Welcome to HSPA!
- Local alumni discussed career paths for HSPA students in a seminar panel (L to R: Karen Shore, Center for Health Improvement; Dana Petersen, Mathematica; Zoe Harris, Genentech; Jim Bellows, Kaiser Permanente). April ’12
Health Services Research Colloquium
The Spring Colloquium series began with Assistant Professor Andrew Ryan from Weill Cornell Medical College. A schedule of speakers may be found here.
The fall colloquium featured the following speakers: Lawrence Palinkas, Toby Douglas, Stephen Taplin, and Gail Wilensky.
Congratulations to our advanced students who received grants for dissertation research:
- Sahai Burrowes – Mentored Research Grant (campus fellowship)
- Ilana Graetz – Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Fellowship
- Sarah Jane Holcombe – Society of Family Planning (SFP) Grant
- Peter Martelli – Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation via BEACON Collaborative
- Megan Vanneman – California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) Award
Carrie Colla, PhD ’10 received an Honorable Mention Dissertation award at the past AcademyHealth Annual Research meeting for her study: Effects of the San Francisco Employer Health Spending Mandate.
HSPA PhD Program is Ranked among the Nation’s Best
Health Services and Policy Analysis continues to be one of the top-ranked doctoral programs in the nation, based on the latest National Research Council (NRC) report. The press release from Graduate Division has more details.



