AUPHA Exchange

AUPHA  is pleased to announce the 2013 David A. Winston Policy Scholars, selected on May 14, 2013.

The objective of the Scholarship Program, funded by the David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship, is to increase the number and quality of individuals trained in healthcare policy at the state and federal level by awarding deserving health policy students financial support to further their education. The Fellowship commemorates the contributions and personal qualities of David A. Winston who, for 20 years, played a significant role in shaping the role of health policy in America. [more]

Earlier this year the AUPHA Board conducted six separate focus groups with AUPHA member program directors. On each call at least two AUPHA Board members had the opportunity to hear directly from members about how we are doing and what you’d like us to do in the future. [more]

A few weeks ago I was surprised to be awarded the 2013 Faculty Member of the Year Award for the School of Health Sciences at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey where I am the Assistant Dean and adjunct faculty member.  I would never have guessed that this honor, bestowed upon me by the Student Senate, was an option for me. I am instructor whose students groan when I assign course work or group projects.  I am the instructor who nags about professionalism, submitting the best work possible and effectively addressing problems without being rude to faculty and staff.  I am the one who lectures about subject matter and non-subject matter related to managing life.  I hold my students to a standard that seems to be disappearing in our classrooms and I always demand their best.  I remind them that I expect things of them at the college level that may not have been expected in high school.  I require them to carefully review their work prior to submission!  (I ask them why I would want to review it if they didn’t even review it!) I pound critical and analytical thinking into their brains and tell them that their opinions are their own, but require them to have been developed from factual information. I truly want them to be empowered and educated about their beliefs in a time when information is not reported or documented factually.  [more]

California, here we come!  This year’s Annual Meeting in Monterey promises to be fantastic!  If you have not yet registered-- and booked your hotel—please do so soon! 

I always look forward to the AUPHA Annual Meeting, knowing that I will laugh with friends, meet health administration faculty who are doing the most innovative and cool things in their courses, and hear from inspiring nationally-known speakers.  I return to Columbus feeling renewed and grateful that I am in this field and eager to put what I learned into practice.  There is simply no other professional meeting that brings such immediate value to me as a faculty!  I hope you feel the same. [more]

Dorothy P. Rice, Sc.D., has been named the 2013 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research.  The Prize, funded by The Baxter International Foundation and managed by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA), will be awarded on June 20, 2013 during the AUPHA Annual Meeting in Monterey, Calif. [more]

AUPHA is placing the power to better lead your program and your career in your hands with the Benchmarking for Education in Healthcare Management (BEHM) platform.  This multi-dimensional platform provides you, AUPHA member program faculty, the opportunity to enter program and compensation data and then compare your data with that of other AUPHA members.  [more]

Make an Impact: Contribute to the Body of Knowledge

The AUPHA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Stephen S. Mick, PhD, FACHE, as the recipient of the 2013 Gary L. Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership.  The Prize will be awarded to Dr. Mick on Thursday, June 20 [more]

Diana Bowman, LLB, PhD, from the University of Michigan, has been named the 2013 recipient of the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators.  The Prize was established in honor of John D. Thompson, a professor of health administration at Yale University who set standards that are without peer - in teaching, commitment to learning, collegial relationships, and health services research.  The Prize is awarded to faculty from AUPHA full member programs whose work contributes to knowledge in health services.  Dr. Bowman will be awarded the Prize on June 20 [more]

Congratulations to our graduating students this Spring!

Phillip Berger, Adam Bouras, Andrew Cheney, Jon Corley, Kaci Dannatt, Paige Halamicek, Tyler Harris, Cory Hernandez, Tyler Hillis, Kyle Hyduke, Nathaelf Hyppolite, Gregory Miller, Kyle Myers, Anthony Omosule, Shilpa Phairembam, Esmaeel Rahmani, Pravallika Ramineni, Alexandria Scherff, Zalak Shah, Brandon Slama, Amber Steidenger, Svetlana Taylor, Alison Walsh, Depeng Wang, Brian Weiss, Jared Winchester, Bethany Bennett, Adam Bulakites, Tom Lay, Patrick Walker, Whitney Wright [more]

It is with great pleasure that we announce the creation of the Richard M. Bracken Chair of Health Administration.  The Chair was endowed by a generous gift from Mr. Bracken (MHA '77) and matched with funds from the Glasgow endowment to VCU.  The Chair is intended to be held by the chairman of the Department and will provide critical support for the Department's mission.  Richard is Chairman and CEO of HCA, a long time supporter of the Department, and the winner of its first Alumni of the Year award in 2002.  [more]

Cameron Glenn, an HMP first-year master's student, has been selected as a delegate to the 2013 Millennial Health Leaders Summit. He is one of four U-M School of Public Health students chosen for this honor by the CDC/King Center Millennial Health Leaders Summit Planning Committee. [more]

AUPHA is pleased to welcome the following new individual members:

• Susan Anderson, EdD, MS, Hodges University
• Stephen Burrows, DPM, MBA, CPHIMS,

TYLENOL® Future Care Scholarship Will Support 40 Students Pursuing Degrees in Healthcare

Ft. Washington, PA, April 15, 2013 – McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., the makers of TYLENOL®, announces the 23nd annual TYLENOL® Future Care Scholarship program. The 2013 program will again award a total of $250,000 in scholarship funds to 40 undergraduate or graduate students pursuing careers in healthcare. Winners will be named TYLENOL® Future Care Scholars and receive awards of $5,000 or $10,000 to help manage the rising costs of education. [more]

The University of Central Florida’s Department of Health Management & Informatics is proud to announce that Dr. Bernardo Ramirez has been promoted to Associate Professor.  Dr. Ramirez has been a distinguished member of our faculty since 2008.  He serves as the Program Director for the Executive Master’s Program in Health Services Administration and is also the director of Global Health Initiatives.  Dr. Ramirez is best known for his international expertise in healthcare administration and his dedication to his students.  We are excited to welcome Bernardo to the tenured ranks and proud to have him as a friend and colleague. [more]

Dr. Tony Yang [more]

Several students from the Master of Health Services Administration program recently accepted internship/fellowship positions for summer 2013 and beyond:

• Amy Fey accepted a summer internship position with Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.