Dissertation Title: "Place, Racism, and Place-based Policies: Essays on Structural Racism and Community-Level Health Inequities"
This three-paper dissertation explores the relationship between structural racism and neighborhood-level health inequities. The...
Dissertation Title: "Health During Pregnancy: Essays on Access to Care, Preventing Adverse Outcomes, and Health System Structures"
This dissertation investigates how access to care, clinical guidelines, and health system design affect maternal health...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Criminal Health Law and Policy"
How does criminal law enforcement affect health? This dissertation addresses this question through three studies that employ mixed empirical methodologies. Using descriptive quantitative...
J. Wyatt Koma is a PhD candidate in Harvard’s Health Policy program, with a concentration in political analysis. Much of his current research agenda focuses on understanding how to improve access to health care and health outcomes for low-income Americans...
Towo graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2018 with a BS in Neuroscience and earned her MPH in Healthcare Management from UT Health Science Center in 2021. While earning her MPH, Towo volunteered as a breast cancer advocate for local...
Katie Camacho Orona received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors and her Masters of Public Health from Brown University. While attending Brown University, Katie was the recipient of the 2017 Royce Fellowship for Sport & Society, the 2018 Milken Institute...
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Youth Mental Health: Exploring Emergency Care, Policy Interventions, and Pandemic Challenges"
In this dissertation, I explore the intricate dynamics shaping youth mental health services through three interrelated studies.
In...
Dissertation Title: “Essays on Health Policy: How Racism Impedes Progress”
Health policy and racism are extremely intertwined in American politics. Racism is not only a social ill, but also contributes to poor health outcomes for minorities. Major events...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Maternal Health"
This dissertation focuses on exploring the maternity episode and it's associations with healthcare use, healthcare spending, and social policies. The first chapter uses survey data and a difference-in...
Dissertation Title: "Unintended Consequences: Empirical Studies of Continuity of Care and Financial Incentive Gaming in Primary Care"
Strengthening primary care is a priority for health systems globally. Policies intended to modernize primary care can...