Sherril B. Gelmon BSc., MHSc., Dr.PH

Dr. Gelmon is Professor of Public Health in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Her primary teaching is in the MPH:HMP and MPA:HA programs; she is also a member of the faculty of the Public Administration and Policy doctoral program.

Teaching Emphasis: She teaches courses in the theory and practice of health management and policy, with emphases on continuous improvement, planning, program evaluation, organizational behavior, values and ethics, and health systems. She advises masters and doctoral students with interests in health management, health policy, and health services organizational research.

Administrative Roles: She served as Coordinator of the statewide Oregon Masters of Public Health program from 1998 to 2000, and was Coordinator of the Masters of Public Health: Health Management and Policy and of the Masters of Public Administration: Health Administration from 1994 to 2007. She became Chair of the Division of Public Administration in 2008.

Dr. Gelmon is an alumna of the Pew Health Policy Fellows Program, and received her doctorate in health policy from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan (1990). Her master's degree is in health administration from the University of Toronto (1983), and she holds undergraduate degrees in physiotherapy from the Universities of Toronto (1978) and Saskatchewan (1976).

Previous Positions: From 1988 to 1994, Dr. Gelmon was the Executive Director of the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration, and Director of Academic Affairs for the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, based in Arlington, VA. She served as Coordinator of the Planning Directorate for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (1984-1988). Her early professional career included health care planning and evaluation consulting with Woods Gordon Management Consultants, and positions as a staff physiotherapist in Ontario and Saskatchewan.