Dissertation Title： "Evaluating Racial Differences in Quality of Diabetes Care and Self-Management Practice in an HMO"
Racial disparities in health care continue to be a growing problem in the U.S. and a prominent health policy issue. This dissertation...
Dissertation Title: "Longitudinal Methods for Investigating Pharmaceutical Advertising, Adherence and Prior Authorization Policies"
In this dissertation, I use longitudinal methods to investigate three pharmaceutical policy topics.
The first paper examines...
Dissertation Title: "Improving Maternal Health Services: Characterizing Risks and Measuring Program and Policy Impacts"
This dissertation characterizes the relationship between two common perinatal conditions and measures effects of specific programs and...
Dissertation Title: "Obesity Policy and the Public"
Globally, obesity has reached epidemic proportions affecting more than 300 million adults. This dissertation focuses on adult obesity and uses several interdisciplinary methods to explore the...