPM

 

Research

Our rigorous, objective research focusing on outcomes and ways to improve health and healthcare policies and leadership practices is enhanced by our unique location.

Practice Experience

Our extensive and ever growing partner network enables students to work with leading Washington, D.C. and regional based health organizations as practice settings.

Careers and Alumni

Earning one of our many degrees can lead to a wide range of professional opportunities upon graduating. Click for a sampling of opportunities and alumni profiles.

 

 

New In HPM

 

 

HPM Alumnus Explores Health Workforce Diversity

Indira Islas, an alumnus of the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health, was the lead author of a study showing that Latinos are very underrepresented in the US health professions requiring an advanced degree. Islas, who conducted the study while a graduate student at GW, talks in this video about the study and its findings. Islas, a Mexican American and member of the dreamer generation, graduated from the Milken Institute School of Public Health in May of 2022 with an MPH. Watch the video here.

 

Department News

 

In sadness: Passing of Charlene Frizzera

On behalf of Anne Markus, Chair, and Zoe Beckerman, Vice-Chair, HPM Department
February 23, 2024

It is with great sadness that the GWSPH’s Department of Health Policy and Management shares that our friend and colleague, Charlene Frizzera, has passed away. 

Awards Program Recognizes 12 Emerging Leaders in Community Health

February 12, 2024

Each year, in collaboration with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health

Community Health Centers Face Uncertainty Over Long Term Funding: New Analysis

January 17, 2024

As  Congress moves forward  to  approve  a stop-gap  short-term spending bill that will keep the federal  government running until March, community health centers (CHCs)  face continued uncertainty over sustainable long-term funding.