Kathryn Dansky
Kathryn Dansky is a healthcare management and organization researcher with a focus on telehealth and long-term care.
Professor Dansky joined the HPA faculty in 1992 and retired in 2011. Over that time, she taught in the undergraduate, MHA, and Ph.D. programs. She received funding from multiple federal and private grants for her research, and was active in the Academy of Management and the American College of Health Care Executives. In 2006, Professor Dansky received the Fran and Holly Soistman Professional Development Award, College of Health and Human Development, Penn State, for her work in the emerging telehealth field.
Professor Dansky now spends her time volunteering on several not-for-profit boards, helping resettle an Afghan refugee family, and playing bluegrass fiddle.