Sara Heins is a policy researcher at RAND. Her research focuses on using large health datasets to answer important policy questions, particularly in the areas of maternal health, injury, and substance use.
Heins has recently worked on projects related to data linkage for maternal health research, data collection of ambulance service costs, development of claims-based functional impairment algorithms, and evaluation of opioid policies. Her current research spans the topics of maternal health, workers' compensation, and prescription drug pricing.
Previously, Heins worked as a data analyst for the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium, both at Johns Hopkins. She received her Ph.D. in health policy and management with a concentration in health services research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, and her B.A. in biology and society from Cornell University.
Ph.D. in health policy and management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; B.A. in biology and society, Cornell University
