Papers
IMPAQ staff members are encouraged and supported by the firm to present and publish research papers on their own research or on studies that have been performed for our clients. Below are some recent examples of papers published by IMPAQ staff members.
Dr. Yasuyo Abe - Senior Research Associate
Abe, Y. & Gee, K. A. (2014). Sensitivity analyses for clustered data: An illustration from large-scale clustered randomized controlled trial in education. Evaluation and Program Planning, 47, 26-34.
Abe, Y., Toms Barker, L., Chan, V. & Eucogco, J. (2016). Culturally Responsive Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Program for Middle School Students in Hawai‘i. American Journal of Public Health, 106(S1), S110-S116.
Dr. Maria Alva - Senior Research Associate
Whitman, A., Acquah, J., Alva, M., Hoerger, T., & Romaire, M. (2018). Medicaid Incentives for Preventing Chronic Disease: Effects of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation. Health Services Research, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12994.
Dr. Samuel Kofi Ampaabeng - Research Associate
Birson, K., Borgez-Mendez, R. & Ampaabeng, K. (2014). Asset profile of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos after the Great Recession: 2008 – 2010. In E. Melendez and C. Vargas-Ramos (Eds). Puerto Ricans at the Dawn of the New Millennium. (164-181). New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
Dr. David Baker - Executive Vice President
Kahn, K. L., Mendel, P. & Baker, D. P. (2014). Lessons learned and future directions: the national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S97-S100.
Baker, D.P. & Gallo, J.R. (2013). Measuring and diagnosing team performance. In E. Salas, K. Frush, D.P. Baker, J. Battles, H. King., R. Wears (Eds). Improving patient safety through teamwork and team training. (234-238). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Coleman, N. E., Baker, D.P., Gallo, J. & Slonim, A. D. (2012). Critical outcomes: Clinical and team performance across acute illness scenarios in emergency departments of critical access hospitals. Journal of Healthcare Quality, 34(3), 7-15.
Baker, D.P., Salas, E., Battles, J. & King, H. (2011). The relation between teamwork and patient safety. In P. Carayon (Ed). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety. (185-198). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Baker, D.P., Amodeo, A., Krokos, K., Slorium, A. & Herrera, Heidi. (2010). Assessing teamwork attitudes in healthcare: Development of the TEAMSTEPPS teamwork attitudes questionnaire. Quality Safety Health Care, 19(49), 1-4.
Baker, D.P., Capella, J., Smith, S., Philp, A., Putnam, T., Gilbert, C., Fry, W., Harvey, E., Wright, A., Henderson, K., Ranson, S. & ReMine, S. (2010). Teamwork training improves the clinical care of trauma patients. Journal of Surgical Education, 67(6), 439-443.
Dr. Andrea Beesley - Managing Director
Beesley, A. D. & Clark, T. F. (2015). How rural and non-rural principals differ in high plains U.S. states. Peabody Journal of Education, 90(2), 242-249.
Dempsey, K., Beesley, A. D., Fazendeiro Clark, T. & Tweed, A. (2015). Authentic student work sample support formative assessment in middle school. In C. Suurtamm & A. R. McDuffie (Eds), Annual Perspective in Math Ed 2015: Assessment to Enhance Learning and Teaching (157-166). Reston: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Beesley, A.D., Randel, B., Apthrop, H., Clark, T. & Wang, X. (2016). Impacts of Professional Development in Classroom Assessment on Teacher and Student Outcomes. The Journal of Educational Research.
Beesley, A.D., Clark, T., Kathleen, D. & Tweed, A. (2018). Enhancing Formative Assessment Practice and Encouraging Middle School Mathematics Engagement and Persistence. School Science and Mathematics, 118(1-2), 4-16.
Dr. Jacob Benus - Executive Vice President & Director of Research
Michaelides, M. & Benus, J. (2012). Are self-employment training programs effective? Evidence for Project GATE. Labour Economics, 19(5), 695-705.
Mr. Jensen Chiu - Senior Research Associate
Thomas, R.J., Balady, G., Banka, G., Beckie, T.M., Chiu, J., Goka,k S., Ho, P.M., Keteyian, S.J., King, M., Lui, K., Pack, Q., Sanderson, B.K. & Wang, T.Y. (2018). ACC/AHA clinical performance and quality measures for cardiac rehabilitation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 11:e000037. doi: 10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000037.
Dr. W. Christopher Brandt - Vice President
Brandt, C., Meyers, C., Molefe, A., Zhu, B. & Dhillon, S. (2016). Impact Results of the eMINTS Professional Development Validation Study. Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38(3), 455-476.
Ms. Anne Chamberlain - Senior Research Associate
Slavin, R., Cheung, A., Holmes, G., Madden, N. & Chamberlain, A. (2012). Effects of a Data-Driven District Reform Model on State Assessment Outcomes. American Educational Research Journal, 371-396.
Dr. Alexandra Duncan - Research Associate
Furr-Holden, C. D., Lee, M. H., Johnson, R., Milam, A. J., Duncan, A., Reboussin, B. A., Leaf, P.J. & Ialongo, N. S. (2015). Neighborhood environment and marijuana use in urban young adults. Prevention Science, 16(2), 268-278.
Duncan, A., Van Devanter, N., Ahmed, R., Burrell-Piggott, T. & Furr-Holden, C. D. (2014). The role of substance use in adherence to HIV medication and medical appointments. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 25(3), 262-268.
Duncan, A., Melnick, G., Ahmed, R. & Furr-Holden, C. D. (2014). Post-treatment drug use abstinence: Does the majority program clientele matter? Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 13(3), 185-208.
Ms. Elizabeth Gall - Research Associate
Kahn, K. L., Mendel, P., Leuschner, K. J., Hiatt, L., Gall, E. M., Siegel, S. & Weinberg, D. A. (2014). The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: Research and adoption of prevention practices. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S33-S45.
Mendel, P., Siegel, S., Leuschner, K. J., Gall, E. M., Weinberg, D. A. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: Infrastructure development. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S17-S24.
Dr. Steven B. Garasky - Vice President, Human Services
Nepomnyaschy, L., Miller, D. P., Garasky, S. & Nanda, N. (2014). Nonresident fathers and child food insecurity: Evidence from longitudinal data. Social Service Review, 88(1), 92-133.
Miller, D., Nepomnyaschy, L., Ibarra, G. & Garasky, S. (2014). Family Structure and Child Food Insecurity. American Journal of Public Health, 104(7), e70-e76.
Zhylyevskyy, O., Jensen, H. H., Garasky, S., Cutrona, C. E. & Gibbons, F. S. (2013). Effects of family, friends, and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption by African Americans. Southern Economic Journal, 80(1), 226.
Gundersen, C. & Garasky, S. (2012). Financial Management Skills Are Associated with Food Insecurity in a Sample of Households with Children in the United States. Journal of Nutrition, 142(10), 1865-1870.
Burgstahler, R., Gundersen, C. & Garasky, S. (2012). The supplemental nutrition assistance program, financial stress, and childhood obesity. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 41(1), 29-42.
Dr. Sonam Gupta - Senior Research Associate
Gupta, S. & Innes, R. (2014). Private politics and environmental management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 68(2), 319-339.
Miller, G., Gupta, S., Kropp, J., Grogan, K. & Mathews, A. (2016). The Effects of Pre-ordering and Behavioral Nudges on National School Lunch Program participants' Food Item Selection. Journal of Economic Psychology.
Dr. Ilene Harris - Vice President & Chief Research Officer
Albrecht, J. S., Liu, X., Smith, G. S., Baumgarten, M., Gambert, S. R., Langenberg, P. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2015). Stroke incidence following traumatic brain injury in older adults. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30(2), E62-E67.
Albrecht, J. S., Kiptanui, Z., Tsang, Y., Khokhar, B., Liu, X., Simoni-Wastila, L. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2015). Depression among older adults after traumatic brain injury: A national analysis. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(6), 607-614.
Onwudiwe, N. C., Kwok, Y., Onukwugha, E., Sorkin, J. D., Zuckerman, I. H., Shaya, F. T. & Daniel Mullins, C. (2014). Cardiovascular event-free survival after adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients stratified by cardiovascular risk. Cancer Medicine, 3(5), 1342-1352.
Erten, M. Z., Davidoff, A. J., Zuckerman, I. H., Shaffer, T., Dougherty, J. S., Ke, X. & Stuart, B. (2014). The effect of supplemental medical and prescription drug coverage on health care spending for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Value in Health, 17(1), 15-21.
Simoni-Wastila, L., Wei, Y. J., Luong, M., Franey, C., Huang, T. Y., Rattinger, G. B., Zuckerman, I. H., Brandt, N. & Lucas, J. A. (2014). Quality of psychopharmacological medication use in nursing home residents. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 10(3), 494-507.
Zuckerman, I. H., Davidoff, A. J., Erten, M. Z., Stuart, B., Shaffer, T., Dougherty, J. S. & Yong, C. (2014). Use and spending on supportive care medications among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Support Care in Cancer, 22(8), 2185-2195.
Albrecht, J. S., Liu, X., Baumgarten, M., Langenberg, P., Rattinger, G. B., Smith, G. S., Gambert, S.R., Gottieb, S.S. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2014). Benefits and risks of anticoagulation resumption following traumatic brain injury. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(8), 1244-1251.
Dutcher, S. K., Rattinger, G. B., Langenberg, P., Chhabra, P. T., Liu, X., Rosenberg, P. B., Leoutsakos, J.M., Simoni-Wastila, L., Walker, L.D., Franey, C.S. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2014). Effect of medications on physical function and cognition in nursing home residents with dementia. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 62(6), 1046-1055.
Wei, Y. J., Simoni-Wastila, L., Zuckerman, I. H., Huang, T. Y., Brandt, N., Moyo, P. & Lucas, J. A. (2014). Quality of psychopharmacological medication prescribing and mortality in Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(8), 1490-1504.
Shen, X., Dutcher, S. K., Palmer, J., Liu, X., Kiptanui, Z., Khokhar, B., Al-Jawadi, M.H. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2014). A systematic review of the benefits and risks of anticoagulation following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30(4), E29-37.
Lilly, C. M., Liu, X., Badawi, O., Franey, C. S. & Zuckerman, I. H. (2014). Thrombosis prophylaxis and mortality risk among critically ill adults. CHEST Journal, 46(1), 51-57.
Wei, Y. J., Simoni-Wastila, L., Zuckerman, I. H., Brandt, N. & Lucas, J. A. (2014). Algorithm for identifying nursing home days using Medicare claims and minimum data set assessment data. Medical Care.
Harris, I., Albrecht, J., Park, Y., Hur, P., Huang, T., Netzer, G, Lehmann, S., Langenberg, P., Khokhar, B., Wei, Y., Moyo, P. & Simoni-Wastila, L. (2016). Adherence to Maintenance Medications among Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Role of Depression. Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Ms. Vanessa Hoffman - Senior Research Analyst
Hoffman, V., Srinivasan, M., Levin, M. & Scarmo, S. (2018). Operating School Meal Programs in Rural Districts: Challenges and Solutions. Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 42(1), 1-11. Retrieved from http://schoolnutrition.org/JCNM/
Dr. Minh Huynh - Vice President
Huynh, M., Gerber, L.H., Weinstein, A.A. & Frankenfeld, C.L. (2016). Disability Among Veterans: Analysis of the National Survey of Veterans (1997-2001). Military Medicine, 3(219),181.
Dr. Maurice Kugler - Managing Director & Principal Research Scientist
Kugler, M., Kugler, A., Saavedra, J. and Omar Herrera Prada, L. (2015). Long-term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia. The National Bureau of Economic Research.
Dr. Jaime A. Meza-Cordero - Research Associate
Meza-Cordero, J. (2016). Learn to Play and Play to Learn: Evaluation of the One Laptop per Child Program in Costa Rica. Journal of International Development, 29(1), 3-31.
Dr. Marios Michaelides - Senior Research Associate
Michaelides, M. (2014). Repeat use in the U.S. unemployment insurance system. Monthly Labor Review. 1-27.
Michaelides, M. (2013). Are Reemployment Services Effective in Periods of High Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from the Great Recession. University of Cyprus.
Chan, M., Michaelides, M., & Zhang, S. (2014). Who receives unemployment insurance? Research in Applied Economics, 6(3), 98-128.
Michaelides, M. & Mueser, P. (2013). The role of industry and occupation in recent US unemployment differentials by gender, race, and ethnicity. Easter Economics Journal, 39, 358-386.
Dr. Peter Mueser - Principal Research Associate
Michaelides, M. & Mueser, P. (2013). The role of industry and occupation in recent US unemployment differentials by gender, race, and ethnicity. Easter Economics Journal, 39, 358-386.
Heinrich, C., Mueser, P. & Troske, K. (2007). The Role of Temporary Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement. In D. Autor (Ed). Labor Market Intermediaries. Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Mueser, P. R., Stevens, D. W. & Troske, K. R. (2007). The impact of the welfare reform on leaver characteristics, employment and recidivism: An analysis of Maryland and Missouri. In J.P. Ziliak (Ed). Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor. (172-216). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dr. Fran O'Reilly - Managing Director
O’Reilly, F. & Kolbe, T. (2016). The Cost of Increasing In-School Time: Evidence from the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative. Leadership and Policy in Schools, DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2016.1232832.
Dr. Alberto Ortega Hinojosa - Senior Research Associate
Ortega Hinojosa, A., MacLeod, K., Balmes, J., & Jerrett, M. (2018). Influence of school environments on childhood obesity in California. Environmental Research, 166, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.022
Ms. Sarah Pedersen - Research Associate
Korda, H., Erdem, E., Woodcock, C., Kloc, M., Pedersen, S. & Jenkins, S. (2013). Racial and ethnic minority participants in chronic disease self-management programs: Findings from the communities putting prevention to work initiative. Ethnicity and Disease, 23(4), 508-517.
Ms. Jennifer Pooler - Senior Research Associate
Pooler, J., Morgan, R., Wong, K., Wilkins, M. & Blistein, J. (2017). Cooking Matters for Adults Improves Food Resource Management Skills and Self-confidence Among Low-Income Participants. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(7), 545-553.
Srinivasan, M. & Pooler, J. (2018). Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence for Older Adults Participating in SNAP, 2013-2015. American Journal of Public Health, 108(2), 224-230.
Dr. Mithuna Srinivasan - Research Associate
Srinivasan, M. & Pooler, J. (2018). Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence for Older Adults Participating in SNAP, 2013-2015. American Journal of Public Health, 108(2), 224-230.
Hoffman, V., Srinivasan, M., Levin, M. & Scarmo, S. (2018). Operating School Meal Programs in Rural Districts: Challenges and Solutions. The Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, 42(1).
Ms. Linda Toms Barker - Principal Research Associate
Toms Barker, L., Eliason, M., McElroy, J., Garbers, S. & Radix, A. (2017). Comparing women with and without disabilities in five-site “Healthy Weight” interventions for lesbian/bisexual women over 40. Disability and Health Journal, 10:2, 271-278.
Dr. Kris-Stella Trump - Research Associate
Trump, K., Levine Einstein, K. & Williamson, V. (2016). The Polarizing Effect of the Stimulus: Partisanship and Voter Responsiveness to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 46(2), 264-283.
Dr. Daniel Weinberg - Managing Director and Principal Research Associate
Battles, J. B., Cleeman, J. I., Kahn, K. L. & Weinberg, D. A. (2014). Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program. Special Supplement to Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 35(S3), S1-S141.
Battles, J. B., Cleeman, J. I., Kahn, K. L. & Weinberg, D. A. (2014). From science to implementation: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's program to prevent healthcare-associated infections--results and lessons learned. Special supplement to American Journal of Infection Control, 42(10), S189-S296.
Battles, J. B., Farr, S. & Weinberg, D. A. (2014). From research to nationwide implementation: The impact of AHRQ's HAI prevention program. Medical Care, 52(2), S91-S96.
Cataife, G., Weinberg, D. A., Wong, H. H. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). The effect of surgical care improvement project (SCIP) compliance on surgical site infections (SSI). Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S66-S73.
Kahn, K. L., Mendel, P., Weinberg, D. A., Leuschner, K. J., Gall, E. M. & Siegel, S. (2014). Approach for conducting the longitudinal program evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services national action plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections: Roadmap to elimination. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S9-S16.
Mendel, P., Siegel, S., Leuschner, K. J., Gall, E. M., Weinberg, D. A. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: Infrastructure development. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S17-S24.
Mendel, P., Weinberg, D. A., Gall, E. M., Leuschner, K. J. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: System capacity and sustainability for improvement. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S83-S90.
Weinberg, D. A. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). An examination of longitudinal CAUTI, SSI, and CDI rates from key HHS data systems. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S74-S82.
Cataife, G. & Weinberg, D.A. (2015). Racial and Ethic Disparities in Antipsychotic Medication use Among Children with Medicaid. Psychiatric Services.
Battles, J. B., Cleeman, J. I., Kahn, K. L. & Weinberg, D. A. (2014). Advances in the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associates Infections. AHRQ Publication 14-0003.
Mendel, P., Siegel, S., Leuschner, K. J., Gall, E. M., Weinberg, D. A. & Kahn, K. L. (2014). The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: Data and monitoring. Medical Care, 52(2 Supplement 1), S25-S32.
Dr. Gongmei Yu - Statistician
Yu, G., Schwartz, Z. & Walsh, J. E. (2009). A weather-resolving index for assessing the impact of climate change on tourism related to climate resources. Climate Change, 95, 551-573.
Yu, G., Schwartz, Z. & Walsh, J. (2009). Effects of Climate Change on the Seasonality of Weather for Tourism in Alaska. Arctic. 64(4), 443-457.
Dr. Lanlan Xu - Senior Research Associate
Xu, L., Pirog, M. & Vargas, E. (2016). Child support and mixed-status families an analysis using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Social Science Research.
Dr. Daniela Zapata - Senior Research Associate
Ribar, D. C. & Zapata, D. (2017). Food assistance and family routines in three American cities. Review of Economics of the Household, 15:1. 223-28.
Courtemanche, C. & Zapata, D. (2014). Does universal coverage improve health? The Massachusetts experience. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(1), 36-69.
Courtemanche, C., Marton J., Ukert B,, Yelowitz A, & Zapata, D. (2017). Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(1), 178-210.
Dr. Ye Zhang - Principal Research Associate
Zhang, Y., Ottoni-Wilhelm, M., Estell, D. & Perdue, N. (2016). Raising charitable children: The effects of verbal socialization and role-modeling on children’s giving. Journal of Population Economics, 1-36.