HAP Faculty

  • Dr. Lee Black is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration, College of Health and Human Services. His research interests are the intersection of law and ethics in health care, and especially the impact of legal regulation of abortion on the ethical responsibilities of healthcare providers.

  • Dr. Jinshan Tang is a professor of Health Informatics in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Before joining George Mason University, Dr. Tang was a full professor in the College of Computing at Michigan Technological University and a Founding Director of the Joint Center for Biocomputing and Digital Health.

  • Dr. Hansoo Ko is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Hansoo is a public health physician and health services researcher with training in health economics.

  • Dr. Maria Uriyo is assistant professor and MHA Online Program Coordinator in the Department of Health Administration and Policy.  She was Program Director at Medicalincs LLC, an independent minority owned healthcare consulting firm located in Maryland where she oversaw the Rare & Expensive Medical Conditions Program that provided care coordination services to clients residing in select counties in Maryland.   

  • Dr. Tammie Jones is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy and a health services researcher in the Center for Health Workforce at George Mason University. She is a board-certified healthcare executive with over 25 years of leadership experience ranging from stand-alone health clinics to regional health systems operating across multiple states.

  • Dr. Hong Xue is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. His primary research interests are in health economics, nutritional epidemiology, systems science and modeling, (childhood) obesity, mHealth, and big data and machine learning.

  • Dr. Brenda Helen Sheingold, is the Director for the Master of Healthcare Administration at the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Her research to identify and measure social capital in the healthcare workforce has been replicated by scholars globally and recognized by the Royal College of Nursing. 

  • Dr. Zakevia D. Green-Lawson is Program Coordinator of the Master of Science in Health Informatics online program in the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) within the Department of Health Administration and Policy (HAP). Green-Lawson, career spans over a decade as a certified Health Informatics and Information Management (HIIM) practitioner and educator.

  • Dr. Priyanka Anand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. Her research interests include health economics, disability policy, labor economics, and social insurance programs.