Program Director, MHA
Phone: 903.877.1498
Email: kimberly.elliott@uthct.edu
Building: Academic Building, H262
Department: Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management
Kimberly Elliott
Degrees
Dr. Elliott earned her PhD in Health Services Research, Management and Policy from the University of Florida in 2012. She earned her BA in Biology from Wesleyan College in 2006.
Biography
Kimberly Elliott joined the faculty of the Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics
and Management at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in October
of 2020. Prior to her move to Texas, she served as the Chair of a Master of Science
in Health Administration program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
(RFUMS) in North Chicago for 5 years. During her time at RFUMS she built a Master
of Science program in Population Health as well as two graduate certificate programs
in Population Health Strategies and Population Health Analytics.
Dr. Elliott has also worked on research related to curriculum development for Population
Health practitioners. Her most recently funded work was related to assessment and
evaluation of opioid cessation programs in Illinois. Her most recent research and
scholarly activities have centered around health program evaluation and collaborations
related to addressing the opioid epidemic in communities. Specifically, she has worked
collaboratively to address these particular health issues in Lake, Jersey and Greene
counties in Illinois. She has served on the Lake County Mental Health Coalition, Lake
County Crisis Care Center Data Working Group, Jersey and Greene Counties, Il CARES
Consortium Evaluation for opioid-related services and Crisis Center Services and Programming
Working Group all in Illinois. Here in Texas, she now served on the Community Academic
Partnership for Substance Abuse in East Texas (CAPSA-ET).
Her teaching activities include courses in Health Economics and Policy for the MHA
program.