Affiliated Faculty & Areas of Study
Sam Bacharach
- Leadership training
Esta Bigler
- Interface between social science and labor and employment law
- Impact of healthcare changes on collective bargaining processes
Nellie Brown
- Safe patient handling
- Workplace violence prevention training
Marcia Calicchia
- Delivery of Medicaid in New York State
- Organizational and policy development
Maria Figueroa
- Healthcare and workforce community impacts
Linda Gasser
- Comparative research on structures and provision methods of medical education for patients and families
- Organizational change
Rebecca Givan
- Comparative studies of the health care workplace
- Comparative health care systems
- Nursing and nursing unions
Arun Karpur
- Access to employer-sponsored health insurance for people with disabilities
- Role of labor unions in improving health care systems
Sally Klingel
- Operation and results of labor-management funds for advancing low-wage incumbent health care workers
- Labor-management strategies to reduce work/family conflicts and associated stress and improve patient care
Peter Lazes
- Integrated Delivery Systems
- Innovation and creativity in healthcare system design
David Lipsky
- Conflict Resolution
- Electronic Medical Records
Elizabeth McClean
- Use of contingent or temporary workers and knowledge-sharing processes in nursing homes and/or hospitals
Chris Miller (ILR Research Librarian)
- Medical Information
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Innovative/Creative Practices
Brian Rubineau
- Professional socialization of physicians and racial disparities in patient care
Bill Sonnenstuhl
- Integrated Delivery Systems
- Wellness and Prevention
- Impact of legislation on healthcare professionals
Pam Tolbert
- Diffusion of practices across healthcare organizations
- Medical specialization
Art Wheaton
- Improving labor-management committees
- Conflict resolution
Michele Williams
- Communication and conflict resolution in such areas as medical error