Linnea Warren May is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. She has worked on projects related to building a culture of health, city resilience planning, integrating data to assess wellbeing and social equity, patient experience with health care, disaster recovery, and military mental health and health systems. Her Pittsburgh-based work focuses on the nexus of health, social equity, environment, and infrastructure, partnering with government and non-government stakeholders to use data and analysis for decision-making. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, workshop and training development, and strategic planning. 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 B.S. in biology and psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and 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.
Selected Publications
Warren May, L., Fischbach, J.R., & Abbott, M., Informing Pittsburgh's options to address lead in water, RAND Corporation (PE-247-RC), 2017
Martin, L.T., Warren May, L., Weilant, S., Acosta, J.D., & Chandra, A., How cultural alignment and the use of incentives can promote a Culture of Health., RAND Corporation (RR-1889-RWJ), 2017
Dubowitz, T., Orleans, T., Nelson, C., Warren May, L., Sloan, J. C., & Chandra, A., "Creating Healthier, More Equitable Communities By Improving Governance And Policy," Health Affairs, 35(11), 2016
Warren May, L., Lanna, S., Fischbach, J., Bongard, M.,… Ervin, G., Pittsburgh Equity Indicators: A baseline measurement for enhancing equity in Pittsburgh. Annual Report 2017, City of Pittsburgh, 2018
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
