Richard W. Hass, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Director, PhD in Population Health Science
Program Director, Health Data Science

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901 Walnut Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia , PA 19107
Richard W. Hass, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Director, PhD in Population Health Science
Program Director, Health Data Science
Research & Practice Interests
Healthcare Utilization
Health Data Science
Psychometrics
Health Literacy
Education
PhD, Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2009
BA, Psychology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Publications
- Sorting through life: evaluating patient-important measures of success in a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment program
- Patient-centered simulation: Practicing interprofessional teamwork with standardized patients
- Semantic memory and creativity: the costs and benefits of semantic memory structure in generating original ideas
- Rasch analysis of the Jefferson Teamwork Observation Guide to improve student reflection after interprofessional education
- Trauma-informed interprofessional education: Preliminary evaluation of building student capacity for system-wide collaboration
Awards
- 2021 Award for Outstanding Adjunct Teaching in Population Health Science (PhD), Jefferson College of Population Health
- Daniel E. Berlyne Award for Excellence in Early Career Research, 2019 (Division 10 of the American Psychological Association)
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Richard W. Hass is Program Director for the PhD in Population Health Science and the Master’s in Health Data Science at Jefferson College of Population Health. He completed his PhD in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences cluster of the psychology department at Temple University. His research focuses on applications of psychometrics, cognitive science, and data science to important issues in population health.