» HCA Faculty

The faculty of the HCA program includes those with full-time academic appointments and adjunct faculty who are expert practitioners.

Congruent with the HCA vision, mission, and educational objectives, the faculty will:

• engage in education and development activities that will strengthen their professional expertise
• conduct research and scholarship within a lively intellectual community of scholars, students, and health practitioners
• consult to health care organizations
• participate in and create innovative collaborations between/among faculty and students in order to foster the growth of students to positions of leadership, continually improve the curriculum, and define the standards of accredited programs
• incorporate technologies that integrate and enhance learning and scholarly inquiry
• serve the health care and broader communities in multiple and diverse ways

Full-time Faculty

The full-time faculty are dedicated professionals with active research and service agendas. For a list of their recent publications see the Publications Page.

Robert F. Coulam, Ph.D., J.D.,
Research Professor, Health Care Administration
B.A. Harvard University
J.D. Harvard Law School
Ph.D. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
robert.coulam@simmons.edu

Dr. Coulam has been an academic and researcher for almost 30 years. He was formerly a Principal at Abt Associates, where he managed large-scale research and evaluation projects on Medicare and Medicaid policy issues. He has been active in research efforts supporting recent federal initiatives to reform the Medicare program. Dr. Coulam's work has been published in Health Services Research, Health Affairs, Health Care Financing Review and other health services research journals. At Simmons, his primary responsibilities are to teach courses in health policy, law and economics, and to enhance the program's research activities and funding. He also does work on international human rights, focused on issues of interrogation, morality, and terrorism.

John M. Lowe, III, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Health Care Administration
B.S. Duke University
M.S. Ohio State University
Ph.D. University of Illinois/Chicago
john.lowe@simmons.edu

Dr. Lowe has taught at Simmons College for thirteen years.  He teaches patient safety and quality, health systems, and operations and project management in the HCA curriculum.  Dr. Lowe is a principal investigator on a project funded by the National Center for Health Care Leadership to incorporate leadership competencies into health management curricula.
Dr. Lowe conducted research on using continuous improvement (CI) methodologies to address community health issues (such as teen pregnancy, domestic violence and adolescent health).  He was co-principal investigator on a Helene Fuld Fund grant to incorporate CI methodologies into the community health-nursing curriculum at Simmons.  He directed a study panel for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on breast and cervical cancer screening for uninsured women and co-authored a study of post-9/11 mental health and substance abuse services for adolescents in Somerville, MA and a community health report card in Mattapan, MA.  He directed school-based health center needs assessment projects in Boston and Fall River, MA. 
Dr. Lowe is chair of the board of Emerson Hospital and a board member of the Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Program, both in Concord, MA.  He is chair-elect of the board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, Washington, DC and chairs the Higher Education and Research Committee of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  He is a member of the Health Professions Education committee of the Mayor's Task Force on Health Disparities in Boston.  Dr. Lowe also serves on the Trustee Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Hospital Association.
Previously,Dr. Lowe was research associate in urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago, vice president of the Hospital Research and Educational Trust, research affiliate of the American Hospital Association (Chicago), and dean for development and administration at Temple University School of Medicine (Philadelphia). 

Gary Gaumer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Care Administration
B.S. Bradley University
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University
gary.gaumer@simmons.edu

Dr. Gaumer is a health economist with program responsibility for courses in Finance, Economics, Information Systems and Statistics. He has been a prominent health services researcher, leading the activities of Cambridge-based Abt Associates in this area for many years. He is an expert on incentive payment systems in health care, and has helped Medicare develop such systems and has established programs for Medicaid in states such as Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Montana, Alaska and New Mexico. He is also doing research on Alternative Medicine in Managed Care. As a consultant, he implements health financing and information systems reforms for World Bank and the State Department in Egypt, Jordan, Albania, Armenia, Kosovo and Iraq. He serves on the Board of the VNA Care Network Hospice. He publishes in and reviews papers for leading health policy journals.

Alice Sapienza, D.B.A.
Professor of Health Care Administration
B.S. Stonehill College
M.A. Boston College
M.B.A. and D.B.A. Harvard University
alice.sapienza@simmons.edu

Dr. Sapienza has a rare combination of credentials: experience as a general manager in a Harvard teaching hospital (Beth Israel); master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard Business School; consultant to national and international science and technology organizations as well as government organizations; and wide graduate teaching experience. Since 1990, Dr. Sapienza has been on the faculty of the Healthcare Administration Department in Simmons College, Boston, where she teaches courses in organizational strategy in the healthcare environment; her executive teaching focuses on leadership and organizational development.

In her academic research, Dr. Sapienza has focused on the management of research and development and strategic planning in high-technology firms. In addition to articles, case studies, and book chapters, she has written Managing Scientists: Leadership Strategies in Scientific Research (Wiley, 2004 (2nd ed) (translated as Forscher Manager, VCH, 1997) and Creating Technology Strategies (Wiley, 1997) and is co-author of Leading Biotechnology Alliances--Right From the Start (Wiley, 2001) and Successful Strategies In Pharmaceutical R&D (VCH, 1996). Dr. Sapienza has an active consulting practice with high-technology organizations, particularly multi-national pharma-ceutical and biotechnology companies, working with scientists and executives on problems ranging from culture and organization development to competitive intelligence, strategy determination, and project management. Her public sector clients have included the U.S. Veterans' Administration, Centre for Medicines Research (U.K.), Birmingham National Health Service (U.K.), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Alice Sapienza received the 2005 SHS Faculty Research Award for past scholarly achievements. Her most recent publications include two articles:

• Sapienza, AM, "From the Inside: Scientists' Own Experience of Good (and Bad) Management," R&D Management, 2005, and
• Sapienza, AM and Lombardino, JL. "Recognizing, Appreciating, and Capturing the Tacit Knowledge of R&D Scientists," Drug Development Research 64 No. 2, 99-104, February 2005

Part-time Health Care Administration Faculty

SHS is proud and fortunate to have the support of highly qualified part-time faculty who provide valuable mentoring, teaching, and research. Areas of expertise, interest, or teaching are indicated below.

• J. Timothy Clifford, M.S.
  University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  Managing people, human resources management
  
• Luc Djousse, M.D.
  Boston University
  Epidemiology and health information
  
• Linda Long, M.A.
  Brandeis University
  Health law
  
• Catherine Robbins, M.B.A.
  University of Pennsylvania
  Advanced strategic and financial frameworks
  
• Anne Rundle, M.S.
  Simmons College
  Cultural competence
  
• Patti Ryan, Ph.D.
  University of Kentucky
  Principles of practice management/economics
  
• Amy Smalarz, Ph.D.
  Simmons College
  Market principles
  
• Corey Surett, J.D.
  Suffolk University
  Human resources management
  
• Joshua Weiss, Ph.D.
  George Mason University
  Negotiation and conflict resolution

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Faculty Publications 2005

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