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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; PhD Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Assistant Policy Researcher; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Commentary
Sep 6, 2024
Ukraine's bold incursion into Russia's Kursk region may not be enough to deliver an absolute military victory for Kyiv. However, the Kursk offensive may work to Ukraine's advantage at the negotiating table.
Report
Sep 4, 2024
In this report, the authors present findings from the process and outcome evaluation of two court-based programs funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) for youth with significant clinical needs in Los Angeles County.
Sep 3, 2024
Geopolitical tensions between China and the United States have escalated in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, raising fears of war. The Gulf of Thailand has remained relatively calm, but that may change as Beijing undertakes controversial projects that could inflame the region.
Aug 30, 2024
Every year RAND sends more than a dozen surveys to members of the American Educator Panels to keep tabs on what is happening in classrooms around the country. When we looked back on the last 12 months of reports based on our surveys, these are the findings that told us the most about the state of American public schools.
Aug 29, 2024
In this report, the authors assess how Help Me Grow Western New York addresses the regional need for a comprehensive and coordinated system of early childhood development services and care.
Research Brief
This brief summarizes how the Help Me Grow Western New York initiative is bolstering a comprehensive and coordinated system of early childhood development services and care in the region and where there are opportunities for growth.
Aug 28, 2024
Despite advances in technology and increasing regulation, many in the United States still face challenges accessing safe drinking water. Keeping America's water safe requires new approaches to monitoring, tracking, and treatment.
Journal Article
Researchers conducted time trend and geospatial analyses of Medicaid enrollees between 2016 and 2019 in West Virginia to examine medications for opioid use disorder utilization patterns following Medicaid coverage of methadone.
Aug 21, 2024
As the presidential election nears, the threat of political violence looms large. What can be done to protect candidates, election workers, voters, and the electoral process at the heart of American democracy?
This study includes three aims. The first two will inform the development of a survey instrument in aim III that will be administered to all EMS agencies in Michigan, testing factors associated with increased OHCA survival to build an EPOC Toolkit.
This study aims to evaluate rates of fire or police first responder-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use, as well as their associated impact on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes.
Using data from Michigan Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (MI-CARES) for years 2014-2017, we calculated rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) upon emergency department arrival across EMS agencies in Michigan.
