Faculty Update

We're pleased to announce the addition of a new MSHI Program faculty member, Darrell Burke, who comes to us from Florida State where he was an Assistant Professor in the College of Information. Dr. Burke earned his Ph.D. in Health Services Organizations at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Among some of his research interests are IT strategy and the intersections of governance and hospital performance, the effects of outsourcing IT functions on financial performance of hospitals and the association between hospitals’ IT capability and financial outcomes. Dr. Burke will divide his time between teaching in the MSHI and MSHA programs and contributing to departmental and cross-school research intitatives. Dr. Burke can be reached at deburke@uab.edu.