People: Health Policy and Management

Dianna Abney

Professor of the Practice, Health Policy and Management
Health Officer for the Charles County Department of Health 
Email: dianna.abney@maryland.gov

Dr. Dianna Abney is a health officer for the Charles County Department of Health. She is a practicing pediatrician with 25 years of experience working in Waldorf, Maryland.

Prior to her role as the Health Officer, Dr. Abney was the medical director of the county's Child Abuse and Neglect program. She is a commissioner on the Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, and she chairs the Maryland Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations. Dr. Abney’s research interests include health disparities, prevention of childhood obesity, immunizations, and the prevention and treatment of child abuse. She received her medical degree from Tulane University in 1989.

Diane L. Dixon

Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Email: ddixon@umd.edu

Diane L. Dixon is a facilitator of learning, author, consultant/advisor and speaker. She has dedicated her career to human and organizational learning, focusing on leadership and organizational development for more than 30 years.

Kyle Fisher

Adjunct Professor, Health Policy and Management
Email: fisher.kr@gmail.com

Christopher J. King

Lecturer, Health Policy and Management
Email: cking@umd.edu

Christopher J. King is an academic administrator, associate professor and population health strategist who is board certified in health care management. With expertise at the intersection of institutional racism, social determinants of health and health care administration, his work bridges the gap between medical care and public health.

Roderick K. King

Adjunct Professor, Health Policy and Management
Senior Vice President, Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Email: roderick.king@umm.edu

Dr. Roderick K. King, MD, MPH is the inaugural Senior Vice President, Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the University of Maryland Medical System. Prior to his current position, Dr. King served as the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement and Director of the MD/MPH Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and held joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Miami Business School Department of Health Policy and Management. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Health Innovation (formerly the Florida Public Health Institute). 

Marilyn Dabady Lynk

Adjunct Faculty, Health Policy and Management, Center for Health Equity
Health Care Executive Director
Email: mlynk@umd.edu

Dr. Marilyn Lynk is a health care executive director and serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She has taught various topics (e.g., community health, health equity, public health and program evaluation) and served as a preceptor to graduate and undergraduate students on projects related to population health, health equity, health disparities, literature review and data analysis and reporting.

Spyridón Marinopoulos

Associate Research Professor, Health Policy and Management 
Email: smarinop@umd.edu

Dr. Rosalina McCoy

Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Division Chief for Clinical Research in the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition

Dr. Rosalina McCoy is Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Division Chief for Clinical Research in the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, where she has her primary appointment. She also serves as the Director of the Precision Medicine and Population Health Program in the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, where she leads interdisciplinary research efforts focused on improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Maryland and beyond. 

Wesley Queen 

Legacy Leadership Institute Coordinator, Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity 
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Email: wqueen@umd.edu

Wesley Queen currently serves as Coordinator of the Legacy Leadership Institute on Public Policy Program (LLIPP). Legacy Leadership recruits and offers training and placement of Maryland residents age 50+ in governmental offices as volunteer service leaders during the 90-day session of the Maryland General Assembly. In addition, Wesley is Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Outreach Core, of the Maryland Center for Health Equity. He also serves as a Legislative Lecturer of the Health Policy Class in SPH.

Elliot Segal 

Professor of the Practice, Health Policy and Management
Director of Healthy Futures Program (provides internships) 
Email: esegal638@gmail.com

Laura B. Wilson

Professor Emerita, Health Policy and Management
Email: lwilson@umd.edu

Joseph Wright 

Adjunct Faculty, Health Policy and Management
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at University of Maryland Capital Region Health
Email: joseph.wright@umm.edu

As the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at University of Maryland Capital Region Health within the University of Maryland Medical System, Dr. Joseph Wright leads a strong team of physician executives and clinician-educators. He has firsthand leadership experience in leveraging the talent of clinical faculty in the generation of scholarly product for the synergistic benefit of balancing an academic and service delivery institutional mission.

  Aitalohi Amaize

Email: aamaize@umd.edu
Research Areas: 
Health Service Delivery Systems
Utilization and Access
Complex care
Social Determinants of Health,
Health equity

Lauren Edelstein

Email: lmedel@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Value Based Decision Making
Clinical Workforce
Patient Experience
Clinical Ethics
Leadership and Organizational Culture 

See Lauren Edelstein's CV

Taehyun Kim

Email: taehyun@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Health Equity
Social Determinants of Health
Casual evaluation
Medicaid
Women's Health

See Taehyun Kim's CV

Kaitlynn Robinson-Ector

Email: kre@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Health Care Disparities
Medicare
Aging
Value-based Care Models
Health Care Delivery Systems

View Kaitlynn Robinson-Ector's CV

Merianne Rose T. Spencer

Email: merianne@umd.edu 
Research Areas:
Opioid Use/Drug Poisoning
Mental Health
Population Health/Health Information Technology
Patient-Centered Outcomes 
Data Science 

See Merianne Rose T. Spencer's CV

Ren Hao Wang

Email: renwang@umd.edu
Research Areas: 
Health Policy
Insurance Exchange
State Policy Evaluation
ACA Policy Waivers
Primary Care

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Amber El-Amin

Email: ajelamin@terpmail.umd.edu
Research Areas:
Access to Care
Pediatric Congenital Heart Defects
Health Disparities
Healthcare Research and Planning,
Design of Care Systems and Resource Use

 Portia Buchongo

Email: pbuchong@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Value-Based Care Models
Behavioral Health Integration
Healthcare Access and Quality
Cross-Sector Partnerships
Health Equities 
 

 Jun Chu

Email: jchu16@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Social Services 
Healthcare Coordination and Utilization 
State Health Policy
Patient Communication  

 Daniel Marthey

Email: dmarthey@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Healthcare Access and Quality Medicaid
Federally Qualified Health Centers Social Determinants of Health
Health Disparities 

 

Sofi Martinez

Email: gmarti9@terpmail.umd.edu
Research Areas:
Immigrant Health
Social Determinants of Health
Enabling Services
Health Equity
Primary Care

Elle Pope

Email: epope@umd.edu
Research Areas: 
Health Policy
Physician Workforce
Social/Organizational Behavior
Mental Health
Substance Abuse Disorders 

Nianyang Wang

Email: nwang123@umd.edu
Research Areas:
Health Economics 
Health Policy 
Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging
Health Information Technology
Mental Health and Addictions