Kevin Thomas, PhD, MBA
Office: 650 Albany Street, Room x155
Phone: 617-358-9797
Fax: 617-358-9788
Email: kipthoma@bu.edu
Dr. Kevin “Kip” Thomas is the director of the Master of Science in Healthcare Emergency Management Program.
He comes to Boston University from the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, where he earned a Master in Business Administration and a Doctorate in Public Policy from George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Fairfax Virginia.
Dr. Thomas’s experience includes over 20 years of military service, both in the field as a submariner and at the Pentagon as an aide to the Secretary of the Navy. Since 2002, he has taught diverse groups of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Thomas was the founding Research Programs Director for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program at George Mason University, a $20+ million research program for developing and analyzing methods of critical infrastructure protection and cyber security. In addition to providing project oversight for over 50 research activities conducted across more than 14 universities, Dr. Thomas personally led or participated as a researcher in a number of these projects.
Dr. Thomas teaches four classes for the Healthcare Emergency Management Program:
- Ethical and Policy Issues in Health and Medical Services
- Experimental Design and Statistics for Emergency Managers
- Psychology and Sociology of Disaster Methods and Risk Communication
- Disaster Lifecycle.
He is also active in advising students. His office is currently located in the Evans Biomedical Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine.