Sandhya Shimoga
Sandhya Shimoga joined the CSULB Department of Health Care Administration as an assistant professor in fall 2014. Prior to coming to academia, Dr. Shimoga worked as both a management consultant and manager in health insurance and provider practices at premier consulting firms such as Cap Gemini and Accenture.
Dr. Shimoga received her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from the University of California, Los Angeles. She also holds a master's degree from the University of Maryland, University College and an MSc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM).
Her areas of research include:
- Health and behavioral economics pertaining to health behaviors
- Patient-provider decision-making behaviors and their intersection with information technology
- Health policy analysis of public programs including health policies in emerging economies
She has been a recipient of AHRQ’s Health Services Research Dissertation Grant (R36).
Dr. Shimoga teaches the following courses:
- HCA 416 Management & Information Systems
- HCA 428 Population Health Management in Health Care Administration
- HCA 517 Advanced Health Care Information Systems Management
- HCA 527 Research Methods in Health Care Management
