Notes on Contributors

E. Kathleen Adams is an associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta. Her specialty is the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services for the Medicaid population, particularly the usefulness of risk adjusters for setting Medicaid capitated rates and the differences in Medicaid and private hospital markets.

Claire D. Brindis is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and director of the Center for Reproductive Health Policy Research at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco. She conducts research on adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, reproductive health services, and family planning, with a focus on program evaluation in these areas.

Anita J. Chawla is an associate director and senior economist at the MEDSTAT Group in Washington, D.C. She is interested in maternal and child health and the application of econometric methods to research questions on program evaluation and treatment effects.

Marilyn R. Ellwood is a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Ellwood has a long-standing interest in research related to Medicaid eligibility. Among her current projects are an investigation of the impact of welfare reform on Medicaid enrollment, a review of methodologies for estimating the numbers of uninsured children, and a multistate evaluation of Medicaid 1115 waiver demonstrations for managed care.

Norma I. Gavin is a senior research economist at the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina, where she evaluates Medicaid managed care and EPSDT programs, analyzes the policies and economics of maternal and child health issues and programs, and studies evidence-based practice in pediatrics. She is currently evaluating Medicaid managed care programs in several states.

Neal Halfon is a professor of pediatrics in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is examining access to care for poor children and delivery of health services to children with special health care needs. Dr. Halfon has investigated the immunization status of inner-city children, the health care needs of children in foster care, trends in chronic illnesses of children, the delivery of health care services for children with asthma, and new models of health service delivery for high-risk children.

Elicia J. Herz, senior manager of the MEDSTAT Group in Washington, D.C., specializes in research and policy analysis of maternal and child health issues. She recently studied Medicaid coverage of undocumented, alien children and assessed EPSDT implementation under Medicaid managed care programs.

Ian T. Hill is associate director of Health Systems, Research, Inc., in Washington, D.C., where he directs projects that are designed to evaluate maternal and child health programs and to provide policy analysis and technical assistance.

Dana C. Hughes is an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She conducts research and writes on issues related to health care financing and children’s access to health care, with an emphasis on low-income children. In addition to her writing, she has supplied technical assistance on these topics to federal, state, and local health agencies, health care providers, and community groups.

Kay Johnson is a senior research staff scientist at the George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research. She has worked actively to develop Medicaid policy at the federal and state levels since 1984 while holding senior health staff positions at the Children’s Defense Fund and the March of Dimes. Her publications include articles and reports about children’s health advocacy, the impact of recent Medicaid policy changes, and the 1997 Children’s Health Insurance Program.

David Mechanic is the director and Rene Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Among his current interests are the effects of managed care, the changing organization of mental health services, and trust in physicians and medical institutions.

Paul W. Newacheck is a professor of health policy and pediatrics at the Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, where he conducts health services research in chronic illness epidemiology and health care finance. Currently, he is studying trends in the prevalence of disability among children and the implementation of the new State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Alice Sardell is an associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. While pursuing her broad research interests in the politics of social policy, she has published articles on the welfare rights movement, the politics of primary health care, physicians’ networks, child health policy, and health policy in New York State. She is currently working on a study of policy communities in children’s health.

Mary E. Stuart is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she teaches organization and delivery of health care. With Dr. Michael Weinrich, she recently completed a multiyear study of international best practices for high-risk populations.

Jeffrey Wasserman is senior project director of the MEDSTAT Group in Washington, D.C. He conducts research projects in health care financing, quality of health care, tobacco control, and prevention. He is currently engaged in research related to teenage smoking behavior, the effects of behavioral risk factors on health expenditures, and youth violence.

Michael Weinrich is professor of neurology at the University of Maryland and medical director of rehabilitation at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Weinrich worked with Mary E. Stuart on a study of international best practices for high-risk populations.

Beth L. Zimmerman is a policy associate at Health Systems Research, Inc., in Washington, D.C. Her particular interests are maternal and child health policy analysis and research and the provision of technical assistance to state and local programs that are working to improve systems of care for children and families.

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Volume 76, Issue 2 (pages 303–306)
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00090
Published in 1998