Past Student Research Projects

Below is a list of some of the student research projects that the Schroeder Center has previously supported:

Access to healthcare and racial disparities in health
Access to inpatient care by Virginia’s young adults
Addressing the transportation and land barriers to children's surgical care in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cancer Disparities in Virginia: A Geospatial Analysis of Incidence, Mortality, and Environmental Determinants (2011-2020)
Effect of Medicare OPPS on hospital volume
Effects of economic recessions on Medicare beneficiaries
Effects of peers in physicians’ treatment of cardiovascular disease
Family Resource Centers: Return on Investment Analyses
Healthcare utilization patterns during economic recession
Hospital readmissions among Virginia Medicare beneficiaries after the Affordable Care Act
Immigrant Mortality During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Impact of the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) on individuals’ insurance take-up and health outcomes
Informal care provision for elderly parents
Institutional Trust and Health Initiative
Maternal Mortality in Nepal: A Scoping Review of Key Determinants
Maternal social support and duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers seeking postnatal care in a public health facility in Kenya
Medical Debt Policy in Virginia
Pediatric Surgical Needs Index
Physician-hospital integration and quality of care
Risk adjustment methodologies used in measuring hospital performance
Role of environmental stress on early development
Role of maternal capabilities with child feeding and nutritional status
Social Networks and Infant Feeding Decisions Among Mothers Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Kenya
Standards of care for pregnant incarcerated women
The association between alcohol-related hospitalizations and ABC licenses
The costs of opioid overdose-related hospitalizations
Understanding Local Barriers to Health Care Access
US Health in International Context