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Assistant Policy Researcher; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Q&A
Sep 13, 2016
At least five states will vote on legal recreational marijuana this November. Drug policy expert Beau Kilmer hosted an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit to shed light on this and other issues.
News Release
Aug 25, 2016
A workshop demonstrated how RAND's innovative analytic methods supported by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's advanced computing capabilities can improve decision and policymaking for particularly complex issues like water resource management.
Report
This document summarizes a workshop exploring the use of high-performance computing to support real-time analytic facilitation of multiscenario natural resource management planning.
Jul 8, 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report is a case study on three Colorado counties.
This report summarizes seven case studies to highlight innovative models and best practices that leverage local health department efforts in outreach and health insurance enrollment activities tied to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Journal Article
May 9, 2016
Building a medical neighborhood--relationships among patient-centered medical homes and other providers serving a patient--requires both coordination and overarching leadership to establish continuity of care and shared accountability.
Jan 12, 2016
This research seeks to help the U.S. Air Force understand the implications for future operations in the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) of Desert National Wildlife Refuge land that overlaps the NTTR and is also proposed wilderness.
May 18, 2015
Growth in federal, state, and private funding is fueling the initiation of home visiting programs around the country.
Dissertation
Mar 27, 2015
Examines how Robust Decision Making can provide decision support to natural resource planners as they create, evaluate, and deliberate about adaptive strategies.
Feb 26, 2015
State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.
Oct 6, 2014
Explores why eligible individuals are not enrolled in health insurance coverage in Colorado and makes recommendations on how Colorado can strengthen its future outreach and enrollment efforts.
Jul 23, 2014
This report describes the evaluation of the New Mexico Home Visiting Competitive Development Grant, which aimed to pilot test the use of implementation supports to improve the development and implementation of home visiting in high-need communities.