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Learn more Mar 02, 2022 Study: Expanded Medicaid for Kids Results in More Stable Households Health Policy Economics Sebastian Tello-Trillo, an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, explains the positive “spill-up” effect on parents of children covered by Medicaid. Learn more Oct 13, 2021 Cipriano Elected to Lead Worldwide Nursing Association Health Policy Leadership Pamela Cipriano, dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing and professor of nursing and public policy at the Batten School, was elected to lead the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives. Learn more May 17, 2021 How to target opioid funding to states that need it most Health Policy Economics According to new research from Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm, the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. In an op-ed for The Hill, Ruhm suggests several ways to improve the targeting of federal grants that aim to assist states with opioid problems. Read in The Hill May 03, 2021 Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not Those With the Greatest Need Economics Health Policy In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm and co-author Bradley A. Katcher find that the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. Learn more Feb 26, 2021 Black People’s Pain Has Long Been Underestimated. It’s Time For That To Change. Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity Compelling evidence from multiple studies points to racial disparities in healthcare—both in access to care and quality of care. In an article for Women's Health, Batten's Sophie Trawalter discusses her research exploring racial bias in healthcare. Read in Women’s Health 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. 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Jun 23, 2022 We May Not Have Been as Anxious, Depressed in Pandemic's First Year as Once Thought Health Policy Findings from the Batten School's Christopher Ruhm and colleagues at Harvard question the accuracy of the CDC’s Household Pulse survey on mental health. Learn more
Apr 18, 2022 Health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms too Health Policy Economics Batten professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo shares new research suggesting that health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms. Learn more
Mar 02, 2022 Study: Expanded Medicaid for Kids Results in More Stable Households Health Policy Economics Sebastian Tello-Trillo, an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, explains the positive “spill-up” effect on parents of children covered by Medicaid. Learn more
Oct 13, 2021 Cipriano Elected to Lead Worldwide Nursing Association Health Policy Leadership Pamela Cipriano, dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing and professor of nursing and public policy at the Batten School, was elected to lead the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives. Learn more
May 17, 2021 How to target opioid funding to states that need it most Health Policy Economics According to new research from Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm, the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. In an op-ed for The Hill, Ruhm suggests several ways to improve the targeting of federal grants that aim to assist states with opioid problems. Read in The Hill
May 03, 2021 Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not Those With the Greatest Need Economics Health Policy In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm and co-author Bradley A. Katcher find that the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. Learn more
Feb 26, 2021 Black People’s Pain Has Long Been Underestimated. It’s Time For That To Change. Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity Compelling evidence from multiple studies points to racial disparities in healthcare—both in access to care and quality of care. In an article for Women's Health, Batten's Sophie Trawalter discusses her research exploring racial bias in healthcare. Read in Women’s Health
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