HAP Faculty

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:27

    Mr. Allan Weiss is a proud alumnus of Mason, earning his bachelor's degree in community/public health. His primary role in the Department of Health Administration and Policy (HAP) as their Administration and Academic Program Specialist is to manage accreditation initiatives and contracts for HAP internship and practica experiential learning.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:27
  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:27

    Jay Shiver, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Health Administration and Policy, teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs. Mr. Shiver is a seasoned healthcare executive and thought leader, consultant, and healthcare operations manager.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Mr. Brown is a financial and accounting executive with 35+ years experience with two premier diversified health care systems, each offering a full array of health services. He has served as an adjunct faculty member for over 20 years at George Mason University.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Sanja Avramovic is an associate professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. Her research focus is on big data sets available through electronic health records; health informatics; and developing an efficient and scalable algorithm for variable selection and predictions.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Dr. Madison is an Assistant Professor in Health Informatics and the Coordinator of the Health Informatics Capstone Program. Capitalizing on her experience in health policy and health informatics, as well as her clinical background, Dr. Madison is able to build bridges across disciplines and support collaborations among diverse groups of researchers.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Virginia Sitar Blair, Assistant Professor, teaches in the undergraduate program. Dr. Blair is a seasoned health care professional with over 45 years of healthcare experience in hospital administration which include senior level executive management in clinical quality improvement at Novant Health Prince William Medical Center and Potomac Hospital.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Dr. Cantiello, Associate Professor of Health Administration and Policy, teaches and advises students in the Health Administration undergraduate program. His research interests include health insurance coverage, access to and coordination of health services, and underserved populations.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Dr. Gimm, associate professor of health administration and policy, has research experience in disability and aging, program evaluations, and health care payment reforms. Currently, Dr. Gimm serves as a co-investigator on a 5-year Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to examine rural-urban disparities in access to services among adults with disabilities. Dr. Gimm is the Director of the Health Services Research PhD program.

  • Tue, 10/20/2015 - 19:24

    Farrokh Alemi was trained as an operations researcher and industrial engineer and has worked in both academia and health industry. He has more than 105 peer reviewed publications in journals such as Health Services Research, Medical Care, and Palliative Medicine.