Jeffrey Wasserman

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Vice President, RAND Corporation; Director, RAND Health
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in public policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in public policy analysis, B.A. in political science. University of Rochester

Overview

Biography

Jeffrey Wasserman is vice president and director of RAND Health. He currently leads the National Health Security Strategy project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and earlier led 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 led a Gates Foundation–funded project on improving diagnostic tools for the developing world. Wasserman is a professor of public policy at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and 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; his Ph.D. in public policy analysis is 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

Commentary

25 Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars — Jan 30, 2013

  • RAND.org

Stick to Facts to Find Health-Care Change That Works — Aug 29, 2009

  • The Tennessean

Prepare the Public — Dec 30, 2004

  • United Press International

Publications

The Role of Law in Public Health Preparedness: Opportunities and Challenges - 2012

How Will Health Care Reform Affect Costs and Coverage? Examples from Five States - 2011

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in California: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE - 2011

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Connecticut: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE - 2011

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Illinois: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE - 2011

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Montana: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE - 2011

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Texas: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE - 2011

The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism - 2011

The Public Health System a Decade After 9/11: Key Successes and Continuing Challenges - 2011

Achieving Public Health Legal Preparedness: How Dissonant Views on Public Health Law Threaten Emergency Preparedness and Response - 2010

Could We Have Covered More People at Less Cost? Technically, Yes; Politically, Probably Not - 2010

Strengthening Laboratory Systems in Resource-Limited Settings - 2010

A National Agenda for Public Health Systems Research on Emergency Preparedness - 2009

Are Communities Ready to Conduct Rapid and Large-Scale Dispensing of Medications During a Public Health Emergency? - 2009

Initial Evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative - 2009

Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2008

RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008 - 2008

Assessing Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Concepts, Tools, and Challenges - 2007

Conceptualizing and Defining Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2007

Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned, Phase III: Task E: Approaches for Developing a Volunteer Program to Respond to Public Health Emergencies - 2007

Estimating the Global Health Impact of Improved Diagnostic Tools for the Developing World - 2007

Lessons Learned from the State and Local Public Health Response to Hurricane Katrina - 2007

Non-pharmaceutical Public Health Interventions for Pandemic Influenza: An Evaluation of the Evidence Base - 2007

Promoting Accountability in Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2007

Quality Improvement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2007

Developing and Interpreting Models to Improve Diagnostics in Developing Countries - 2006

Emergency Preparedness Is Stimulating Changes in Public Health Practice - 2006

Global Health Diagnostics - 2006

Massachusetts Health Reform: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder - 2006

Organizing State and Local Health Departments for Public Health Preparedness - 2006

Public Health Preparedness: Evolution or Revolution? - 2006

Public Health Preparedness: Integrating Public Health and Hospital Preparedness Programs - 2006

Quality Improvement: Implications for Public Health Preparedness - 2006

Quality Improvement Methods Can Be Used to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness - 2006

Analyzing -- and Influencing -- How the VA Allocates Its Health Care Dollars - 2005

Bioterrorism Preparedness Training and Assessment Exercises for Local Public Health Agencies - 2005

Effects of Public Policy on Adolescents' Cigar Use: Evidence From the National Youth Tobacco Survey - 2005

Effects of Public Policy on Adolescents' Cigar Use: Evidence from the National Youth Tobacco Survey - 2005

Enhancing Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned: Assessing the Adequacy of Extant Exercises for Addressing Local and State Readiness for Public Health Emergencies - 2005

Learning from Experience: The Public Health Response to West Nile Virus, SARS, Monkeypox, and Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the United States - 2005

Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons from Seven Jurisdictions - 2005

Tests to Evaluate Public Health Disease Reporting Systems in Local Public Health Agencies - 2005

Gaps in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons Learned in California - 2004

Local Variation in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons from California - 2004

Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons Learned from Seven Health Jurisdictions - 2004

Understanding Potential Changes to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) System: A Regression-Based Approach - 2004

An Analysis of Potential Adjustments to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) System - 2003

The Relationship Between Cigarette Use and Other Tobacco Products: Results from the 2000 National Youth Tobacco Survey - 2003

Branding Behavior: The Strategy Behind the Truth Campaign - 2002

A Comparison of Diabetes Patients' Self-Reported Health Status with Hemoglobin A1c Test Results in 11 California Health Plans - 2001

An Analysis of the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) System - 2001

Missing in Action: The Public Health Voice in Policy Debates - 2001

The California Wellness Foundation’s Violence Prevention Initiative Findings from an Evaluation of the First Five Years - 2001

Gender-specific Effects of Modifiable Health Risk Factors on Coronary Heart Disease and Related Expenditures - 2000

Investing in Youth Tobacco Control: A Review of Smoking Prevention and Control Strategies - 2000

The Relationship Between Modifiable Health Risks and Group-Level Health Care Expenditures - 2000

The Implementation and Enforcement of Tobacco Control Laws: Policy Implications for Activists and the Industry - 1999

The Relationship Between Modifiable Health Risks and Health Care Expenditures: An Analysis of the Multi-Employer Hero Health Risk and Cost Database - 1998

The Use of EPSDT and Other Health Care Services By Children Enrolled in Medicaid: The Impact of OBRA'89 - 1998

Tobacco Control Laws: Implementation and Enforcement - 1997

The Politics of Antismoking Legislation - 1994

The Political Evolution of Anti-Smoking Legislation - 1992

The External Costs of a Sedentary Life-Style - 1989

The Taxes of Sin: Do Smokers and Drinkers Pay Their Way? - 1989

Excise Taxes, Regulation, and the Demand for Cigarettes - 1988

The New Jersey DRG System and Uncompensated Care: Some Empirical Results - 1986