Karen Minyard, Associate Research Professor and Director (GHPC)
Executive Director, Georgia Health Policy Center
Associate Research Professor, Public Management and Policy
Ph.D., Georgia State University
M.S.N., Medical College of Georgia
Phone: 404-413-0296 (Atlanta office)
Phone: 912-475-9977 (Macon office)
E-mail: kminyard@gsu.edu
Specialties:
Strategic Management
Health Care Financing
Minyard is an advocate for basic restructuring of local health care systems to focus on access to care and health status improvements. She serves as an officer on the founding board of the Community Health Leadership Network, a national partnership dedicated to helping communities achieve healthcare access, and has provided numerous consultations and presentations for groups and organizations that seek to build stronger health care systems.
As director of the Georgia Health Policy Center, Minyard is charged with leading the policy, research, and technical assistance programs of the center. The program areas are concentrated in care at the end of life, child well-being, health philanthropy, rural health, and access to care for the uninsured. Prior to assuming her current role, she directed the Networks for Rural Health Program at the Health Policy Center. She also has experience with the state Medicaid program, both with design of a reformed Medicaid program and external evaluation of the primary care case management program.
Minyard's research interests include the study of health care markets, the relationships among identity, image, and willingness to make strategic change in changing environments, and the role of targeted external facilitation and technical assistance in improving the clinical relevance and financial viability of local health systems. Before pursuing her Ph.D., Minyard worked in nursing and hospital administration for fifteen years.
