Linnea Warren May is a policy researcher at RAND. With expertise at the nexus of health, social equity, environment, and infrastructure, she has more than ten years of experience applying qualitative, mixed-methods, and community-engaged approaches to policy analysis and dissemination, researching and partnering with diverse stakeholders to understand how data, analysis, and visualization can be used for decisionmaking. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, workshop and training development, and strategic planning. Warren May has applied these methods to projects on environmental justice; climate adaptation; health and equity measures and indicators development at the national and local scales; city resilience and equitable disaster recovery planning; and exploring barriers, facilitators, and lessons learned for how diverse U.S. communities promote health, well-being, and equity.

Before joining RAND, Warren May worked at a health communications marketing agency. She has also worked in tobacco policy and community engagement for HIV prevention. Warren May earned her M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health with a concentration in health behavior and her B.S. in biology and psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Education

M.P.H. in health behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health; B.S. in biology and psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Selected Work

  • Warren May, Linnea, Pierrce Holmes, Robin L. Beckman, Jemima E. Ohwobete, Daniel J. Bain, Sarah-Jane Haig, Adaeze Ibeanu, La'Vette Wagner, Michelle Hunter, Alyssa Lyon, Walter Lewis, and Tamara Dubowitz, Living with Wet Basements: Experiences, Barriers, and Solutions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, RAND Corporation (RR-A4418-1), 2026
  • Warren May, L., Ntazinda, A., Miro, M., Easton-Calabria, L., and Romita Grocholski, K. , Equitable Water Management: A Practical Guide for Utilities, Water Research Foundation, 2026
  • Warren May, L., Miro,. M, and Phillips, L. , Incorporating Equity and Social Dimension into Community Climate Adaptation Planning and Watershed Management: A Review of the Literature and Resources. , Water Research Foundation, 2024
  • Warren May, L., Yeung, D., Bugliari, D., & Chandra, A., "Preparing for the next pandemic: Has COVID-19 changed American attitudes?" Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2023
  • Warren May, L., Lanna, S., Fischbach, J., Bongard, M.,… Bowling, J., Pittsburgh Equity Indicators: A progress update on the state of equity in Pittsburgh. Annual Report 2018., City of Pittsburgh, 2019
  • Finucane, Melissa L., Linnea Warren May, and Joan Chang, A Scoping Literature Review on Indicators and Metrics for Assessing Racial Equity in Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery, RAND Corporation (RR-A1083-1), 2021
  • Zaber, Melanie A., Linnea Warren May, Tobias Sytsma, Brian Phillips, Stephanie J. Walsh, Rosemary Li, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Jeffrey B. Wenger, Éder M. Sousa, and Jessica Arana, Assessing Pittsburgh's Science- and Technology-Focused Workforce Ecosystem, RAND Corporation (RR-A1882-1), 2023
  • Warren May, Linnea, Jordan R. Fischbach, and Michele Abbott, Informing Pittsburgh's Options to Address Lead in Water, RAND Corporation (PE-247-RC), 2017

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