Susan Helm-Murtagh, Drph, MM

Susan C. Helm-Murtagh, DrPH, MM (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches strategic management and leadership in the DrPH program, and leadership/workforce management and US healthcare system structure and policy in the Executive Masters' Program in Health Administration. Helm-Murtagh has over a decade of experience in nonprofit...See more

Susan C. Helm-Murtagh, DrPH, MM (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches strategic management and leadership in the DrPH program, and leadership/workforce management and US healthcare system structure and policy in the Executive Masters' Program in Health Administration. Helm-Murtagh has over a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership and board governance, health systems and health policy, and over twenty-five years of experience in health care financing. She is Principal of DreamWork Consulting, LLC (a nonprofit leadership and strategic planning consulting firm), and co-founder and director of The Ellie Helm Foundation (a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of depression and preventing suicide among youth and bringing social engagement to the elderly). She has served on several non-profit boards and currently chairs the board of directors for The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's. Helm-Murtagh holds a BS in psychology and management science from Duke University, an MM (with distinction) in marketing and finance from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and a DrPH in Health Policy and Management from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. See less