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The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
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Dr. Morgan Shields is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis’ Brown School, where she directs the Inclusive, Dignified, Equitable, Accountable, and Loving (IDEAL) lab. Dr. Shields researches the quality and accountability of healthcare, with a focus on behavioral health services. Most of her work has focused on institutional settings (e.g., inpatient psychiatric care) given the extreme power imbalances and vulnerabilities that patients face in such settings. Her work has been published in leading journals and has had impact at both the federal and state levels.
July 2023
