Jeanne S. Ringel

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Director, Public Health Systems and Preparedness Initiative, RAND Health; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

Overview

Biography

Jeanne S. Ringel is a senior economist at RAND, a faculty member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and an adjunct lecturer in the School of Policy Planning and Development at the University of Southern California. She has conducted research on a variety of topics including public health preparedness, health care financing and organization, and substance abuse. In the area of public health preparedness, Ringel's work focuses on pandemic influenza preparedness. She has participated in a series of projects under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services involving a review of the national pandemic influenza preparedness plan, the development of benchmarks and milestones for gauging progress toward pandemic preparedness, the development of a pandemic influenza decisionmaking guide, and an evaluation of the federal response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Prior to coming to RAND, Ringel was an assistant professor in the economics department at Louisiana State University. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Recent Projects

  • Enhancing public health preparedness
  • Pandemic influenza preparedness
  • Identifying lessons learned from the public health response to Hurricane Katrina
  • Incorporating vulnerable populations into public health preparedness planning and response
  • Assessing the impact of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Selected Publications

Lois M. Davis et al., Public Health Preparedness: Integrating Public Health and Hospital Preparedness Programs, RAND Corporation (TR-137), 2006

Ringel, J.S., C. Eibner, F. Girosi, A. Cordova, and E. McGlynn, "Modeling Health Care Policy Alternatives," Health Services Research

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Cleveland Plain Dealer; Health & Medicine Week

Economics

Recent Projects

  • Estimating the economic costs of drug abuse in the United States
  • Developing benchmarks for gauging progress toward pandemic influenza preparedness
  • Developing the National Health Security Strategy, evaluating the effectiveness of recommendations of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

Selected Publications

Pacula RL, Ringel JS, Dobkin C, Truong K, "The Incremental Inpatient Costs Associated with Marijuana Co-Morbidity," Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92(1-3):248-257, 2008

Ringel JS, Ellickson PL , Collins RL, "High School Drug Use Predicts Job-Related Outcomes at Age 29," Addictive Behaviors, 32(3):576-589, 2007

Ringel JS, Collins RL, Ellickson PL, "Time Trends and Demographic Differences in Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising on Television," Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4):473-480, 2006

Ringel JS, Wasserman J, Andreyeva T, "The Effects of Public Policy on Adolescent Demand for Cigars: Evidence from the NYTS," American Journal of Public Health, 95(6):995-998, 2005

Ringel JS, Ellickson PL, Collins RL, "The Relationship Between High School Marijuana Use and Annual Earnings Among Young Adult Males," Contemporary Economic Policy, 24(1):52-63, 2005

Sturm, R, Ringel JS, and Andreyeva T, "Increasing Obesity Rates and Disability Trends," Health Affairs, 23(2):199-205, 2004

Davis LM, Ringel JS, Public Health Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons,, MIT Press

Health & Health Care

Biography

Jeanne S. Ringel is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and leader of the Public Health Systems and Preparedness initiative within RAND Health. She is a faculty member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an adjunct lecturer in the School of Policy Planning and Development at the University of Southern California. Prior to RAND, Ringel was an assistant professor in the economics department at Louisiana State University.

In the area of public health preparedness, Ringel's work focuses on pandemic influenza preparedness. She has participated in a series of projects under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services involving a review of the national pandemic influenza preparedness plan, the development of benchmarks and milestones for gauging progress toward pandemic preparedness, the development of a pandemic influenza decisionmaking guide, and an evaluation of the federal response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.

In the area of health care financing and organization, Ringel has conducted analyses of the recent health reform legislation estimating the effects on insurance coverage and costs. She also co-led a series of projects funded by the Veterans Administration (VA) that modeled differences in treatment costs between the VA's regional networks in an effort to improve the VA's budget allocation methods.

She has also conducted numerous studies of the effects of public policy on alcohol and tobacco use.

Ringel received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Publications