EJB Talks Podcast

Ellen Kurtzman, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN

EJB Talks: From Nurse to Policy Professional to Health Administration Program Director

January 31, 2023

It’s our eighth season opener of EJBTalks! This season we are focusing on our amazing new faculty. For our first episode, Stuart welcomes the new Director of our Health Administration program, Professor Ellen Kurtzman. Ellen talks about her compelling career path, from nurse to health policy educator to health administrator. She speaks to Stuart about the commonalities in the fields she has worked on and how at each stage she focused on improving the healthcare delivery system and improving the healthcare experience. The two then discuss her research on marijuana legalization, her newest project on Marijuana Use Disorder, and the policy and practical implications we face now and in the future from cannabis legalization. Tune in to find out about this and more! 

 

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