Accomplishments: Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) was highlighted and interviewed as an outstanding author in the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. Upadhyay’s research focuses on improving hospital quality, patient safety and healthcare technology, and her interview discusses how she utilizes discipline in academic writing.
Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently present "Organizational Changes: What Factors Are Associated with Adoption and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Hospitals?" at the 26th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations.
Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) gave a presentation with a colleague at the Case Management Society of America on "Case Managers & Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Synergy for Safe Care."
Pearl C. Kim, Jay J. Shen, Christopher Cochran, and Ashley Meda (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented their research "Access to Care and Mental Health Among the First-Generation Latino" at the 2026 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), Chris Cochran (Healthcare Administration and Policy), and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article "Dynamic associations of neighborhood social and physical environment with ED visits for asthma: A spatial change score analysis" in Journal…
Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) has been appointed by Gov. Lombardo to serve on the Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council (since 2020) and the Commission on Aging for the State of Nevada for the next two years.
Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently presented "Health Literacy: Cultural Perspectives and Experiences of Palliative Care in Asian Communities in USA" at the 11th Asian Health Literacy Association International Health Literacy Conference in Taichung, Taiwan. The project was supported by the Patient…
Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented her research on Evaluating and Measuring the Impact of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care webinar.
Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) was the featured speaker at a webinar conducted by Planetree and Fidelum Health on Transforming Hospitals with Patient and Family Advisory Councils. 
Barbara Lewis (Healthcare Administration and Policy) conducted a workshop at NRC Hub 25 in Orlando titled From Insight to Publication: Strategies to Share Your Success in Patient and Workforce Experience, based on her years of experience as a journalist and more recently writing peer-reviewed articles. 
Joo-Hyun Park, Jung Yong Hong, and Jay Shen (all from Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently published "Prediabetes Remission and the Subsequent Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study" in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Park and Hong were visiting scholars at School of Public Health when the study was conducted.…
Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently co-authored an editorial article for Frontiers in Public Health, : "Hospital management and healthcare policy: financing, resourcing and accessibility, volume II."