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Patricia Pittman, Director
Patricia (Polly) Pittman, PhD, FAAN, is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. Dr. Pittman holds a secondary appointment in the School of Nursing. She is the director of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity and the Health Workforce Policy Research Center. Dr. Pittman teaches and focuses her research on health workforce policy. Her recent focus is on workforce innovations in the context of system change. She has provided research support for the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing and with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has led a series of studies examining the recruitment of foreign-educated health professionals to the U.S.
