Katie Pincura joined the Bloustein School in 2024 as an Associate Professor of Teaching and will also serve as the Undergraduate Program Public Health Lead. She was previously an Assistant Teaching Professor and Program Director of the undergraduate and graduate Health Sciences programs at Western Carolina University. Her professional background is in community health and social services management, and her professional work is focused on health policy and healthcare workforce issues in underserved communities such as the uninsured, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, people living with HIV, and those impacted by the opioid epidemic. At WCU, Dr. Pincura lead strategic planning for the Health Sciences programs, recruited new health sciences faculty, and contributed to annual budget development. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses in public health and health systems in a variety of teaching modalities (in-person, hybrid, and asynchronous online). She earned her doctorate in Public Health Leadership at Georgia Southern University.

Research Interests

• Health policy
• Healthcare workforce issues in underserved communities