Health Disparities

Population-specific differences in access to quality health care, whether caused by gender, race, geography, environment, or other factors, can affect individual and community health. RAND research aims to understand the causes of—and thereby reduce disparities in—health outcomes, access, and care at the individual, community, and international levels.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; International Programs; RAND Europe; RAND Labor and Population

People (44)

Sarah Ball

Analyst
B.A. (Hons) in psychology, University of Nottingham; Ph.D. in psychology, University of Cambridge

Chloe E. Bird

Senior Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.A. in sociology, Oberlin College

Laura M. Bogart

Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. and M.S. in social psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Ryan Andrew Brown

Associate Behavioral and Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in anthropology, Emory University; M.A. in anthropology, Emory University; B.A. in anthropology, University of North Carolina

Peter Brownell

Associate Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Q Burkhart

Statistical Project Associate
M.S. in statistics, North Carolina St University; B.A. in applied mathematics, Brown University

Ramya Chari

Associate Policy Researcher
PhD in health policy and management, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Bowen Chung

Adjunct Staff
M.S.H.S., UCLA School of Public Health; M.D., MT Sinai School of Medicine; B.A. in English literature, Williams College

Tumaini Coker

Associate Natural Scientist
M.D., Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program; M.B.A., The Anderson School at University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., Stanford University, Psychology

Ashlesha Datar

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics

Lois M. Davis

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public health, University of California, Los Angeles

Kathryn Pitkin Derose

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services, M.P.H. in population and family health, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in comparative area studies-Latin America, Duke University

Allison Diamant

Adjunct Researcher
M.D., Hahnemann University; M.S.H.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Tamara Dubowitz

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Sc.D. in maternal and child health/social epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; S.M., Harvard School of Public Health; M.Sc. in anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

Marc N. Elliott

Senior Statistician
Ph.D. and M.A. in statistics, and B.A. in statistics/psychology, Rice University

Jose J. Escarce

Adjunct Health Researcher
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Ph.D., Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Karen Rocío Flórez

Associate Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. in public health, Columbia University; M.P.H. in public health, Columbia University; B.A. in anthropology, Hofstra University

Allen Fremont

Natural Scientist
M.D., Dartmouth Medical School; Ph.D. in sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.A. in social psychophysiology, University of California, Berkeley

Amelia M. Haviland

Adjunct
Ph.D. in statistics and public policy, M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in mathematics, Hampshire College

Marcela Horvitz-Lennon

Natural Scientist
M.D. in medicine with intern, Pontifical Catholic University; M.P.H. in public health, Johns Hopkins University

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