Dr. Eileen T. Hinks received her BS in biology at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA and received a PhD in microbiology from the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed a postdoctoral program in medical microbiology and immunology at Erie County Medical Center. From 1978 through 1988, Dr. Hinks held a variety of positions in a multi-hospital system in the Philadelphia area: Director of Microbiology and Immunology for three suburban hospital laboratories, Laboratory Manager at Rolling Hill Hospital and later, Corporate Laboratory Manager for United Hospitals, Inc. In addition to medical laboratory, infection control, teaching, and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Hinks was an active member, symposium coordinator, and branch officer of the Southeastern Pennsylvania branch of the American Society for Microbiology.
After a brief family hiatus, Dr. Hinks joined Mary Baldwin College’s Adult Degree Program in 1992 as an adjunct instructor of biology. She began teaching health care administration courses in 1999 in the Residential College for Women and the Adult Degree Program. She currently holds the rank of adjunct assistant professor of health care administration. She teaches a variety of courses including Biology of Women, Epidemiology, Women’s Health Care Issues, Introduction to Public Health, and Public Health Issues. In 2005, she received a faculty development grant through the Health Care Administration Program to do original research in the area of pandemic influenza planning in the Roanoke, Virginia area working in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health. Dr. Hinks is also a part-time chemistry and biology instructor at Virginia Military Institute where she teaches courses in Chemical Science, Human Biology, and Public Health. She has received two Faculty Mentor Awards at VMI for her outstanding teaching.
Since 1989, Dr. Mosher has served as the director of the health care administration program at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. He is also a professor of health care administration and political science. He has held similar positions at Avila College in Missouri and Ferrum College in Virginia. He received his PhD in government and international studies from the University of South Carolina where he also received his master of arts in international studies and his bachelor of arts (cum laude) in political science.
Dr. Mosher’s 33-year career as an academic has involved teaching, researching, writing, consulting, mentoring, and making presentations at international and national conferences. He has spent considerable time investigating the field of long term care. He has a special interest in strategic management as well as comparative and global health care issues. He has traveled widely including looking at the health care systems of Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Malta, Cyprus, and the United Kingdom. He has received numerous grants including two awards from the government of Quebec to analyze their health care system. He has also worked with a long term care facility in Nova Scotia to enhance its decision making system. He has completed four consultancies in the area of organizational behavior and development with the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, the only children’s psychiatric hospital in Virginia.
The undergraduate program in health care administration that Dr. Mosher directs is one of only 45 such programs in the United States and Canada to be fully certified by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. The program is also the only one of its type to be endowed.
Dr. Mosher is an active member in a variety of professional organizations including the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing, the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, and he has served for 14 years on the Planning Committee of the Augusta Health Care, Inc., a top 50 hospital in the U.S.
Quality in long term care is the major research interest of Dr. Mosher. This interest is international in scope. It speaks to a commitment to the integration of academic and practitioner worlds to the betterment of the people served in long term care settings.
