Health Administrators

Ashley (’21 industrial engineering) is a process improvement engineer at UnityPoint Health, serving on the health equity committee and presenting at national events. “My knowledge of efficiency and flow will help me to multiply the number of lives saved in hospitals—the lives of future history makers,” she said. 

His majors provided Kody (’18 global resources systems, agriculture and society) with the combination of science, sociology, political science and economics for public policy work. But COVID-19 provided a new mission for him as a policy advisor and for the disability community of Minnesota.

Hannah ('23 management information systems, business analytics) has completed two experience-filled internships: one in enterprise data quality, another in master data management operations. Along the way, she found methods for increasing psychological safety in teams. 

Dana ('23 data science, mathematics) wants to communicate data-driven recommendations that can impact the business side of health care and improve lives. Internship, work, and undergraduate research experiences have helped her prepare for a career in health care.

Dr. Natallia Gray, healthcare management program director and faculty member, has an expertise in health economics, healthcare quality management, and health policy. She researches how individuals make decisions related to healthcare and how healthcare policy affects health behaviors.

Katherine Rafferty, associate teaching professor of psychology, is studying the intersection of interpersonal and health communication. Working with hospitals and parents of children with complex pediatric chronic conditions, she and her undergraduate student researchers study how people manage and cope with chronic illness and end-of-life care.