Sherril B. Gelmon, DrPH

Professor of Public Health
Portland State University
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
PO Box 751
Portland, OR
USA 97207-0751

Biographical Sketch: SHERRIL B. GELMON, DrPH, FACHE Sherril Gelmon is Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Division of Public Administration in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. She teaches health management and policy in the Masters of Public Health and Masters of Public Administration programs, as well as doctoral students in Public Administration and Policy. Dr. Gelmon’s primary health-related research interests are in applications of continuous improvement in health services delivery and higher education, including study of health workforce development and applications of organizational performance improvement. She has conducted research for projects sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Northwest Health Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the US Department of Education, the US Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Pew Health Professions Commission. She has served as an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program, and is a Senior Consultant with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. Dr. Gelmon is an alumna of the Pew Health Policy Program, and holds a doctorate in health policy from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, a master's degree in health administration from the University of Toronto, and undergraduate degrees in physiotherapy from the Universities of Toronto and Saskatchewan. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Papers:
4390.0 Evaluating the implementation of the primary care home in Oregon: Community-level health reform