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Read in Brookings Feb 15, 2021 Williams: Public Option in Biden Plan Could Change the Face of US Health Care Health Policy Democracy President Biden issued ten executive orders to fight COVID-19 on his first day in office, but his health care platform extends far beyond coronavirus. In an article for The Conversation, Batten’s Michael Williams explores the sweeping health care reforms proposed by the Biden administration and the significant impact they could have on Americans. Read in The Conversation Jan 25, 2021 Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan Health Policy Social Equity According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight. READ IN UVA TODAY Jan 21, 2021 The Lobbyist Is In: A UVA Youth Health Advocate Takes on a Polarized Congress Advocacy Health Policy People told Batten's Brooke Lehmann she would never find bipartisan support for school-based health centers. She didn’t listen. READ IN UVA TODAY Jan 04, 2021 Key justices seem inclined to uphold the Affordable Care Act. But uncertainty remains. Economics Health Policy In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor and health economist Sebastian Tello-Trillo discussed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the healthcare law, as well as its policy implications. Learn more Nov 27, 2020 Children’s Mental Health: How a Pandemic Has Created a New Epidemic Health Policy Advocacy According to Batten's Brooke Lehmann, the need for mental health care for children and adolescents has never been higher. On UVA’s Lifetime Learning podcast, Lehmann explores the state of children’s mental health, both pre- and post-pandemic. Listen on SoundCloud Nov 24, 2020 Margaret Foster Riley on the Pandemic Plan: Operation Warp Speed Health Policy Batten's Margaret Foster Riley examines challenges facing coronavirus vaccine distribution during the presidential transition. Learn more Oct 16, 2020 Q&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No. Economics Health Policy Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance. READ IN UVA TODAY Aug 05, 2020 New Research Finds 'Systemic Barrier' to HIV Prevention in Southern States Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity Professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo, along with a team of researchers from UVA, have discovered that the South, the U.S. region with the most HIV infections each year, also has the greatest barriers to obtaining drugs that can prevent the disease for people who rely on Affordable Care Act insurance plans. READ IN UVA TODAY Aug 03, 2020 Batten’s Bala Mulloth Receives COVID-19 Social Entrepreneurship Grant Social Entrepreneurship Health Policy A team of faculty that includes Batten professor Bala Mulloth have been awarded $110,000 for their proposal titled “Technology Driven Entrepreneurial Solutions to Address Healthcare Worker Protection Needs.” Learn more Jul 08, 2020 Respiratory Illness and Poverty in Senegal: A Conversation with Professor Braithwaite International and Global Affairs Health Policy Batten Professor of Public Policy Jeanine Braithwaite and PhD candidate Kamwoo Lee discuss poverty and upper respiratory infections in Senegal for the Center for Global Health's Global COVIDiaries. Watch on UVA Global Jun 30, 2020 Black Americans are Systematically Under-Treated for Pain. Why? 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Feb 25, 2021 Understanding COVID-19-Era Enrollment Drops among Early-Grade Public School Students Education Health Policy The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted schooling nationwide, raising serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning. But, as Batten’s Daphna Bassok and co-author Anna Shapiro write in Brooking’s “Brown Center Chalkboard” blog, relatively less has been written about the experiences of the “missing children”—those who have not enrolled in public school at all. Read in Brookings
Feb 15, 2021 Williams: Public Option in Biden Plan Could Change the Face of US Health Care Health Policy Democracy President Biden issued ten executive orders to fight COVID-19 on his first day in office, but his health care platform extends far beyond coronavirus. In an article for The Conversation, Batten’s Michael Williams explores the sweeping health care reforms proposed by the Biden administration and the significant impact they could have on Americans. Read in The Conversation
Jan 25, 2021 Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan Health Policy Social Equity According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight. READ IN UVA TODAY
Jan 21, 2021 The Lobbyist Is In: A UVA Youth Health Advocate Takes on a Polarized Congress Advocacy Health Policy People told Batten's Brooke Lehmann she would never find bipartisan support for school-based health centers. She didn’t listen. READ IN UVA TODAY
Jan 04, 2021 Key justices seem inclined to uphold the Affordable Care Act. But uncertainty remains. Economics Health Policy In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor and health economist Sebastian Tello-Trillo discussed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the healthcare law, as well as its policy implications. Learn more
Nov 27, 2020 Children’s Mental Health: How a Pandemic Has Created a New Epidemic Health Policy Advocacy According to Batten's Brooke Lehmann, the need for mental health care for children and adolescents has never been higher. On UVA’s Lifetime Learning podcast, Lehmann explores the state of children’s mental health, both pre- and post-pandemic. Listen on SoundCloud
Nov 24, 2020 Margaret Foster Riley on the Pandemic Plan: Operation Warp Speed Health Policy Batten's Margaret Foster Riley examines challenges facing coronavirus vaccine distribution during the presidential transition. Learn more
Oct 16, 2020 Q&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No. Economics Health Policy Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance. READ IN UVA TODAY
Aug 05, 2020 New Research Finds 'Systemic Barrier' to HIV Prevention in Southern States Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity Professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo, along with a team of researchers from UVA, have discovered that the South, the U.S. region with the most HIV infections each year, also has the greatest barriers to obtaining drugs that can prevent the disease for people who rely on Affordable Care Act insurance plans. READ IN UVA TODAY
Aug 03, 2020 Batten’s Bala Mulloth Receives COVID-19 Social Entrepreneurship Grant Social Entrepreneurship Health Policy A team of faculty that includes Batten professor Bala Mulloth have been awarded $110,000 for their proposal titled “Technology Driven Entrepreneurial Solutions to Address Healthcare Worker Protection Needs.” Learn more
Jul 08, 2020 Respiratory Illness and Poverty in Senegal: A Conversation with Professor Braithwaite International and Global Affairs Health Policy Batten Professor of Public Policy Jeanine Braithwaite and PhD candidate Kamwoo Lee discuss poverty and upper respiratory infections in Senegal for the Center for Global Health's Global COVIDiaries. Watch on UVA Global
Jun 30, 2020 Black Americans are Systematically Under-Treated for Pain. Why? Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity When it comes to the healthcare you receive, the color of your skin can make a significant difference, social psychologist Sophie Trawalter told an online audience last week. Learn more