Faculty Research
The Schroeder Center collaborates with a multidisciplinary group of William & Mary faculty who have health and health policy research interests. Collaborative efforts include, but are not limited to, faculty co-authoring journal articles, providing financial support for research assistantships on faculty-led projects, organizing speaker events and health policy panels, identifying grant funding opportunities, and bringing together faculty for potential projects. Below we list several William & Mary faculty who have health and health policy research interests along with examples of their research. For a more complete review of their work, please visit each faculty member’s individual webpages by clicking on his/her name.
ECONOMICS
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Peter McHenry, Ph.D. Tang Associate Professor Chancellors Hall, Room 256 (757) 221-1796 pmchenry@wm.edu |
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Jennifer Mellor, Ph.D. |
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John Parman, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Economic history, effect of health shocks on families, health and socioeconomic status Courses Taught: American Economic History American Mobility Regulation of Markets Selected Publications: Disease, Downturns, and Wellbeing: Economic History and the Long-Run Impacts of COVID-19 (with Arthi) (2021). Explorations in Economic History. 79:101381. Segregation and Mortality Over Time and Space (with Logan) (2018). Social Science & Medicine. 199:77-86. |
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Research Professor of Public Policy Former Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Former Deputy for Policy at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Miller Hall, Room 3050 (757) 221-1602 lfross@wm.edu |
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Peter Savelyev, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Health economics, economics of human development Courses Taught: Economics of Health Care Econometrics Selected Publications: Conscientiousness, Extraversion, College Education, and Longevity of High-Ability Individuals (2020). The Journal of Human Resources. DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.1.0918-9720R2 Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity (with Hong and Tan) (2020). Journal of Human Capital, 14(3):371-400. |
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Ranjan Shrestha, Ph.D. |
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GOVERNMENT
Chris Howard, |
Health Policy Interests: Health policy, Medicaid, Medicare
Courses Taught: American Welfare State
War on Poverty
Policy History
Selected Publications: The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy (co-edited with Beland and Morgan) (2015).
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199838509.001.0001 |
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Claire McKinney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Chancellors Hall, Room 320 (757) 221-2041 cmckinney@wm.edu |
Health Policy Interests: Selective Abortion as Moral Failure? Revaluation of the Feminist Case for Reproductive Rights in a Disability Context (2016). Disability Studies Quarterly 36(1). |
PSYCHOLOGY
Adrian Bravo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Integrated Science Center, Room 1081 (757) 221-3881 ajbravo@wm.edu |
Health Policy Interests: Protective/risk factors (motives, protective behavioral strategies, impulsivity-like traits, rumination, and mindfulness) of substance use and mental health Courses Taught: Health Psychology Research in Personality Intro Psychology as a Social Science Drugs and Behavior Selected Publications: College Alcohol Beliefs and Negative Alcohol-related Consequences: A Moderated Mediation Model of Enhancement Drinking Motives and Restricted Eating (with Herchenroeder & Protective Strategies Study Team) (2020). Addictive Behaviors. 110: 106541. Microaggressions and Psychological Health among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Rumination and Social Structure Beliefs (with Farber, Wedell, Herchenroeder, Dickter, and Pearson) (2021). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 8(1):245-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00778-8 |
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Danielle Dallaire, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Children’s social and emotional development in the context of risk Courses Taught: Developmental Psychology Families, Law, and Psychology Selected Publications: Parental Incarceration During Middle Childhood and Adolescence (with Shlafer and Davis) (2019). In: Eddy J., Poehlmann-Tynan J. (eds) Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16707-3_8 |
PUBLIC HEALTH
Carrie Dolan, Ph.D., M.P.H. |
Health Policy Interests: Global health investments, global health, spatial epidemiology Courses Taught: Epidemiology Research Methods Health Ethics Selected Publications: Childhood Health and the Changing Distribution of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Nigeria’s Transition to Lower-Middle-Income Status (with Saunders and BenYishay) (2020). PLoS ONE. 15(11): e0241866. An Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity Approach to Examining Subnational Health Aid (2019). In: Dutta N., Williamson C. (eds). Lessons on Foreign Aid and Economic Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22121-8_4 |
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Sarah Menefee, M.P.H. Lecturer Adair Hall, Room 400A (757) 221-1902 sarah.menefee@wm.edu |
Health Policy Interests: College health issues (substance use/abuse and suicide prevention), health promotion, domestic and global public health Courses Taught: Foundations in Epidemiology Intro to Public Health Intro to Global Health Social & Behavioral Science in Health Health Policy |
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Iyabo Obasanjo, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Interventions to Combat HIV/AIDS in Conflict-Affected Youth in Cote d’Ivoire (with Chams-Eddine) (2019). Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care. 14(1):91-94. |
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Alison Scott, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Introduction to Global Health Social & Behavioral Science in Health Issues in Health Public Health: Health Equity Public Health Research Issues Selected Publications: Grandparent Caregiving Among Rural African Americans in a Community in the American South: Challenges to Health and Wellbeing (with Clottey and Alfonso) (2015). Rural Remote Health. 15(3): 3313. Social Determinants of Health Among African Americans in a Rural Community in the Deep South: An Ecological Exploration (with Wilson) (2011). Rural Remote Health. 11(1):1634. |
SOCIOLOGY
Elyas Bakhtiari, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Morton Hall, Room 216 (757) 221-3488 ebakhtiari@wm.edu |
Health Policy Interests: Health disparities, cross-national comparison of health outcomes, medical sociology, racial/ethnic inequality, immigrant incorporation Courses Taught: Medical Sociology Social Inequality and Health Selected Publications: Health Effects of Muslim Racialization: Evidence from Birth Outcomes in California Before and After September 11, 2011. (2020). SSM-Population Health. 12:100703. Institutions, Incorporation, and Inequality: The Case of Minority Health Inequalities in Europe (with Olafsdottir and Beckfield) (2018). Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 59(2):248-267. |
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Reya Farber, Ph.D. |
Health Policy Interests: Medical sociology; global health; gender studies; globalization; science, technology, and medicine studies; qualitative methods Courses Taught: Politics of Global Health Medical Sociology Global Social Problems Selected Publications: Microaggressions and Psychological Health Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Rumination and Social Structure Beliefs (with Wedell, Herchenroeder, Dickter, Pearson, and Bravo) (2021). Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 8(1):245-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00778-8 LGBTIQ Rights and Intersectional Justice During COVID-19 (2020). Diplomatic Courier. |