Joel Segel, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State University as well as a member of the Penn State Cancer Institute.
His work focuses on identifying and evaluating opportunities for value in the health care system with a particular focus on two areas: cancer prevention and treatment and opioid use disorder. Dr. Segel has been a co-investigator for work surrounding the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model, a novel global budget program targeting rural Pennsylvania hospitals.
Currently, he has been studying access to cancer care for rural patients as well as potential intended and unintended consequences of the CMS Oncology Care Model.
Finally, Dr. Segel has been involved in numerous cost, cost-effectiveness, and program evaluation studies of health care interventions and policies.
The University of Kentucky College of Public Health is undergoing a review by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for re-accreditation. Part of this process includes the invitation to provide third-party comments. Anyone, including students, alumni, employers, community partners, etc., is allowed to share relevant information about the college directly with CEPH. If you would like to provide input to CEPH to inform their review, send your comments to submissions@ceph.org by May 4th, 2025.
