Published Research

Report

Data collection and sharing for pathogen surveillance: Making sense of a fragmented global system

Study providing an overview of the pathogen surveillance space, involved stakeholders, strengths and weaknesses of initiatives, challenges of pathogen surveillance, and how data has been used to inform public health decision making.

Sarah Parkinson, Jessica Dawney, Avery Adams, Ben Senator

Report

Logistics and Sustainment in the Russian Armed Forces

In this report, the author presents a brief overview of Russia’s material logistics and sustainment system and its problems prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and presents insights from the first three months of war.

Marta Kepe

Journal Article

Trends in Personal and Family Member Opioid Prescriptions Prior to a Diagnosis of an Opioid-Related Problem Among Adolescents and Young Adults

This study examined the proportion of adolescents and young adults who had an opioid-related problem and who also had a personal opioid prescription drug claim or had a family member with an opioid prescription drug claim prior to the diagnosis.

Austin C. Cohrs, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Andrew W. Dick, Bradley D. Stein, Benjamin Druss, Douglas L. Leslie

Research Brief

Recommendations for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

This brief describes potential interventions to boost recruitment and retention in Virginia’s health care workforce and increase its structural efficiency.

Megan Andrew, Brian Briscombe, Raffaele Vardavas, Nazia Wolters, Nabeel Qureshi, Wilson Nham, Mahshid Abir

Report

Improving Instructor Hiring and Development at the Emergency Management Institute

The Emergency Management Institute is revising how it secures qualified, effective instructors. Researchers analyzed how instructors are hired and developed, pinpointed strengths and challenges, and identified best practices.

Patrick S. Roberts, Rebecca Herman, Samantha Ryan

Report

Identifying Strategies for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

The authors of this report assess shortages in Virginia's health care workforce and identify potential interventions to address them.

Megan Andrew, Brian Briscombe, Raffaele Vardavas, Nazia Wolters, Nabeel Qureshi, Wilson Nham, Mahshid Abir

Commentary

Select Space Concepts for the New Space Era

In this Perspective, space researchers at the RAND Corporation identify space sustainability, security, and governance concepts that they believe are worthy of future research.

Bruce McClintock, Dan McCormick, Katie Feistel, Ajay K. Kochhar, Mary Lee, Douglas C. Ligor, Jan Osburg, Henri van Soest, Emmi Yonekura

Research Brief

Impact of Eligibility Requirements and Propensity to Serve on Demographic Representation in the Department of the Air Force

This brief summarizes RAND Project AIR FORCE research on a process that provides relevant benchmarks for assessing Department of the Air Force demographics and that accurately reflects important gender and racial and ethnic differences.

Tiffany Berglund, Louis T. Mariano, Christopher E. Maerzluft

Report

Quantifying Vulnerability Lifespans for U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons

The authors generated novel vulnerability life span and software update cadence datasets. Datasets were used to quantify cost and operational time uncertainties, and estimate life-cycle costs of the U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons program.

Devin Tierney, Bradley Wilson, Hansell Perez, Augustine Bravo, Megan McKernan, Thomas Goughnour

Testimony

Enhancing U.S. Coast Guard Interdiction: Information-Sharing, Technology, and Interagency and International Cooperation and Collaboration

Testimony presented before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on November 14, 2023.

Aaron C. Davenport

Brochure

RAND Research on Military Recruiting

The Department of the Air Force seeks more diversity and technical knowledge in its recruits and the pool of eligible candidates who have a desire to serve is shrinking. This document provides an overview of work that RAND has conducted in this area.

Journal Article

The Association of the Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers with Emergency Department Utilization Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Using 2008-2013 Medicaid files, this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the effect of Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs on emergency department utilizations among youth with autism spectrum disorder.

Guodong Liu, Diana L. Velott, Lan Kong, Andrew W. Dick, David Mandell, Bradley D. Stein, Michael J. Murray, Djibril M. Ba, Zuleyha Cidav, Douglas L. Leslie

Journal Article

Effect of a Peer Comparison and Educational Intervention on Medical Test Conversation Quality: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Results of this initial trial suggest that future interventions to improve medical test conversations and reduce test overuse might focus on easing physician adoption barriers and leveraging patient-clinician relationships.

Ishani Ganguli, Kathleen L Mulligan, Emma D. Chant, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Leigh Simmons, Karen Sepucha, Robert S. Rudin

Journal Article

Overcoming the Challenges of Using Automated Technologies for Public Health Evidence Synthesis

This study outlines the challenges associated with the adoption of automated technologies to conduct evidence reviews within the public health sector, and the potential solutions and actions that can be taken to mitigate these.

Lucy Hocking, Sarah Parkinson, Avery Adams, Emmanuel Nielsen, Cecilia Ang, Helena de Carvalho Gomes

Journal Article

Telehealth Adoption by Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The study examined temporal and geographic trends in telehealth availability at U.S. behavioral health treatment facilities and risk factors for not offering telehealth.

Jonathan H. Cantor, Ryan K. McBain, Aaron Kofner, Russell Hanson, Bradley D. Stein, Hao Yu

Journal Article

Black-White Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes: A Simulation Study of Screening Benefit

This paper compares projected colorectal cancer (CRC) screening benefits for Black and White populations in the context of secular changes in CRC risk, shifts in CRC location, and Black?White disparities in CRC-specific and overall survival.

Carolyn M. Rutter, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Christopher E. Maerzluft, Folasade P. May, Caitlin C. Murphy

Tool

CLARO Implementation Manual: Strategies and Supports for Successful Implementation of the CLARO Intervention

This manual describes how to implement the Collaboration Leading to Addiction Treatment and Recovery from Other Stresses (CLARO) intervention, which adapts the Collaborative Care Model for adults with opioid use disorder and depression and/or PTSD.

Alex R. Dopp, Miriam Komaromy, Laura Brown, Karen Chan Osilla, Grace Hindmarch, Shreyas Bharadwaj, Lisa S. Meredith, Virginia Chitwood-Sedore, Mallika Bhandarkar, Sapna J. Mendon-Plasek, Valerie Carrejo, Katherine E. Watkins

Periodical

RAND Review: November-December 2023

Features explore the use of psychedelics to address depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders among veterans, and the prevalence of food insecurity among active-duty military families and veterans.

Report

Data enhancement and analysis of the REF 2021 Impact Case Studies

RAND Europe and partners conducted a study to examine the broader societal impacts of research conducted at UK higher education institutions, as represented by the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Impact Case Studies.

Cagla Stevenson, Jonathan Grant, Martin Szomszor, Cecilia Ang, Devika Kapoor, Salil Gunashekar, Susan Guthrie