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Meet Our Core Faculty & Staff

The Mullan Institute consists of researchers from the Milken Institute School of Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Business, Law School, Graduate School of Education & Human Development, and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. The group represents an array of disciplines, including economics, anthropology, health services research, and education; as well as the professional perspectives of medicine, nursing, physician assistants, and pharmacists.

Patricia Pittman
Patricia Pittman, PhD, FAAN
Milken Institute School
​of Public Health

Patricia Pittman, Director

Patricia (Polly) Pittman, PhD, FAAN, is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. Dr. Pittman holds a secondary appointment in the School of Nursing. She is the director of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity and the Health Workforce Policy Research Center. Dr. Pittman teaches and focuses her research on health workforce policy. Her recent focus is on workforce innovations in the context of system change. She has provided research support for the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing and with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has led a series of studies examining the recruitment of foreign-educated health professionals to the U.S.

Faculty and Staff

Emily Bass
Alys Barton

​Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Emily Bass
Emily Bass, MSPM

​Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Selam Bedada
Selam Bedada, MPH

​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Mandar Bodas
Mandar Bodas, PhD, MHA
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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​Guenevere Burke
​Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA
School of Medicine and Health Science​s
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Leigh Anne Butler
Leigh Anne Butler, EMT-B
Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Vikas
Vikas Choudhary
​

Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Ashley Darcy-Mahoney
Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, NNP, FAAN
School of Nursing​
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Clese Erikson
​Clese Erikson, MPAff
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Olivia Jefferson
Indira Islas, MPH
​​
Visiting Scholar:
National Hispanic Medical Association
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Olivia Jefferson
Olivia Jefferson
​​
​Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Andrea Jenkins
Andrea Jenkins, MPH
​Milken Institute School of Public Health​​
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Natalie Kirilichin
Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH
​School of Medicine  and Health Sciences
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Eric Luo
Eric Luo, PhD, MPSA
​​​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Sara Luckenbill
Sara Luckenbill, MPH
​​​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Leah Masselink
​Leah Masselink, PhD
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Leah Masselink
Julia Mattingly
​
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Leah Masselink
Beth Mechum
​
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Lauren Muñoz
Lauren Muñoz, ​PhD, RN, FNP-BC
​​​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Toyese Oyeyemi Jr.
Toyese Oyeyemi,Jr., MPH, CHES 
​​​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Yoon Hong Park
Yoon Hong Park, MPP
​Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Simone Perez-Garcia
Simone Perez-Garcia
​Milken Institute School of Public Health​
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Maria Portela-Martinez
Maria Portela-Martinez, MD, MPH
​GW Medical Faculty Associates
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Maria Portela-Martinez
Amélie​ Roux, MPP

Visiting Scholar:
Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow
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Edward Salsberg
Edward Salsberg, MPA
Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Moira Secrest
Moira Secrest

Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Jamar Slocum
Jamar Slocum, MD

​School of Medicine  and Health Sciences

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Julia Strasser
Julia Strasser, DrPH, MPH
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Hong-Lun Tiunn

​​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Tamara Tur
Tamara Tur, MA

​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Anushree Vichare
Anushree Vichare, PhD
Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Leana S. Wen
Katie Webster, MS

​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Leana S. Wen
Leana S. Wen,
​MD, MSc
Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Sharon White
Sharon White, MSPM
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Shadelle Gregory
Shadelle Yancey
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​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Shadelle Gregory
Ahmad Zia Ziai
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​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Margaret Ziemann
Margaret Ziemann, MPH
​Milken Institute School of Public Health
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  • About
    • Core Faculty and Staff
    • Affiliated Faculty
    • International Collaborators
    • Advisory Board
    • Legacy Fund
    • In Memoriam >
      • Catarina Castruccio-Prince
      • Fitzhugh Mullan
    • Contact Us
  • Workforce Trackers
  • Research
    • Health Workforce Research Centers
    • Health Workforce Diversity Initiative
    • Moral Injury Among Nurses
    • Social Mission Metrics
    • Reproductive Health Workforce
    • Behavioral Health Workforce
    • Medicaid Primary Care Workforce
    • Medical Assistant Workforce
    • Home Care Workforce
  • Action
    • Social Mission Alliance
    • Workplace Change Collaborative
    • Health Workforce Equity Summit
    • Health Workforce Speakers
    • Where are we speaking?
  • Education
    • Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
    • Health Leadership Impact Fellowship
    • ​Residency Fellowship in Health Policy
  • Publications
    • Reports & White Papers