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Our leadership team with the UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) includes staff and faculty from the University of Washington.

Dr. Megha Ramaswamy

Megha Ramaswamy

Department Chair
hspopchair@uw.edu
Faculty Bio

Leah Westra

Director/Administrator
lw2294@uw.edu

Donna Porter

Senior Associate Director for Academic Programs
donnaj@uw.edu

Anna Frazer

Manager of Program Operations
afrazer@uw.edu

  • Master of Health Administration (MHA)
  • Executive Master of Health Administration (MHA)
  • Bachelor of Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM)
  • Master of Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM)

Gloria Torres

Manager of Program Operations
gr24@uw.edu

  • Health Systems & Population Health Master of Public Health (HSPOP MPH)
  • Health Systems & Population Health Master of Science (HSPOP MS)
  • Online Master of Public Health Master of Public Health (OMPH)
  • Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Master of Public Health (COPHP MPH)
  • Health Services PhD (HSERV PHD)

Lauren Dunnington

Assistant Director for Education
dunningl@uw.edu

Travis Ballstadt

Assistant Director of Communications
tb1@uw.edu

Than Htwe

Assistant Director of Finance and Research Administration
htwet@uw.edu

Ria Francisco

Senior Grants and Contracts Manager
rfranc15@uw.edu

Becky Thipphakesone

Assistant Director of Human Resources
beckyw17@uw.edu

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