Courses Taught
- Health Economics, Financing and
Reimbursement
Research Interests
- Organizational Financial Performance
- Quality and Patient Safety
- Value-Based Purchasing
- International Health
Biography
Dr. Zhao is the Chair of the Department of Health Administration. She
received her Ph.D. in Health Services Organizations and Research from
Virginia Commonwealth University and her Master in Health
Administration from Shandong University, Jinan, China. Dr. Zhao has
participated in several research initiatives, including studies of financial
pressures affecting hospital quality of care and health promotion and
disease prevention services in rural hospitals. She has been the principal
investigator for a multiyear grant from the Brooks College of Health
Brooks Research Grants in which her research team examined
organizational and financial influences on multi-dimensional aspects of
nursing home quality of care. She has published widely in numerous
journals including Inquiry, Health Policy, Health Care Management
Review, Health Services Research, and others. Dr. Zhao won the
Outstanding International Leadership award due to her great
contribution to propelling the University toward internationalization in
spring 2009. She was also the recipient of 2010-2011 Outstanding
Undergraduate Teaching Awards at UNF. Because of her great
achievements in higher education, she obtained the Outstanding
Leadership Education Award in 2012 from Jacksonville, Florida. Due to
her exceptional contribution to Jacksonville area, she won the City of
Jacksonville Mayor’s Asian American Association Board (MAAAB)
Outstanding Community Service Award in May, 2015.
Contact Information
mzhao@unf.edu
Building 39, Room 4032