Amber J. El-Amin
Deputy Program Director; Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
Professional Summary:
Dr. Amber El-Amin is the Deputy Program Director and an Assistant Professor at the Army Baylor University Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance, a Master’s in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, a Master’s in Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research. Dr. El-Amin is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force and has served as a Medical Service Corps officer for more than 15 years.
Dr. El-Amin’s dissertation research assessed health care use, costs, and quality for Centers of Excellence for pediatric congenital heart disease care for the military beneficiary population. Her research interests include universal access to health care and insurance, racial disparities, health care utilization, and maternal/fetal outcomes. Dr. El-Amin is a member of the Project Management Institute and holds a Project Management Professional certification.
Education:
- 2022 – Ph.D., Health Services Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 2015 – M.S., Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, OH
- 2014 – M.S., Business Administration, Mississippi State University, MS
- 2008 – B.S., Finance, Wingate University, NC
Courses:
- Seminar in Human Resource Management
- Operations Management and Research
- Leadership in Complex Organizations
- Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations
Professional Affiliations:
- Project Management Institute, Professional Management Professional (PMP)
- Air Force’s International Health Specialist (IHS) Program for Spanish Language
- Air Force’s Language Enabled Airmen Program (LEAP) for Spanish Language
- Air Force Continuous Process Improvement Green Belt (AFCPI)
Publications and Presentations:
- El-Amin, A., Koehlmoos, T., Yue, D., Chen, J., Benharash, P., & Franzini, L. (2023). Does universal insurance influence disparities in high-quality hospital use for inpatient pediatric congenital heart defect care within the first year of diagnosis? BMC Health Services Research, 23(1),702. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09668-1
- Amber El-Amin, Tracey Koehlmoos, Dahai Yue, Jie Chen, Nam Yong Cho, Peyman Benharash, Luisa Franzini, The Association of High-Quality Hospital Use on Health Care Outcomes for Pediatric Congenital Heart Defects in a Universal Health Care System, Military Medicine, 2024;, usae026, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae026
