Education
- PhD, Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University
- MHA, University of Memphis
- BPS, University of Memphis
Bio
M. Paige Powell, PhD is an Associate Professor of Health Administration and the MHA & MSHA Program Director. Dr. Powell has been teaching for over 20 years in courses such as Health Economics, Health Policy and Healthcare Systems, Healthcare Quality & Outcomes Management, and Interdisciplinary Approaches to solving community health issues. Dr. Powell’s research work focuses on building capacity for patient and family caregivers to work as a team with researchers and providers to improve the care of African American cancer patients She received a nationally competitive Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute in 2015 to build a coalition of patient and family caregivers, researchers, providers and support group representatives to train these stakeholders about patient-centered principles and team building. Dr. Powell is also interested in the role that multiple chronic conditions have in influencing healthcare use, especially in the emergency setting. Dr. Powell is a noted health policy expert who frequently comments on health policy for TV and radio news, regional papers, and national medical news websites. She also coaches Master of Health Administration students in several national case competitions. Most recently, Dr. Powell was awarded the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) 2022 John D. Thompson Prize, her “overall contributions to the field of health administration education, broadly defined.” Dr. Powell received her PhD in Health Policy and Administration from Penn State University in 2003 and has served on the faculty at University of South Carolina, University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Memphis, and as an adjunct for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School.