Simon F. Haeder

Simon F. Haeder an Associate Professor of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy & Management in the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on the politics and policies of access to health and health-protective services with a focus on administrative burden, provider networks, vaccinations, and school-based health services as well as the regulatory process. He was recently recognized by the American Political Science Association’s Health Politics and Policy section with the David Kline Jones Distinguished Scholar Award. The award is given to a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of health politics and policy through their commitment to important research, health equity, and teaching. Previously, he has been a fellow in the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program, a national leadership development program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to equip teams of researchers and community partners in applying research to solve real community problems. He was also part of the inaugural cohort of the American Enterprise Institute’s Emerging Poverty Scholars program as well as a Carl Albert Congressional Graduate Fellow at the University of Oklahoma. He earned an Master’s degree in Political Science (2011) and a Ph.D. in Political Science with a minor in Applied and Agricultural Economics (2016) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also holds a M.A. in International Relations (2007) and a Master’s in Public Administration (2010) from California State University, Fresno.