Jeffrey Wasserman
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Education
Overview
Biography
Jeffrey Wasserman is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and assistant dean for academic affairs, as well as professor, at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He currently leads the National Health Security Strategy project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and coleads projects related to public health entrepreneurship and the relationship between law and public health emergency preparedness. He was co–principal investigator on RAND's Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts (COMPARE) initiative and played a key role in a Gates Foundation–funded project on developing a global vaccine stockpile for pandemic influenza. Wasserman is an instructor in the University of Southern California's International Public Policy and Management program, where he teaches a course on public policy formulation and implementation. Wasserman received his B.A. in political science and his M.S. in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester; and his Ph.D. in public policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Evaluation of federal, state, and local public health preparedness programs
- Health care reform in the United States
Selected Publications
P.D. Jacobson, J. Wasserman, et al., "The Role of Law in Public Health Preparedness: Opportunities and Challenges," Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, 37(2), 2012
E.A. McGlynn, et al., "Could We Have Covered More People At Less Cost? Technically, Yes; Politically, Probably Not," Health Affairs, 29(6), 2010
Michael A. Stoto et al., Learning from Experience: The Public Health Response to West Nile Virus, SARS, Monkeypox, and Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the United States, RAND Corporation (TR-285), 2005
David J. Dausey et al., Tests to Evaluate Public Health Disease Reporting Systems in Local Public Health Agencies, RAND Corporation (TR-260), 2005
Nicole Lurie et al., Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons Learned from Seven Health Jurisdictions, RAND Corporation (TR-181), 2004
Recent Media Appearances
Commentary: United Press International
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