Center for Healthcare and Insurance Studies Faculty

All of our full-time Center faculty have earned doctorates and are well versed in the field of health care management. Our faculty are actively involved in research studies that examines a wide range of topics including health care finance, economics, insurance, pharmaceutical economics, organizational issues and international health systems. Classroom instruction includes the integration of state-of-the art research findings, experiential learning models and case studies. Our full-time faculty is complemented by highly qualified adjunct faculty who bring relevant professional expertise to the program.

UConn Program faculty members include:

Karla H. Fox, Ph.D.
Professor
Marketing & Business Law

Jeffrey A. Kramer, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Healthcare and Insurance Studies

Rexford E. Santerre, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Care Management, Finance & Insurance

John A. Vernon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Care Management, Finance & Insurance

Center Research Fellows:

Joseph Golec, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Finance

Carmello Giaccotto, Ph.D.
Professor, Finance

Dennis Heffley, Ph.D.
Professor, Economics

Thomas O'Brien, Ph.D.
Professor, Finance & Insurance

 

Adjunct Faculty Members include:

Robert Booz
Vice President & Research Director
Gartner, Inc.

David Gregorio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Community Medicine
UConn Health Center

Alex Hutchinson
President
Risk & Performance Management

Lloyd Nurick
Emeritus President/CEO
CANPFA

Thomas Van Hoof, M.D.
Associate Dean, Continuing & Community Education
UConn Health Center

 

We also actively involve a number of experienced health care professionals in our classroom as guest lecturers. These individuals complement classroom instruction with extensive industry expertise across health care disciplines. Some of our recent lecturers include:

Fran?ois de Brantes
Director
Bridges to Excellence Program
 

Judith Barr, Sc.D.

Senior Scientist

Qualidigm

 

Kevin Carr, MD

Associate Chief Medical Officer

BearingPoint, Inc.

 

Jack McMillan, PhD

Vice President, Global Outcomes Research

Pfizer Inc.

 

Tracey E. Scraba, Esq.

Robinson & Cole, LLP

 

J. Bryan Simmons

Vice President, Planning & Facilities Development

Hartford Hospital

 

Kenneth L. Sperling
Senior Vice President
CIGNA HealthCare
 

Cristine A. Vogel

Commissioner

Office of Health Care Access

State of Connecticut