Director, Access and Delivery Program; Senior Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Jeanne S. Ringel is director of the Access and Delivery Program, a senior economist at RAND, and a professor of policy analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School. Ringel has over 20 years of experience leading contract research teams on a range of public health and health care topics. Ringel is currently supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in implementing the drug price negotiation components of the Inflation Reduction Act. She recently completed a series of projects to promote COVID-19 vaccination equity. This work builds on Ringel's portfolio of vaccination policy work where she has supported the HHS in developing strategic plans for improving vaccine and immunization enterprise, including the 2010 and 2020 National Vaccine Plans and the 2017 National Adult Immunization Plan. Ringel has also worked on a range of projects addressing health care access and delivery. She recently completed a project assessing the methods for measuring timely access to care in California. Prior projects focused on assessing whether the VA healthcare system has the resources and capabilities to provide timely and accessible care to veterans and modeling differences in treatment costs between the VA's regional networks to inform VA's budget allocation methods. Ringel earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park; M.A. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park
