Our
Mission
To promote the development of management, health economics, leadership,
and population based skills for physicians, hospitals, health systems, and
other health care providers, to study and understand best practices of health
care delivery globally, and to facilitate dialogue in health care public
policy.
Our Vision
The Center for Global Health Systems, Management,
and Policy through education, research, and service will play a leadership
role in transforming the United States health care system to one that is
accessible to and serves the total population, focuses on prevention and
public health, and is highly efficient with advanced standards of quality.
Center Team
| Program Directors: |
Richard J. Schuster,
M.D., M.M.M., F.A.C.P.
Boonshoft Chair and Director
Program Director, Master of Public Health Program |
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James R. Ebert, M.D.,
M.B.A., F.A.A.P., C.A.Q.
Program Director, Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program
Public Health Management Director, Master of Public Health Program |
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John McAlearney,
Ph.D.
Health Economist
Program Director, Health Care Management Certificate Program |
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Eriko (Erie) Sase, Ph.D.
Program Director, Global Health Systems Program |
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| Faculty: |
William H. Bines,
M.S.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program |
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John D. Bullock,
M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist |
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Kenneth C. Dahms,
J.D., M.A.
Assistant Director of Public Health Service, Master of Public Health Program |
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Mark Gebhart, M.D.,
EMT-P, F.A.A.E.M.
Emergency Preparedness Director, Master of Public Health Program |
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James Gross, M.P.H.
Clinical Faculty, Master of Public Health Program |
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Marietta Langlois,
Ph.D.
Health Promotion and Education Director, Master of Public Health Program |
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William Mase, M.P.H.,
M.A.
Associate Program Director, Master of Public Health Program |
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Sara J. Paton, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist |
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Janet Rickabaugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Community Health |
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Ruvie Rogel
Instructor, Master of Public Health Program
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Raymond P. Ten Eyck,
M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P.
Associate Director of Public Health Practice, Master of Public Health Program |
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Peter K. Wong, Ph.D.,
M.B.A., M.S., R.Ph.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program |
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| Staff: |
Nancy Terwoord,
R.N., B.S., C.P.H.Q.
Senior Consultant
Coordinator of Program Planning and Evaluation, Master of Public Health
Program |
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Sylvia Ann Ellison, M.A.
Research Assistant |
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Lori Metivier
Administrative Support Coordinator |
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Petra Weaver
Program Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program |
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Jennifer Webb
Program Coordinator, Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program and Global Health Systems Program |
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Pam Mondini
Office Assistant |
Richard J. Schuster, M.D., M.M.M., F.A.C.P.
Boonshoft Chair and Director, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Program Director, Master of Public Health Program
Richard J. Schuster, M.D., M.M.M., F.A.C.P., is an associate professor of medicine in the Boonshoft School of Medicine and an associate professor of management in the Raj
Soin College of Business at Wright State University. Dr. Schuster is the director of the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy. He provides leadership through the Oscar Boonshoft Endowed Chair of Health Systems Management. He also serves as the program director for the Master
of Public Health Program at Wright State University.
Dr. Schuster received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D. from the University of Rochester, and received his master's degree in medical management from the Tulane University School of Public Health. He completed a residency in internal medicine and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, is a member with advanced standing of the American College of Physician Executives, and has been certified in medical management by the American College of Physician Executives and Tulane University.
Dr. Schuster was the managing partner of a private group practice in Rochester, New York, before joining Kettering Medical Center where he created a multi-specialty group teaching practice and primary care center that has received national recognition. He has been involved with PHO development and dynamics, hospital mergers, PSO development, hospital-owned physician groups, managed care contract negotiations, and information systems development. As a medical educator, he was an associate director of an internal medicine residency. He has taught in educational programs for medical, public health, management, and pharmacy students, resident physicians, as well as practicing physicians. Dr. Schusters research interests include physician utilization of practice guidelines, cardiovascular risk factor reduction, health economics, social marketing public health education, and leadership.
As director of the Division of Health Systems Management, then the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy, he has grown the program from a single faculty position to ten faculty and seven staff educating public health, medical, and management students, performing research, and providing service to the community.

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James
R. Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P., C.A.Q.
Program Director, Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program
Public Health Management Director, Master of Public Health Program
James R. Ebert, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.P., C.A.Q., is an associate professor
of medicine and pediatrics in the Boonshoft
School of Medicine at Wright State University. Dr. Ebert is also the
medical director of adolescent medicine and the lipid clinic lead physician
at Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Ebert serves as the program director
of the Boonshoft Physician Leadership
Development Program in the Center for Global Health Systems, Management,
and Policy and is the director of the public health management concentration
in the Master of Public Health Program at
Wright State University.
Dr. Ebert has been an associate professor
of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, and had served on the
clinical faculty of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of
Medicine for 16 years. He holds the Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management,
has done advanced course work in operations research and biostatistics
at Case Western Reserve University, and has completed the Carnegie Mellon
University program in executive leadership. He was enrolled in one of the
final W. Edwards Deming seminars in 1992, and taught Deming management and
quality improvement for several years.
Dr. Ebert is a retired colonel in the
United States Air Force. While in the Air Force, Dr. Ebert served as
chief of medical staff and commander of medical operations at Wright-Patterson
Medical Center. He played a leading role at Wright-Patterson in the
rollout of the federal military managed care transition known as TRICARE,
participated in the implementation of three different electronic medical
information systems, and has traveled as a surveyor with the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. He also has served
as director of medical education for seven years, and participated by invitation
in the Department of Defense's Healthcare 2020 strategic planning group in
1995-1996.
Dr. Ebert is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (A.A.P.),
and is the immediate past president of the Uniformed Services Chapter
of the A.A.P. He is a member of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
and the American College of Physician Executives. His clinical credentials
include triple board-certification in pediatrics, adolescent medicine,
and sports medicine. His interests include performance improvement,
leadership development, and medical education.

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John McAlearney, Ph.D.
Health Economist, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Program Director, Health Care Management Certificate Program
John McAlearney, Ph.D., is an assistant professor with a joint appointment
in the Boonshoft School of Medicine and
the Raj Soin College of Business at
Wright State University. Dr. McAlearney serves as the program director
for the Health Care Management
Certificate Program and is a health economist in the Center for Global
Health Systems, Management, and Policy. Dr. McAlearney is an instructor
for the Master of
Public Health Program, where he teaches economics of health and health
policy. He holds a Ph.D. in health policy with a concentration in health
economics from Harvard University. He has more than 18 years experience
in the health care and health insurance sectors and has worked for the
Ohio Department of Health, the RAND Corporation, the Health Care Financing
Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), and
the Travelers Insurance Company (now United HealthCare).
Dr. McAlearney's
professional background and formal training have emphasized a multi-disciplinary
approach to health services research supplemented by a broad exposure
to many specific areas of health care and policy research. Dr. McAlearney's
experience and training qualify him to undertake research or provide
assistance in case studies and other qualitative research, program design
and evaluation, cost analyses, decision analyses, cost-effectiveness
studies, survey design and analyses, economic estimation and modeling,
outcomes and quality research and general data analyses. His research focus includes the study of technology adoption, health care applications
for geographic information system (GIS), health care costs and global
health care system comparisons.

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Eriko (Erie) Sase, Ph.D.
Program Director, Global Health Systems
Eriko Sase, Ph.D., is a program director for Global Health Systems within
the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy. Dr. Sase
holds a Ph.D. in Health Science with a concentration in International Health
from the University of Tokyo. She was a research fellow in the Takemi Program
in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is
an assistant professor and teaches Global Health Systems in the Master
of Public Health Program.
Dr. Sase was a think-tank consultant to the Japanese
government on policy recommendations and conducted quantitative and qualitative
research for a several years. She was also a researcher for the Social
Science Institute and Graduate School of Medicine at the University of
Tokyo.
Dr. Sase has received academic training in medical anthropology,
ethics and human rights in global health, development sociology and comparative
culture. Her research interests include ethics and human rights; theory
and practice in infectious disease control; and the cultural, sociological
and political aspects of global and national health care systems.
Dr. Sase
is a reviewer for the British Medical Journal (BMJ). A full-time faculty
member at Wright State, she is also a visiting researcher for the University
of Tokyo and the Japan Medical Association Research Institute.

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William H. Bines, M.S., is an instructor for the Master
of Public Health Program. Mr. Bines held the position of associate
director of public health practice for the MPH program for two years
until his retirement in September 2006. His responsibilities included
the coordination of MPH student practice placements and their culminating
experiences. He was the health commissioner for the Montgomery County
Combined Health District until his retirement in September 2004 and
served as a part time deputy health commissioner in addition to his
part time duties with Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and
Policy. As the former chief executive officer of the Combined Health District
of Montgomery County, he was responsible for protecting and promoting
the public health of the citizens within the jurisdiction, a population
of approximately 575,000. Bill received his B.S. in business administration
from Miami University, Oxford, in 1971. He also has an M.S. in health
services administration from Central Michigan University.

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John D. Bullock, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Center for Global Health Systems, Management,
and Policy
John D. Bullock, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., is a clinical professor of community
health and professor of mathematics and statistics at Wright State University.
Dr. Bullock is an instructor for the Master
of Public Health Program, where he teaches infectious disease epidemiology.
He held a faculty position at Stanford University before coming to Wright
State, where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology,
professor of physiology and biophysics, associate professor of microbiology
and immunology, and the Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research.
As a clinician, Dr. Bullock’s patients included numerous physicians
and their families, Fortune 500 CEOs, and a head of state. In his role
as a teacher, two of his past fellows have become department chairs of
major medical schools and one is the CEO of a world renowned medical center.
Dr. Bullock, a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School,
completed an internship in internal medicine at Washington University in
St. Louis before serving in the United States Navy, where he was trained
in the signs and symptoms of biowarfare agents. After residency training
in ophthalmology at Yale University, he completed fellowships at the University
of California, San Francisco, and the Mayo Clinic. He later received a
Master of Science degree in microbiology and immunology from Wright State
University and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School
of Public Health, where he studied epidemiology and bioterrorism.
Dr. Bullock is the author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications
predominantly related to infectious diseases, toxicology, and trauma. His
research influenced the market withdrawal of two general anesthetics, a
warning label for a pharmaceutical agent whose inappropriate use resulted
in blindness, and a Consumer Products Safety Commission-mandated warning
label. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences, and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the
American Ophthalmological Society, the John Snow Society, the American
Association for the History of Medicine, the American Public Health Association,
the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the International
Society for Infectious Diseases. He has given more than 500 lectures throughout
the world — including
a number of distinguished lectureships, served on the editorial boards of
six medical journals, was a manuscript reviewer for 16 journals, and served
as president and secretary/treasurer of two international medical societies.
His research interests include "causation" of clinical disease,
the mathematics of HIV/AIDS transmission, ocular infectious disease epidemiology,
cultural aspects of tuberculosis, ophthalmic history, bioterrorism, and
the history of the germ theory of disease. 
Kenneth C. Dahms, J.D., M.A.
Assistant Director of Public Health Service, Master of Public Health Program
Kenneth C. Dahms, J.D., M.A., is assistant director of public health service
and an instructor for the Master of Public
Health Program. Ken’s responsibilities include the coordination of
the master of public health student practice placements. He was the director
of administration for the Montgomery County Combined Health District from 1999
until his retirement in 2004. Prior to that time, Ken was the health district’s
in-house legal counsel. In his capacity as the director of administration for
the Montgomery County Health District, he managed a department of 40 employees
and was responsible for an agency budget of $32 million. Throughout his 28-year
career in public health, Ken was a frequent lecturer and panel participant on
a broad variety of public health topics. Ken received his B.A. in political science
from Oklahoma State University in 1968, and his M.A. in government from American
University in 1971. Ken also received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973.

Mark Gebhart, M.D., EMT-P, F.A.A.E.M.
Emergency Preparedness Director, Master of Public Health Program
Mark E. Gebhart, M.D., is an assistant professor of emergency medicine
at Wright State University Boonshoft
School of Medicine. Dr. Gebhart serves as director of the Homeland
Emergency Learning and Preparedness (H.E.L.P.) Center and is the director
of the emergency preparedness concentration in the Master
of Public Health Program.
Dr. Gebhart completed his undergraduate studies at Wright State, earning
a B.A. in Biological Sciences. He earned his M.D. degree at Wright State
in 1997. He also completed his residency and served as chief resident in
Wright State's Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Gebhart is a diplomat
of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and disaster preparedness
is a specific interest and strength of his. Dr. Gebhart has responded to
numerous national level emergencies, including the most recent hurricanes
affecting the Gulf Coast states.

James Gross, M.P.H, serves on the clinical faculty in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program. As the current health commissioner of Montgomery County with a total of 30 years of local public health experience, Mr. Gross provides practical insights to the MPH program and is a primary communication link between the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy and the Miami Valley community. As the chief executive officer of Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County, he oversees approximately 75 public health programs, 400 employees and an annual budget of almost $40 million. He also holds executive level positions in numerous local organizations, including the Human Services Levy Council, the Family and Children First Council, and the Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton. Mr. Gross has also served as assistant health commissioner and held management positions with the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency. He received his B.S. degree in earth science education from Wright State University in 1977 and was one of the first graduates of WSU’s Master of Public Health program in 2005.

Marietta Langlois, Ph.D.
Health Promotion and Education Director, Master of Public Health Program
Marietta Langlois, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department
of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Wright State University.
Dr. Langlois serves as the director of the heath promotion and education
concentration in the Master of
Public Health Program. She was a 2005 recipient of the Wright State
University Presidential Award for Excellence in Early Career Achievement.
Dr. Langlois’ research involves risk reduction in children and adolescents.
She collaborates with a local school district in a federally funded project
to increase the activity level of children and has been invited to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to present her research in tobacco
prevention.
Dr. Langlois completed her doctorate in health promotion and education,
with a cognate in health care administration, at The Ohio State University.
She has an M.A. from Morehead State University and a B.S. from the University
of Cincinnati. Prior to coming to Wright State, Dr. Langlois worked for
Middletown Regional Health System and implemented community-based risk
reduction programs throughout southwest Ohio. Dr. Langlois is a member
of the American School Health Association; the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and the Society for Public Health
Education. 
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William Mase, M.P.H., M.A., serves as associate director of the Master
of Public Health program. He serves on the faculty of the Boonshoft
School of Medicine, Department of Community
Health, where he teaches
Introduction to Public Health and Population Based Management. He has
been with Wright State University since 1993 in a variety of academic
and research settings. He holds a master's degree in sociology from West
Virginia University and an M.P.H. degree from the Ohio
State University. He was instrumental in the development of the M.P.H.
program at the medical school as well as the Survey Research Center housed
in the WSU Center for Urban and Public Affairs. He served as the co-principal
investigator of the 1994 Ohio Department of Health State-wide Immunization
Needs Assessment and the 1995 Dayton Community Health Assessment, an
application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. In addition to his work with Wright
State, he is enrolled in the doctor of public health degree program at
the University of Kentucky with a concentration in health services management.
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Sara J. Paton, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Sara Paton, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy and has a joint appointment with the WSU Department
of Community Health and the Montgomery County Combined Health District. Within the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy, Sara is an instructor for the Master
of Public Health Program, where she teaches epidemiology and participates in ongoing research within the department. At the Montgomery County Combined Health District, Sara serves as an epidemiologist; her research there focuses on low birth weight babies and juvenile chlamydia within Montgomery County, Ohio. She has been at Wright State since 2001, initially in a post-doc appointment in the Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, before becoming an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health. Her research in pharmacology and toxicology was funded by a Department of Defense grant. It investigated the effect of sarin nerve gas, pyridostigmine bromide and stress on biochemical disorders believed to exist in some veterans of the Gulf War. Sara completed her Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in 2001 specializing in nutrition. She received a M.S. in Animal Science at Angelo State University, and a B.S. in Biomedical Science and Animal Science at Texas A&M University.

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Janet Rickabaugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Community Health
Janet Rickabaugh, Ph.D., associate professor within the Department of Community Health, Boonshoft School of Medicine, teaches the graduate-level courses focusing on environmental health. Dr. Rickabaugh has over 30 years of professional experience in both the academic setting and the applied setting of public health. She stepped back into the academic setting after retiring as the health commissioner in Clermont County.
Dr. Rickabaugh received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati (UC), College of Engineering in Environmental Engineering. While on the faculty at UC, she performed research on treatment processes for drinking water and wastewater as well as solid and hazardous waste. Dr. Rickabaugh served as faculty research advisor to more than 60 master's and Ph.D. students and co-authored papers with many of them concerning their research.
After leaving the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Rickabaugh was appointed health commissioner by the Clermont County Board of Health, where she served for 12 years. During that time she also served on several boards at both the local and state level, including the Board of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners and the Ohio State Board of Sanitarian Registration.
Dr Rickabaugh’s current research interest is workforce development for public health.

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Ruvie Rogel, a resident of northern Israel, is an expert on emergency management, populations under stress and community-based approaches that can be used to reduce those stresses in a community. During the Lebanese War rocket attacks in the summer of 2006, he lived and worked in a bomb shelter. As deputy CEO of the Community Stress Prevention Center, Ruvie is tasked with dealing with the psycho-social impacts of mass traumatic events on the population. He previously served as the director of the International School for Community Emergency Management at Tel Hai College in Israel. Ruvie came to Dayton in 2007 to present a series of workshops designed to guide participants through various psycho-social issues surrounding risk communication and traumatic media announcements. In Ohio in 2008, he presented a series of workshops for first responders designed to enhance understanding of the psychological issues faced by those experiencing the emergency and their own psychological issues as they provide care and assistance to those in need. When in Dayton, Ruvie also lectures on terrorism to students in the emergency preparedness concentration of the MPH program. Mr. Rogel received his B.A. in psychology from the Tel Aviv University, Israel in 1983, studied at the Communication Institute of Jerusalem Hebrew University in 1984, and earned his M.Sc. in Human Resources Management and Training from the University of Leicester, UK, in 1999. He is currently defending his Ph.D. in Educational Management and Leadership from the University of Leicester, UK. |
Raymond P. Ten Eyck, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P.
Associate Director of Public Health Practice, Master of Public Health Program
Raymond P. Ten Eyck, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P., is an associate professor of
emergency medicine at Boonshoft School of Medicine and is the associate director
of public health practice in the Master
of Public Health Program at Wright State University. He has been faculty
member in the Department of Emergency Medicine for 17 years prior to assuming
his current position with dual faculty appointments to the Department of
Emergency Medicine and the Department of Community
Health. He has been a
fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine since 1981 and received
his Master of Public Health from Wright State University in 2006.
Dr. Ten Eyck graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Bacteriology
and received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine.
He completed his internship at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio,
Texas, and his Emergency Medicine Residency at Evanston Hospital, Northwestern
Associate Program. His 30 years of service in the United States Air Force included
assignments as the emergency department chair in two academic medical centers,
a faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
department of military and emergency medicine, a research scientist, and as
the executive director and medical director of the Tricare Region V Lead Agent
Office. He also served as the Air Force Surgeon Generals emergency medicine
consultant from 1984 to 1998. His interests include simulation in medical education,
disaster preparedness, toxicology and patient safety.

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Peter K. Wong, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S., R.Ph.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program
Dr. Peter Wong is presently the Regional Director for Pharmaceutical Care
and Services for the Mercy Health Partners at Southwest Region of Ohio. He
was previously the vice president, Clinical Effectiveness and Performance
Improvement at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. His current responsibilities
include providing leadership in pharmaceutical care and services, medication
safety, technology strategy and implementation, disease management programs,
pharmacy supply chain management and pharmaceutical care quality improvement.
Dr. Wong serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Wright State University
School of Medicine, Department of Community Health. He is also an adjunct
professor in Pharmacy for Ohio Northern University, School of Pharmacy. Dr.
Wong received his bachelor of science in pharmacy from Raabe College of Pharmacy
and Allied Health Sciences, Ohio Northern University. He earned an M.B.A.
and an M.S. in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Toledo.
In 2000, Dr. Wong received his doctor of philosophy from the College of Pharmacy
at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Wong is a member of the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and
Outcomes Research, the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists and
the American Society for Quality. He is a noted lecturer and author of manuscripts,
publications, book chapters and abstracts. He has also performed peer reviews
for several journals. Dr. Wong’s research interests and activities
include improving patient outcomes by reducing medical errors focusing on
systems and processes; cost-benefit of implementing patient safety programs;
willingness-to-pay for the drug therapy and pharmaceutical care services;
outcomes research, specifically in cardiovascular and chronic disease areas;
and medical decision analysis: factors that will improve medical decisions.

Nancy Terwoord, R.N., B.S., C.P.H.Q.
Senior Consultant, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Coordinator of Program Planning and Evaluation, Master of Public Health Program
Nancy Terwoord has 25 years of progressive leadership experience in
health care. Nancy comes to the position from Wright State Physicians
Medicine and Pediatrics, where, as the practice manager, she administered
the daily operations of the clinical and office functions. She has also
held the position of director for managed care services for SafeHarbour
Mednet, Inc., and director of medical services for United Healthcare
Corporation (Western Ohio). She holds a B.S. in management of nursing
services from Mount St. Joseph College in Cincinnati. She is certified
in professional health care quality and is a licensed registered nurse.
She has been a member of the Medical Assistant Advisory Board at Sinclair
Community College since 1992 and has served on the Fairborn City Council
and also as Fairborn deputy mayor.

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Sylvia Ann Ellison, M.A.
Research Assistant, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Sylvia Ann Ellison, M.A., is experienced in survey research, statistical data analysis and research grants. Sylvia is originally from Washington, D.C., and holds an M.A. with concentrations in Demography and Gender, Work & Family from the University of Maryland (1995). Before joining the Center, Sylvia was a research analyst for Westat, Inc., a social science analyst for the NIH, and a health statistician for the CDC in Maryland. She is involved in statistical analyses and advising, grant and research paper writing. Sylvia's research interests include the cultural determinants of infant feeding practices, and how those practices affect maternal and child health and wellbeing. |
Lori Metivier
Grants and Contracts Specialist 2, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Lori Metivier serves as full-time administrative support for the Center
for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy and is the program
coordinator for the Graduate
Certificate in Health Care Management. She has been with Wright State
University since 1998, previously supporting the Center of Community
Programs within the Dean's Office of the Raj Soin College of Business
as a senior secretary. Ms. Metivier's knowledge of the university system,
as well as her knowledge in managing conference events and database skills,
will be utilized to support the work of the Center. Her professional
experience prior to coming to the university include 12 years as an administrative
assistant at Bank One, Dayton. She holds an executive secretarial degree
from Sinclair Community College.

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Petra Weaver
Program Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program
Petra Weaver serves as the program coordinator for the Master
of Public Health Program. She has been with Wright State University since December 2003. She spent much of her career working with physicians and physicians in training, including medical students and resident physicians. Her administrative experience includes 17 years at the Kettering Medical Center Network, where she was involved with both hospital-based and office-based clinical and administrative programs.

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Jennifer Webb
Program Coordinator,
Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program and
Global Health Systems Program
Jennifer Webb serves as the program coordinator for both the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program and the Global Health Systems Program. She supports the Center using her previous experience in event set up, planning, and problem solving. Before joining the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy in November 2006, she obtained four years of administrative experience at The Victoria Theatre Association. Ms. Webb holds a business degree from Ohio Northern University.

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Pam Mondini
Office Assistant, Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Pam Mondini is an office assistant in the Center for Global Health Systems,
Management, and Policy. She had previously worked for Wright State University
in the School of Medicine and in the College of Liberal Arts. She worked
full time in the School of Medicine's Word Processing Center from
1980 to 1988 and she continued to work there on a part-time, on-call
basis until 1990. She returned to WSU on a part-time basis from 1997
to 1999 as the secretary for the newly created Women’s Studies Program.
Before and after her WSU positions, Pam has volunteered and worked part-time
in the public school system and her church, filling in for both school
librarians and secretaries. In 2000, she accepted a part-time position
with the Greene County ABLE Program, serving as secretary/teacher's aide
for a grant-funded GED and ESOL program. Pam has been with the Center
since July 2005.

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For more information, contact:
Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
3123 Research Blvd., Suite 200
Kettering, OH 45420
Campus Mail: 200 Tech Center IV; Research Park
Phone: (937) 258-5555
Fax: (937) 258-5544
E-mail: lori.metivier@wright.edu
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