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Uma Kelekar, PhD. (she/her/hers)

Professor of Healthcare Management
Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia, United States

Dr. Uma Kelekar has been a faculty at Marymount University since 2011 and teaches courses in Health Economics, Epidemiology, and Healthcare data analysis. She has extensive experience conducting health services research in public health dentistry, health economics, and policy. She uses extensive survey data and employs innovative empirical methodologies to investigate emerging trends and patterns in healthcare services utilization across multiple vulnerable and underserved population segments and the use of Emergency Departments (EDs) for non-urgent care across the United States. She has presented her work at various academic and practitioner conferences, including meetings of the American Public Health Association, American Society of Health Economists, National Oral Health Conference, and Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis. She has published book chapters and articles in journals such as Health Policy and Planning, Preventive Medicine, Preventing Chronic Disease, PlosOne, Health Behavior and Policy Review, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, and the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). Her research has been funded by foundations such as the Dentaquest Foundation and Dental Trade Alliance. She has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University. Her undergraduate and master’s are in economics from India.

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