Departmental News

The Internship (HADM 6400), a vital part of the MHA program, is typically completed halfway through the program. This experiential course allows students to gain valuable real-world experience. In previous years, this course has been graded as pass/fail, with the main product, a report documenting the internship, often submitted the following semester. This mid-point capstone […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences this April hosted a series of interactive events in celebration of National Public Health Week. Aligning with national activities led by the American Public Health Association, faculty, students, public health leaders and the greater Charlotte community came together for discussions on the health of the region and […]

In celebration of Public Health Week, UNC Charlotte and Tresata today announced a far reaching new partnership designed to make Charlotte, NC one of the healthiest cities in the world by 2025. This goal will be met using advanced data analytics, empowering the local community with actionable knowledge, and advancing health entrepreneurship in Charlotte. Through […]

Danielle Gilliard is a Health Policy Coordinator in the Office of Policy & Prevention at the Mecklenburg County Health Department (MCHD) and an Adjunct Professor at Queens University. She studied Global Health and Environment, Medical Anthropology, and Chinese at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill before earning her MPH from Emory University. Danielle […]

UPDATE: Thompson’s suggestion that Atrium was eying expansion beyond the Carolinas proved prescient today, as the company announced intentions to merge with Georgia-based Navicent health. UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Thompson discusses a major shakeup in the North Carolina healthcare industry with WSOCTV. WSOCTV Carolinas HealthCare System is changing its name to Atrium Health, […]

Jill Davis has served on the UNC Charlotte MHA Advisory Board since 2014. She works as Senior Director, Enterprise Data, at Premier, Inc. In this role, Ms. Davis leads the teams responsible for enterprise-wide data acquisition and integration to support all informatics and data analytics tools offered by her company. Ms. Davis recently marked her […]

Nehemie Owen, MHA, FACHE, will assume the presidency of the Greater Charlotte Area Healthcare Executives Group (GCHEG) on January 1, 2018. She will succeed Jon Myers in the position. Ms. Owen currently serves as Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, Workforce Management Operations and Technology at Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS). She has worked with CHS since […]

Deborah Dirkse graduated from the UNC Charlotte MHA program in 2004, the first graduating MHA class. She currently works for Wake Forest Baptist Health as a Quality Improvement Consultant for a 17 county area. In addition to her position with Wake Forest, she recently joined UNC Charlotte as an adjunct faculty teaching the quality and […]

Fred Brown has enjoyed a long and varied career in healthcare in large and small markets across North Carolina. He started his work in healthcare as a high school student, when he worked as an orderly at Iredell Memorial Hospital in his home town of Statesville. After college, Mr. Brown served as an Army officer […]

Dr.Michael Dulin stopped by to speak with syndicated radio host Francene Marie about innovative public health conversations going on in Charlotte. Dr. Dulin is the Director for the Academy of Population Health Innovation (APHI) and a Professor of Public Health Sciences at UNC Charlotte. Over the past year the group has collected data from focus […]

Dr. Dulin, who is Director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation and a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, was interviewed by HealthcareIT News at the Precision Medicine Summit in Boston. by: Tom Sullivan Precision medicine is more hype than reality right now — but, at the same time, the incredible potential […]

This year, the MHA program sent ten students to the ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Over 4,000 current and future healthcare leaders participated, including fellow students, hospital executives, and university administrators. Congress provided a week-long program of informational seminars, hot topic sessions, networking opportunities, career building, and resume reviews for its participants. Popular […]

Joseph Cherian, MHA ‘13, currently works for PMMC as a Senior Account Manager. He is primarily responsible for ensuring that PMMC’s clients receive value from PMMC’s contract management solutions and services. This position requires him to build strong relationships with clients. Joseph also helps clients to identify their specific and constantly evolving revenue cycle challenges […]

The Department of Public Health Sciences will launch a new undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Health Systems Management degree program in Fall 2017. Chair of Public Health Sciences, Dr. Melinda Forthofer beamed that “the Faculty of the Department of Public Health Sciences are delighted to have this opportunity to close the gap between supply and […]

Maria (Mika) Vela-Gude completed her internship at the Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas. During her internship she completed various projects, such as launching a REDCap Database, including planning, testing, implementation, and support and creation of a standard operating procedure. Mika also expanded marketing and communications outreach by distributing […]

The MHA Program congratulates Stephanie Craig and Jordan Harrington on earning their administrative fellowship/residencies. Stephanie’s fellowship at Carolina HealthCare System (CHS) NorthEast, located in Concord, NC, will begin in June. She will work under Bill Hubbard, Vice President of Operations for CHS NorthEast, and will assist with special administrative projects in multiple areas of hospital […]

Over Spring Break 2017, three MHA students embarked on a Study Abroad trip focused on Health and Wellbeing in India. Diana Kuzmich (l), Kendall Walsh (c), and Tracy Valero (r) departed Charlotte International Airport for a 10-day adventure to India studying its healthcare system, various NGOs, and culture. Prior to departure, the students selected a […]

Many Second Year MHA students attend the Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics and the Business World on March 22, 2017. The guest speaker for this series was Carl S. Armato, President and CEO of Novant Health. Mr. Armato discussed the ethical dimensions of a recent situation Novant Health faced. The complicated scenario involved over 100 patients […]