Center Staff
Ed
Baker (right) is the Director of the Center for Health Policy
and an Associate Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental
Health in the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University.
He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple University
in 1994. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare working
with hospitals, physicians, integrated delivery systems, biotech
pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions. Dr. Baker’s
research interests include healthcare policy, rural workforce
planning, healthcare financing, and health system performance improvement.
Elizabeth
(Lee) Hannah (left) is an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health
Sciences at Boise State University. She earned a Master’s degree
in Program Development and Evaluation from the University of Florida
in 1991, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University
of Florida in 1993, and a Master of Public Health degree from
the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1997. Dr. Hannah spent
over 5 years as a Commissioned Office in the U.S. Public Health
Service and graduated from the Epidemic Intelligence Service program,
a hands-on epidemiology training program sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Hannah’s
research interests include chronic disease prevention, antimicrobial
resistance, public health promotion, and drug and alcohol prevention.
Tedd
McDonald (left) is the Director of the Master of Health Science
Program and an Associate Professor in the Department of Community
and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences at
Boise State University. He is a community psychologist with interests
in studying access to and delivery of health care services, particularly
in the context of mental health. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1998. Most of his
research focuses on mental health, substance abuse, and quality of life issues
among members of vulnerable populations, including the homeless, refugees
from war-torn countries, at-risk youth, Native Americans, senior citizens,
and residents of isolated rural communities.
Sarah Toevs serves as Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Community
and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences at Boise State
University. She earned her Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion with an
emphasis in Gerontology from the University of Utah in 2000. Her research
agenda, which often involves students, is guided by her commitment to serving
the community. She has been active in numerous community-based projects as
an evaluator, researcher, and technical consultant. Her areas of interest
include public health, health policy, and health promotion.