Presentations
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 presentations at professional meetings by IMPAQ staff members.
Dr. Yasuyo Abe - Senior Research Associate
Abe, Y. & Rayyes, N. (2017, March). Enhancing the Role of Postsecondary Institutions in Creating Career Paths through Regional Partnership with Industry: Findings from the Outcome Evaluation of Design it-Build it-Ship it. Poster presentation at the Association for Education Finance & Policy Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Abe, Y. & Weinstock, P. (2015, April). Exploring How Methodological Decisions Affect the Variability of Schools Identified as Beating the Odds. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Ms. Andrea Amodeo - Senior Research Associate
Baker, D.P. & Amodeo, A. (2015, April). Training program evaluation: Real world applications and real world challenges. Presentation at the 30th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Karen Armstrong - Senior Research Associate
Armstrong, K. (2015, August). ACT-On (Alaska, California, Texas, and Oregon) TAACCCT Consortium. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. David Baker - Executive Vice President
Baker, D.P. (2015, October). Implementation and Dissemination of TeamSTEPPS® in Ambulatory Settings. Presentation at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Conference, Arlington, VA.
Baker, D.P. (2015, April). Training patients for safer care. Presentation at the 30th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Baker, D.P. & Amodeo, A. (2015, April). Training program evaluation: Real world applications and real world challenges. Presentation at the 30th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Baker, D. P. (2014, May). Patient evaluation of resident performance survey. Paper presentation at the 29th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
Baker, D. P., Capella, J., Gallo, J. & Hawkes, C. (2011). Development of the Trauma Team Performance Observation Tool. Poster presentation at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Baker, D. P. (2011). Stay or Go: Value of a Master’s in Applied Settings. Panel presentation at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Baker, D. P. (2011). The Golden Gate: Building Bridges Between Research and Operations. Panel presentation at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Amodeo, A., Kurtessis, J. N., Bhupatkar, A., Baker, D. P. & Gallo, J. R. (2011, April). Is there a big 5 of teamwork? Poster presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Ms. Tina Barretto - Executive Vice President
Barretto, T., Varghese, R., Pederson, S., Phillips, K., Toor, S., Bertrand, R. M., & Jenkins, S. (n.d.). Preliminary data from the national process evaluation of the aging and disability resource (ADRC) program. Poster presentation.
Barretto, T., Varghese, R., Pedersen, S., Phillips, K. & Toor, S. (2014, June). Preliminary Data from the National Process Evaluation of the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Andrea Beesley - Managing Director
DiFuccia, M., Gulemetova, M., & Beesly, A. (2016, October). The Transformative Potential of the Relationships of Evaluators to the Programs They Serve. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Beesley, A. (2017, April). Implementing Precollege Math Remediation in High School: Evaluation of Tennessee Seamless Alignment and Integration Learning Support. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Beesley, A. & Arens, S. (2016, October). Designed to Improve: Improvement Science for Evaluators. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Beesley, A. & Arens, S. (2016, October). Got Data?: Interrogating “Evidence-Based” Decision-Making. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Beesley, A & DiFuccia, M. (2016, October). Leveraging the Senior Year: Implementation Evaluation of a Pre-College Math Remediation Program. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Beesley, A., Gulemetova, M. & DiFuccia, M. (April, 2016). Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of a Race to the Top Grant Fund. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Beesley, A.D. (2015, November). (Almost) by Design: Design-Based Research in Education Evaluation. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Beesley, A.D. (2015, November). Social return on investment (SROI) approaches to program evaluation: Uses, benefits, and limitations. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Beesley, A.D. (2015, November). Is It Really Only Logical? Examining Client Decision-Making Processes. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Beesley, A.D. (2015, April). Professional Development in Mathematics Formative Assessment Using Work Samples: Effects on Teacher Practice. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Beesley, A.D. (2015, March). Teacher Support for Mathematics Formative Assessment Using Student Work Samples - Effects on Teacher Practice and Student Learning. Presentation at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring Conference, Washington, DC.
Beesley, A. D. & Fazendeiro Clark, T. (2014). Learning to use formative assessment in mathematics with the assessment work sample method: Results for the initial pilot. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Beesley, A. D. (2014). A Problem Well Put Is Half Solved: Evaluating Decision-Making. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Beesley, A. D. (2014). Implementation and intervention fidelity in professional development for STEM teaching practices. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Dr. Jacob Benus - Executive Vice President & Director of Research
Benus, J. (2015, November). The Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Initiative. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Benus, J. (2015, October). Impact Evaluation in Practice: The Work of IMPAQ International. Presentation at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Perlmutter, D., Benus, J., Roy, M., Davis, S., Nanda, N. & Yumoto, F. (2014, June). What do Small Businesses Think of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010? Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Benus, J. (2009). Where Could the Next Google Come From: Entrepreneurial Training as a Reemployment Solution. Presentation at the Reemployment Works! Summit, Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Susan Berkowitz - Principal Research Associate
Berkowitz, S. (2014, June). Lessons (and lyrics) from the trenches: Maximizing the impact of qualitative methods in applied settings. Paper presentation at the Conference on Advances in Qualitative Methods, Edmonton, Canada.
Berkowitz, S. (2014, October). Sustainability as institutionalization: Developing institutional-level indicators of gender-equitable institutional transformation. Paper presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Denver, CO.
Dr. Alok Bhupatkar - Senior Research Associate
Bhupatkar, A. (2015, April). One program, five paths: Challenges and opportunities in I/O careers. Paper presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Bhupatkar, A. (2014, May). Predictive analytics: Evolutionary journey from local validation to big data. Paper presentation at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
Bhupatkar, A. (2013, April). Talent management practices in healthcare industry: Unique benefits and challenges. Paper presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Bhupatkar, A. & Kurtessis, J. N. (2012, April). Comparing subjective and objective item difficulties: How important is SME agreement? Paper presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Kurtessis, J. N., Clayton, T., Bhupatkar, A., Mueller, L., Schaefer, B., Alonso, A. & Woolever, N. (2012, April). Can't we all get along? Student's perceptions of human resources. Paper presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Kabins, A., Benzer, J. K., Bergman, M. E. & Bhupatkar, A. (2012, April). Commitment profiles and perceived locus causality. Poster presentation at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Dr. W. Christopher Brandt - Vice President
Brandt, C. & Yamaguchi, R. (2016, October). Hidden in the Weeds: How SEED Program Evaluators Adapted Evaluation Designs to Address Challenges While Maintaining Rigorous What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Standards. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Brandt, C. (2016, April). eMINTS Professional Development Impact on Middle School Teacher Instruction and Student Achievement: Year Three Results. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Brandt, C., Meyers, C., Molefe, A., & Zhu, Bo. (2016, March). The Impact of the Enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies (eMINTS) Program on Middle School Student Achievement, 21st-Century Skills, and Academic Engagement - Third-Year Results. Presentation at the SREE Spring Conference, Washington, DC.
Mr. Nicholas Bill - Research Associate
Bill, N. (2015, August). South Carolina Adult College Completion. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Guido Cataife - Principal Research Associate
Cataife, G. (2016, June). Refinements to Evaluation Methods for Causal Inference in Innovative Health Care Models. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Cataife, G. (2014, June). How Much Health Can a Dollar Buy? The Effect of Health Care Spending on Age-Adjusted Mortality in the US. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Ms. Anne Chamberlain - Senior Research Associate
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Moore, J. & Simonetta, J. (2017, March). An Evaluation Toolkit for the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Board Forum, Washington, DC.
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Darling, M., Castleman, B. & Lizik, M. (2016, November). Behavioral Science and Evaluation: Collaboration to Enhance Policymaking. Roundtable presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Chamberlain, A. (2016, October). Design Thinking as Framework for Evaluation/Behavioral Science Collaboration. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Bowman, N. & Chamberlain, A. (2016, April). Promising Practices in Tribally-Driven Participatory Research: An effective model for Tribal and non-Tribal research partnerships. Presentation at the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) 3rd International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Bowman, N. & Chamberlain, A. (2016, April). Promising Practices in Tribally-Driven Participatory Research: An effective model for Tribal and non-Tribal research partnerships. Presentation at the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) 3rd International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Chamberlain, A. (2015, November). Indigenous Intersections: Tribally-Driven and Community-Based Participatory Research as Means to More Culturally Responsive State- and Federally-Funded Government Studies. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Magill, K. & Chamberlain, A. (2015, November). Getting it Right: A Rigorous Assessment of the Accessibility of the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Dr. Yang Chen - Research Associate
Chen, Y. & Logan, T. (2016, November). Is “Best Interest of the Child” Best for Every Child? the Long-Term Implications of Gender-Neutral Custody Laws. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Chen, Y. & Logan, T. (2016, January). Is the Best Interest of the Child Best for Children? Educational Attainment and Child Custody Assignment. Presentation at the Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Leanne Clark-Shirley - Senior Research Associate
Clark-Shirley, L. (2017, May). National Perspectives on the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Presentation at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Varghese, R. & Clark-Shirley, L. (2015, November). Partnerships of ADRCs: Findings from the National ADRC Study. Presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Ms. Carolyn Corea - Research Associate
Corea, C. (2015, August). A Review of Barriers and Strategies aimed at Increasing Employment among Minorities. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Scott Davis - Senior Research Associate
Perlmutter, D., Benus, J., Roy, M., Davis, S., Nanda, N. & Yumoto, F. (2014, June). What do Small Businesses Think of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010? Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Davis, S., & Michaelides, M. (2015, November). From Unemployment to Self-Employment: The Role of Self-Employment Training. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Davis, S., Broussard, N., & Ampaabeng, S. (2015, November). Ripple Effects of Residential Care and Daycare Industries. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Davis, S., Broussard, N., & Ampaabeng, S. (2015, August). Ripple Effects in the Residential Care and Daycare Industries. Presentation at the National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Ms. Laurence Dessein - Research Associate
Dessein, L. & Gulemetova, M. (2016, March). Hungry Minds: Evidence from a Multi-Sectorial School Feeding Program in Burkina Faso. Presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ms. Amy Djangali - Research Associate
Djangali, A. (2014). An Examination of Opposing Responses on Duplicated Multi-Mode Survey Responses. Paper presentation at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Ms. Mary Kay Dugan - Managing Director and Principal Research Associate
Dugan, M.K. (2015, November). A State-Wide Evaluation Framework for STEM Education: From Cradle to Career. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Dr. Dallas Elgin - Research Associate
Elgin, D. (2017, March). Revisiting the Centralization-Decentralization Debate: An Empirical Study of the Effect of Centralized and Decentralized Administrative Systems on the Outcomes of Foster Care Children. Presentation at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Elgin, D. & Walters, R. (2016, November). Utilizing Predictive Analytics to Improve Child Welfare Policy and Practice through Improved Targeting of Resources and Interventions for Children at-risk for Placement Instability. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Dr. Cheri Fancsali - Managing Director & Principal Research Scientist
Fancsali, C. (2015, June). Goal of the Girls’ Math Identity Networked Improvement Community (NIC). Presentation at the Furthering Girls’ Math Identity Convening, Washington, DC.
Fancsali, C. (2015, April). A Randomized Control Trial of Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education: Student Impact Findings. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Fancsali, C. (2014, December). Professional Development to Support New Standards: Findings from A Randomized Control Trial of Reading Apprenticeship. Presentation at the California Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Fancsali, C. (2013, October). Evaluations of Student Agency Practices - A Review of the Raikes Foundation Middle Shift Learning Network Practices. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Fancsali, C. (2013, December). Addressing the Challenge of Complexity In Literacy Instruction, Professional Development, and Evaluation While Working At Scale? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Reading Apprenticeship. Presentation at the Literacy Research Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.
Fancsali, C. (2014, April). A Randomized Control Trial of Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education (RAISE). Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Stacy Farr - Research Associate
Farr, S. (2014, June). Intersections Between Federally-Sponsored QI Initiatives: Implications for HAI Improvement. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Farr, S. (2014, June). The Qualified Entity Certification Program: A Change Agent for Healthcare. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Farr, S. (2015, June). Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in Ambulatory Surgical Centers. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Dr. Bruno Gasperini - Research Associate
Gasperini, B. (2016, November). Local Labor Demand Shocks and the Education Gradient at Birth. Presentation at the Southern Economic Association (SEA), Washington, DC.
Dr. Steven B. Garasky - Vice President, Human Services
Garasky, S., Thomas, D. & Levin, M. (2015, April). Brown Bag Lunch Seminar. Presentation for the Administration for Children and Families, Washington, DC.
Garasky, S. (2012, November). Nonresident father’s involvement and welfare policies: Impacts on childhood hunger. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Nanda, N., Garasky, S., Nepomnyaschy, L. & Miller, D. (2013). Understanding the role of family mechanisms in non-resident father families on child food insecurity.
Nepomnyaschy, L., Miller, D. P. & Garasky, S. (2014). Nonresident father involvement and child food insecurity. Paper presentation at the Society for Social for Work and Research Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Ms. Christine Gill - Senior Research Associate
Gill, C. (2017, May). Environmental Scan of Medication Therapy Management Monitoring Measures. Presentation at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Paul Gorrell - Vice President, Health
Gorrell, P. (2015, April). Health Care Data Transparency—Will it Work? Presentation at the SAS Global Forum, Dallas, TX.
Gorrell, P. (2015). Privacy, Transparency, and Quality Improvement in the Era of Big Data and Health Care Reform. Presentation at the SAS Global Form, Dallas, TX.
Dr. Michaela Gulemetova - Senior Research Associate
Gulemetova, M. & Safarha, E. (2016, March). Lisez-vous Français? Early Grade Reading in Francophone Africa: A multi-country comparison of assessment tools, data, and program design. Presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Gulemetova, M. (2016, October). RCT Evaluation in Ecuador of the Young Potential Development Program Providing Life Skills to at-Risk Youth. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gulemetova, M. (2016, October). The Game Has Changed: Adapting to Clients’ Requests for Rigorous Outcomes-Based Evaluation. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gulemetova, M. & DiFuccia, M. (2016, April). Noncognitive Skill Development in Higher Education: A Landscape Analysis. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Dessein, L. & Gulemetova, M. (2016, March). Hungry Minds: Evidence from a Multi-Sectorial School Feeding Program in Burkina Faso. Presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Gulemetova, M. (2014, April). Evaluation of Enseña por México. Webinar presentation at the Teach for All Public Sector Support Network Learning Trip, Puebla, Mexico.
Dr. Sonam Gupta - Senior Research Associate
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Moore, J. & Simonetta, J. (2017, March). An Evaluation Toolkit for the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Board Forum, Washington, DC.
Gupta, S. (2017, March). Serving Disconnected Young Adults: Lessons Learned from @LIKE Program. Presentation at the Raising the Bar Conference, Ellicott City, MD.
Gupta, S. & Srinivasan, M. (2017, March). A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Workforce Development Program for Disconnected Youth. Presentation at the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Conference, Washington, DC.
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Darling, M., Castleman, B. & Lizik, M. (2016, November). Behavioral Science and Evaluation: Collaboration to Enhance Policymaking. Roundtable presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Gupta, S. (2016, October). RCT Evaluation of BBA’s BMG Program in India. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gupta, S. (2016, October). Serving Disconnected Young Adults: Impact Evaluation of the @LIKE Program. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gupta, S. (2016, October). Adapting a Randomized Control Trial Design to Address Possible Spillover Effects in an Evaluation of a Child Labor Prevention Program in India. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Gupta, S. & Strumpf, L. (2016, May). Serving Disconnected Young Adults: Lessons Learned from @LIKE Program. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Gupta, S., Asay, J., Strumpf, L., Sweeney, I. & Weiner, M. (2016, March). Innovative Approaches to Engaging and Recruiting Disconnected Young Adults. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum, Washington, DC.
Gupta, S. (2015, August). Reconnecting Disconnected Young Adults: Preliminary Findings from Linking Innovation, Knowledge, and Employment (@LIKE) Program. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Gupta, S. (2014, November). The Effects of Pre-Selection and Behavioral Nudges on Food Item Selection by Middle School Children. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Ilene Harris - Vice President & Chief Research Officer
Harris, I. (2017, May). Key Groups Influencing Generic Drug Use in the U.S. and the Nature and Extent of Their Influence. Poster presentation at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual International Meeting, Boston, MA.
Dr. Jennifer Howard - Research Associate
Howard, J. (2015, June). Implementing a Core Set of Indicators to Examine States’ Efforts in Achieving Person-Centered, Balanced Ltss Systems. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Ms. Shannon Howard - Research Associate
Howard, S. (2016, October). Adapting Evaluation Design to Project and Policy Changes: The Performance Evaluation of the Education Priorité Qualité (EPQ) Project in Senegal. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Minh Huynh - Vice President
Huynh, M., Heuser, A. & Zhou, Chunxiao. (2016, February). Introduction to Adaptive Designs. Presentation at the American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP), San Diego, CA.
Dr. Amy Kracker Selzer - Research Associate
Kracker Selzer, A. (2016, October). 100 Site Visits! Designing Tools and Processes to Manage Large-scale Qualitative Data Collection. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Maurice Kugler - Managing Director & Principal Research Scientist
Kugler, M. (2016, October). Impact Evaluation of the REACH-T Model Farm School Program in Rwanda. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Kugler, M. (2016, January). Long-Term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia. Presentation at the Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Kugler, M., Kugler, A., Saavedra, J. & Prada, L. (2016). Long-term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia. Presentation at the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington, DC.
Kugler, M. (2014). Skill Formation for Youth to Navigate School to Work Transitions. Presentation at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT Post-Primary Education and Youth Conference, Paris, France.
Kugler, M. (2014). Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience. Presentation at the Consultation Conference for Human Development Report, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ms. Madeleine Levin - Senior Research Associate
Garasky, S., Thomas, D. & Levin, M. (2015, April). Brown Bag Lunch Seminar. Presentation for the Administration for Children and Families, Washington, DC.
Dr. Stephanie Levin - Senior Research Associate
Levin, S. (2017, April). Evaluating Classroom Lessons Within the Common Core Context: Testing Automated Alignment Using Machine Learning. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Levin, S. & Pyatigorsky, M. (2017, March). An Evaluation of Reading Apprenticeship: Writing Connections, a Hybrid Professional Development Model of Reading Apprenticeship. Poster presentation at the Association for Education Finance & Policy Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Levin, S., Abe, Y., Pyatigorsky, M. & Fancsali, C. (2016, March). Teachers’ Experiences of a Hybrid Professional Development Model of Reading Apprenticeship. Presentation at the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Ms. Lisa Lin-Freeman - Senior Research Associate
Lin-Freeman, L. (2015, May). Is One More Reminder Worth It? If So, Pick Up the Phone: Findings from a Web Survey. Presentation at the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Hollywood, Florida.
Dr. Kay Magill - Senior Research Associate
Magill, K. (2016, October). Using Survey Research to Measure the Accessibility of the Public Workforce System to Customers with Disabilities. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2015, May). Removing Roadblocks to an Accessible Workforce System. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Chamberlain, A. (2015, November). Getting it Right: A Rigorous Assessment of the Accessibility of the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2015, May). It Takes a Village: The Beacon Hill Village Model of Interdependent Living. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2014). Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships That Support In(ter)dependent Living. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference On Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. (2014). Sustainability as Systems Change: Evaluating Sustainable Impacts of the Disability Employment Initiative. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Dr. Jaime A. Meza-Cordero - Research Associate
Meza-Cordero, J. (2016, June). Learn to Play and Play to Learn: Evaluation of the One Laptop per Child Program in Costa Rica. Presentation at the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Conference on Human Capital and Growth, Helsinki, Finland.
Meza-Cordero, J. (2016, October). RCT impact evaluation of the Working Children and Adolescents (Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Trabajadores) Program in Costa Rica. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Meza-Cordero, J. (2016, October). Evaluation of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program Avancemos. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Meza-Cordero, J. (June, 2015). The Effects of Childhood Health on Education and Economic Outcomes in Adulthood. Presentation at the Western Economic Association 90th Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Dr. Marios Michaelides - Senior Research Associate
Michaelides, M. (2012, November). Results from the impact evaluation of the reemployment and eligibility assessment initiative. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Mr. Zachary Miller - Research Associate
Miller, Z. (2015, May). Innovative Strategies to Serving Youth 22 to 24: Lessons Learned. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Development Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Miller, Z. & Saltz, R. (2014, June). How Are We Doing and Where Do We Go From Here: Practical Methods and Approaches to Evaluating Your ADR Program. Workshop presentation at the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Annual Conference, Greenbelt, MD.
Dr. James Moore - Senior Vice President
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Moore, J. & Simonetta, J. (2017, March). An Evaluation Toolkit for the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Board Forum, Washington, DC.
Dr. Neha Nanda - Senior Research Associate
Nanda, N., Wandner, S., Chen, Y. & Patterson, L. (2016, November). Older Workers’ Labor Market Experiences Before, During and After the Great Recession. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Neha, N. (2016, October). Adapting a Quasi-Experimental Design to Absence of Individual-level Participant Data in an Evaluation of a Workforce Development Grant to the Ohio-Pennsylvania Interstate Region. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Nanda, N., McShane, J. & Pate, A. (2016, March). In the Weeds: Alignment Between Workforce, Education, and Economic Development. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum, Washington, DC.
Nanda, N. (2015, August). Women Veterans: What Explains their Employment and Earnings Gap? Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Nanda, N. (2014). A Demographic and Economic Profile of Women Veterans. Panel paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Alberto Ortega Hinojosa - Senior Research Associate
Ortega Hinojosa, A. (2015, June). Childhood Obesity and CA Public Schools' Neighborhood Environment: An Application of Machine Learning and GIS for Variable Selection and Analysis. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Mr. Luke Patterson - Research Analyst
Patterson, L. (2104, August). Impact of PRWORA and TANF on the Wellbeing of Low-Income Americans in the 21st Century. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Annual Conference, Providence, RI.
Ms. Sarah Pedersen - Research Associate
Pedersen, S. (2016, June). Factors Contributing to Successful Implementation of the Maryland Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Pedersen, S. (2016, June). Partnerships of ADRCs – Findings from the National ADRC Study. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Pedersen, S., Korda, H., Woodcock, C., Erdem, E. & Jenkins, S. (2013, November). From participant to completer: Understanding completion rates among older adults in the chronic disease self-management program. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Pedersen, S., Korda, H., Woodcock, C., Erdem, E. & Jenkins, S. (2014, June). Building sustainable systems for the distribution and delivery of the chronic disease self-management program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Pedersen, S., Korda, H., Woodcock, C., Erdem, E. & Jenkins, S. (2013, November). Building sustainable systems for the distribution and delivery of the chronic disease self-management program. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Pedersen, S., Korda, H., Woodcock, C., Erdem, E., Kloc, M & Jenkins, S. (2013, November). Implementing the chronic disease self-management program for older adults: State delivery models and best practices. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Pedersen, S., Nichols, D., Gall, E., Bollino, C. & Marsteller, J. (2013, June). Transformation and Implementation Evaluation of the Maryland Multi-Payor Patient Centered Medical Home Program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Pedersen, S. (2014, June). Transformation and Implementation Evaluation of the Maryland Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Program (MMPP). Presentation at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Ms. Donna Perlmutter - Managing Director
Gall, E., Siegel, S., Berkowitz, J., Rose, J., Perlmutter, D. & Siegel, R. (2014, June). Comparing Apples to Oranges: Developing Metrics for Multi-Strategy Dissemination Projects. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Rose, J., Berkowitz, J., Rhoda, D., Woodruff, R., Payn, B., Siegel, S., Perlmutter, D. & Siegel, R. (2014, June). Promoting the Effective Health Care Program among Clinicians. Paper presentation at the Interest Group Meeting - Translation and Communications as part of AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Siegel, S., Pedersen, S., Gall, E., Bollino Doyle, C., Gale, B., Woodruff, R., Perlmutter, D. & Siegel, R. (2014, June). Are Patients Driving Demand for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)? Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Ms. Eileen Poe-Yamagata - Managing Director & Principal Research Associate
Poe-Yamagata, E. (2017, March). Essential Practices for Serving Workforce Center Customers with Disabilities. Presentation at the Raising the Bar Conference, Ellicott City, MD.
Poe-Yamagata, E., Gupta, S. & Nanda, N. (2016, May). Why Evaluate the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Poe-Yamagata, E. (2007, November). The new federalism and the paradox of evaluating state grant programs. Paper presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Poe-Yamagata, E. & Morigeau, K. (2012, November). Implementation of the reemployment and eligibility assessment initiative in four states. Paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Ms. Jennifer Pooler - Senior Research Associate
Pooler, J. A., Morgan, R. M. & Wong, K. (2016, November). Food Preparation Outcomes Associated with Participation in Cooking Matters for Adults. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.
Pooler, J., Ashbrook, A. & Lewin-Zwerdling, A. (2017, March). Food Insecurity among Older Adults: Screening Best Practices and Community Intervention Strategies. Presentation at the Aging in America Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Pooler, J. A. (2015, November). Positive impact of a nutrition education program for low-income adults on food resource management skills and self-efficacy. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Chicago, IL.
Dr. Mikhail Pyatigorsky - Senior Research Associate
Pyatigorsky, M. & Abe, Y. (2017, March). Implications of Alternative Covariate Selection Procedures for Impact Estimates: Lessons from a Random Assignment Study. Poster presentation at the Association for Education Finance & Policy Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Pyatigorsky, M., Abe, Y., & Fancsali, C.(2016, March). Developing Content-Area Academic Literacy: A Randomized Control Trial of the Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education (RAISE) Project. Presentation at the SREE Spring Conference, Washington, DC.
Dr. Nada Rayyes - Senior Research Associate
Rayyes, N. & Sanchez, R. (2015, April). Career Pathway Development: An Analysis of Implementation. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Chavez, L., Rowland, T., Rayyes, N. & Sanchez, R. (2014, October). Crossing Boundaries to Develop Effective Pathways. Paper presentation at the Strengthening Student Success Conference, Costa Mesa, CA.
Rayyes, N. (2014). Unexpected aspects of the sustainability in an evaluation of a community-based health program for older lesbian/bisexual women. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Toms Barker, L. & Rayyes, N. (2011). Evaluating Your 21st CCLC Program: Evaluation Planning You Can Use. Presentation at the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Summer Institute, National Harbor, Maryland.
Mr. Andrés Romualdo - Senior Research Analyst
Bhupatkar, A. & Romualdo, A. P. (2016, April). Advancing teamwork through value stream mapping. Presentation at the 31st Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Dr. Raquel Sanchez - Research Associate
Sanchez, R. (2016, October). Regional Collaboration toward Career Pathways: Industry Engagement by Community Colleges. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Sanchez, R. (2015, November). Career Pathway Development: An Analysis of Social Networks as a Strategy for Transformative Change in Community Colleges. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Sanchez, R. (2015, August). Arizona Sun Corridor Get Into the Energy Consortium. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research Annual Workshop, Atlanta, GA.
Rayyes, N. & Sanchez, R. (2015, April). Career Pathway Development: An Analysis of Implementation. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Ms. Mousumi Sarkar - Research Associate
Sarkar, M. (2016, July). Cross-cultural Instrument Development and Testing. Presentation at the Second International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC 2016), Chicago, IL.
Dr. Alisú Schoua-Glusberg - Principal Research Associate
Schoua-Glusberg, A. (2016, July). Implementing the TRAPD Model: Team/committee Approaches in Practice. Presentation at the Second International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC 2016), Chicago, IL.
Dr. John Scoggins - Director of Analytics
Scoggins, J. (2015, June). Cost and Health Effects of Healthy Incentives, King County Washington’s Award-Winning Workplace Wellness Program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Mr. Michael Siers - Senior Research Analyst
Siers, M. (2015, June). Descriptive Evaluation of Healthy Howard’s Community Care Team, a Care Transition Program. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Mr. Jonathan Simonetta - Chief Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Chamberlain, A., Gupta, S., Moore, J. & Simonetta, J. (2017, March). An Evaluation Toolkit for the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association of Workforce Board Forum, Washington, DC.
Dr. Mithuna Srinivasan - Research Associate
Gupta, M. & Srinivasan, M. (2017, July). Serving Disconnected Young Adults: Impact Evaluation of the @LIKE Program. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA.
Gupta, M. & Srinivasan, M. (2017. July). Gold-Standard Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Training Provided within the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pooler, J. & Srinivasan, M. (2017, November). SNAP Participation and Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence among Older Adults with Chronic Conditions. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Srinivasan, M. & Pooler, J. (2017, November). SNAP Benefits Go Beyond Food Access: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of SNAP and Medication Nonadherence for Older Adults. Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Gupta, S. & Srinivasan, M. (2017, March). A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Workforce Development Program for Disconnected Youth. Presentation at the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Conference, Washington, DC.
Ms. Brittany Sumnicht - Senior Research Analyst
Sumnicht, B. (2016, June). Longitudinal Trends in Private Health Insurance Plans: Nationally and by State. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Dr. Muyiwa Tegbe - Research Associate
Meza-Cordero, J. (June, 2015). The Effects of Childhood Health on Education and Economic Outcomes in Adulthood. Presentation at the Western Economic Association 90th Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Mr. David Thomas - Principal Research Associate
Garasky, S., Thomas, D. & Levin, M. (2015, April). Brown Bag Lunch Seminar. Presentation for the Administration for Children and Families, Washington, DC.
Ms. Linda Toms Barker - Principal Research Associate
Toms Barker, L. (2016, October). Listening to the Customers’ Voices: Findings of Participant Focus Groups on the Accessibility of the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Toms Barker, L. (2016, October). Rigorous Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Teen Pregnancy and STI Prevention Program for Hawaii Middle-Schoolers. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2016, April). Increasing Employment of Persons with Disabilities through Section 503: Affirmative Strategies that Work. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2016, April). Promising Practices and Innovations in the Public Workforce System. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2016, April). Toward an Accessible and Inclusive Public Workforce System. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2015, May). Removing Roadblocks to an Accessible Workforce System. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Toms Barker, L. (2015, November). Conducting a Culturally-Sensitive Rigorous Evaluation of a Culturally-Responsive Intervention: Preliminary Findings, Lessons Learned, and Challenges from an RCT of a TPP/STI Program in Hawai’I. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Toms Barker, L., Magill, K. & Chamberlain, A. (2015, November). Disclosing Disability to Access Opportunities through the Workforce Development System. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Toms Barker, L. (2015, September). Rigorous Evaluation of a Culturally-Responsive Teen Pregnancy and STI Prevention Program for Hawai‘i Middle Schoolers. Presentation at the Hawai‘i-Pacific Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Magill, K. & Toms Barker, L. (2015, May). It Takes a Village: The Beacon Hill Village Model of Interdependent Living. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Toms Baker, L. & Magill, K. (2014). Career Pathways: Transition from School to Work and Lifelong Learning. Presentation at the Pacific Rim International Conference On Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.
Toms Barker, L. (2014, October). Sustainability as Institutionalization: Strategies for Adoption of Pono Choices Middle School Curriculum. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Toms Barker, L. & Rayyes, N. (2014, October). Evaluating "Doing it for Ourselves": A Community-Based Health Program for Older Lesbian/Bisexual Women. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Dr. Riha Vaidya - Research Associate
Vaidya, R. (2016, June). Do Price-based Policies Influence Health Behaviors and Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases? Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Mr. Kevin Van Dyke - Principal Research Associate
Shirley, B., Van Dyke, K., Chan, V., Abdurazak, T., Nakahata, P. & Fish, T. (2018, February). The Effect of AV Changes and Market Uncertainties on OOPC Trends in New York State. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC.
Fish, T., Van Dyke, K., Shirley, B. Nakahata, P. & Shefrin, A. (2018, February). Lessons Learned from Engaging Navigators and Consumer Assisters in Developing an Out-of-Pocket-Cost Transparency Tool. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC.
Van Dyke, K. (2018, February). Lessons Learned: Working with Navigators to Create a Consumer Friendly out of Pocket Cost Tool. Presentation at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC.
Van Dyke, K., Nakahata, P. & Benjamin, E. (2018, February). Facilitating Informed Consumer Health Plan Choices. Roundtable presentation at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC.
Dr. Rekha Varghese - Senior Research Associate
Varghese, R. (2016, June). Participant Experience with Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) – Findings from the National ADRC Study. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Varghese, R. & Clark-Shirley, L. (2015, November). Partnerships of ADRCs: Findings from the National ADRC Study. Presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Varghese, R. (2015, November). Descriptive Evaluation of Healthy Howard’s Community Care Team: A Care Transition Program. Presentation at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Ms. Justine Wagner - Research Associate
Warth, M. & Wagner, J. (2015, November). Completing the Quality Puzzle: The Impact of Medicare FFS Data on Provider Performance Results in Oregon and Central New Mexico. Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, IL.
Wagner, J. (2015, June). Impact of Medicare FFS Data on Provider Performance in Oregon and Central New Mexico. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Turbyville, S., DeMar, S., Peters, B. & Wagner, J. (2014, June). The Qualified Entity Certification Program: A Change Agent for Healthcare. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Ying Wang - Senior Research Associate
Wang, Y. (2009). Part D plan ratings: mixed methods to evaluate part D organization's performance and promote quality improvement. Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Wang, Y., Dodkowitz, A., Fuda, K. & Shoemaker, S. (2011). Stakeholder Engagement Practices Learned from International Comparative Effectiveness Research Agencies. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Urdapilleta, O., Wang, Y., Varghese, R., Kim, G., Busam, S. & Palmisano, C. (2011, April). Are Home- and Community-Based Services Effective in Maintaining or Improving Children’s Behavioral and Functional Health? Arlington, VA.
Urdapilleta, O., Wang, Y., Varghese, R., Kim, G., Busam, S. & Palmisano, C. (2011, June). Institution or Community: Can Home and Community Based Services Help Maintain or Improve Children’s Mental and Functional Health? Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Ms. Melinda Warth - Research Analyst
Warth, M. & Wagner, J. (2015, November). Completing the Quality Puzzle: The Impact of Medicare FFS Data on Provider Performance Results in Oregon and Central New Mexico. Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, IL.
Dr. Daniel Weinberg - Managing Director and Principal Research Associate
Weinberg, D., Rupp, A. & Gorrell, P. (2016, November). State Health Practice Database for Research. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Weinberg, D. & Cataife, G. (2016, June). A Unified Approach to Implementation and Evaluation of CMS’s Innovative Shared Savings Initiatives. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Weinberg, D. (2016, June). State Health Practice Database for Research. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
Weinberg, D., Gavin, N., Haber, S., Andrews, L. & Karikari-Martin, P. (2012, June). Development of the Environmental Scanning and Program Characteristics Database. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Weinberg, D., Kahn, K., Baker, D., Mendel, P. & Battles, J. (2012, June). Development of a Baseline for Healthcare-Associated Infections in the United States. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Fout, B., Weinberg, D. & Bill, N. (2013, June). Impact of an Innovative HRA-based Wellness & Prevention Demonstration on HRA Outcomes, Medicare Utilization and Costs. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Fout, B., Weinberg, D. & Bill, N. (2013, June). Recruitment Strategies and Participation in the Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Fout, B., Weinberg, D. & Bill, N. (2013, June). Analyzing the Implementation of the Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Cataife, G., Weinberg, D. & Gavin, N. (2013, June). Use of Antipsychotic Medication among Medicaid Children in Eight States. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Farr, S., Gall, E., Weinberg, D.A., Battles, J.B., Chen, P., Mendel, P. & Kahn, K.L. (2014, June). Data System Inventories for Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance and Adoption of Patient Safety Practices in Multiple Care Settings. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Fout, B., Weinberg, D. & Bill, N. (2014, June). The Impact of Medicare's Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration on Health Risk Behaviors and Self-Rated Health Status. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Phyllis Weinstock - Senior Research Associate
Abe, Y. & Weinstock, P. (2015, April). Exploring How Methodological Decisions Affect the Variability of Schools Identified as Beating the Odds. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Weinstock, P. (2011, December). Teaching America's Past: Evaluating the Teaching American History Program. Presentation at the National Council for Social Sciences Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Hanson, T., Sanchez, R. & Weinstock, P. (2012). Implementing Randomized Controlled Trials in Local Education Settings: Design, Methods, Findings, and Practical Research Realities. Panel presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Weinstock, P. (2012, April). Evaluation of the Program for Infant and Toddler Care (PITC): An On-Site Training of Caregivers. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Austin, Texas.
Dr. Lanlan Xu - Senior Research Associate
Xu, L. (2015, December). The Impact of the US Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration on Health Risk Behaviors and Self-Rated Health Status. Presentation at the U.S.-Suzhou 2015 Conference: XJTLU Research Symposium on Healthy Ageing & Society, Suzhou, China.
Xu, L. (2015, June). The Legal Gain: The Impact of the 1986 Amnesty Program on Immigrants’ Access to and Use of Health Care. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Ms. Anna Yego - Senior Research Analyst
Yego, A. (2015, September). Transforming the Supplemental Food Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Through Business Process Reengineering Applying Lean Six Sigma Tools and Methods to Improve Service Delivery in Human Services. Presentation at the Institute for Industrial Engineers’ Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Daniela Zapata - Senior Research Associate
Zapata, D., Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B. & Yelowitz, A. (2016, November). Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States. Presentation at the APPAM Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Courtemanche, C. & Zapata, D. (2014). Universal Health Insurance and Mortality: Evidence from Massachusetts. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Ye Zhang - Principal Research Associate
Zhang, Y. (2016, October). Impact Evaluation of the Child Labor Elimination Actions for Real Change II (CLEAR II) Project in Malawi. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Zhang, Y. (2016, October). Inverse Probability Weighting and Endogenous Subgroup Analysis in Social Experiment: Evidence from Simulation and Project Gate. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Zhang, Y., Bukvic Jusic, E. & Brkic, E. (2016, October). New Tools for Evaluating Judicial Performance: Justice Effectiveness Index. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Zhang, Y. (2015, November). Incorporating Administrative Data in Low-Cost Impact Evaluations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Zhang, Y. (2015, March). Impacts of Formalizing Customary Land Rights in Burkina Faso: Preliminary Findings from the Rural Land Governance Project. Presentation at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington, DC.