Dr. McAlearney serves as the program director for the Health Care Management Certificate Program and is a health economist in the Center for Global Health. Dr. McAlearney is the director of the public health management concentration for the Master of Public Health Program and teaches economics of health and health policy. He holds a Ph.D. in health policy with a concentration in health economics from Harvard University. He has more than 18 years experience in the health care and health insurance sectors and has worked for the Ohio Department of Health, the RAND Corporation, the Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), and the Travelers Insurance Company (now United HealthCare).