Zerrin Cetin

Zerrin Cetin is a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health's Department of Healthcare Policy and Management, where she teaches case-based and discussion-based courses on health delivery strategy, innovation, and disruption. As a Director at Manatt Health, an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division, she provides strategic planning services for academic medical centers across clinical service line development, funds flow, financial modeling, education mission, research strategy, and health equity.

• M.B.A. and M.P.H. in Policy and Global Health from Yale University (2015)
• B.A. in Honors Business Administration (with distinction) from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario (2008)

Her research and professional interests span health policy and management, with a focus on strategic planning for academic medical centers, financial modeling in healthcare, and health equity initiatives. She has contributed to studies on telehealth expansion, Medicaid managed care contracts, and service line development in academic health systems.

• Co-authored a 2023 study on telehealth's role in augmenting mental health programs
• Co-authored a 2022 analysis of whole person health initiatives in Medicaid contracts
• Co-authored a 2022 review of service line development strategies in academic health systems

Her scientific contributions have been recognized through a fellowship in the Kiva Fellows Program in Ghana, emphasizing global public health engagement.

At Manatt Health, Zerrin collaborates with institutions such as the University of Virginia Health, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She previously worked with a national healthcare consulting firm and the SickKids Foundation, applying her expertise in hospital strategy, patient access improvement, and philanthropy.