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Seeing Power in Action: The Roles of Deliberation, Implementation, and Action in Inferences of PowerSix experiments investigate the hypothesis that social targets who display a greater action orientation are perceived as having more power (i.e., more control, less dependence, and more influence) than less action-oriented targets. I find evidence that …
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The Role of Program Directors in Treatment Practices: The Case of Methadone Dose Patterns in U.S. Outpatient Opioid Agonist Treatment ProgramsObjective: To describe changes in characteristics of directors of outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programs, and to examine the association between directors’ characteristics and low methadone dosage. Data Source: Repeated cross-sectional surveys …
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The Role of Faith-Based Institutions in Providing Health Education and Promoting Equal Access to Care: A Case Study of an Initiative in the Southwest BronxAlthough many public health initiatives have been implemented through collaborations with faith-based institutions, little is known about best practices for developing such programs. Using a community-based participatory approach, this case study examines …
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Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trialObjective: To assess the effect of home based telehealth interventions on the use of secondary healthcare and mortality. Design: Pragmatic, multisite, cluster randomised trial comparing telehealth with usual care, using data from routine administrative …
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The Space before Action: The Role of Peer Discussion Groups in Frontline Service Provision~Studies of street-level discretion tend to focus on what influences workers’ behaviors and the consequences of their choices for advancing or compromising policy goals, but studies rarely focus on the space before action, that is, the processes through …
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PADM-GP.2173
Operations ManagementOperations management specifically involves the analysis, design, operation, and improvement of the systems and processes that deliver goods or services and ultimately outputs and outcomes. It is required to achieve the organization’s mission, provide …Publication
The Role of the Real City in Cyberspace: Understanding Regional Variations in Internet Accessibility and UtilizationSince 1993, when the first graphical web browser, Mosaic, was released into the public domain, the Internet has evolved from an obscure academic and military research network into an international agglomeration of public and private, local and global …
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Informational Technology and Organizational Change: The Role of Context in Moderating Change Enabled by TechnologyOspina, S. & Watad, M. …
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Child labor: The role of income variablity and access to credit in a cross section of countriesEven though access to credit is central to child labor theoretically, little work has been done to assess its importance empirically. Dehejia and Gatti examine the link between access to credit and child labor at a cross-country level. The authors measure …
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Organization-Based Incident Management: Developing a Disaster Volunteer Role on a University CampusCatastrophic events are an ongoing part of life, affecting society both locally and globally. Recruitment, development, and retention of volunteers who offer their knowledge and skills in the event of a disaster are essential to ensuring a functional …
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Applied Macroeconomic Analysis and Data ApplicationsThis course provides a detailed and rigorous approach to understanding the U.S. economy through practical data analysis. It will prepare students for roles in economic research and analysis. The course will include weekly readings and data exercises, …
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Fiscal Decentralization for Inclusive Development in Asia: The Role of Institutional Context in Selected Asian CountriesPaul Smoke …
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HIV testing in the nation’s opioid treatment programs, 2005-2011: The role of state regulationsObjective: To identify the extent to which clients in a national sample of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) received HIV testing in 2005 and 2011; to examine relationships between state laws for informed consent and pretest counseling and rates of HIV …
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The Role of Matched Controls In Building An Evidence Base For Hospital Avoidance Schemes: A Retrospective EvaluationObjective To test whether two hospital-avoidance interventions altered rates of hospital use: “intermediate care” and “integrated care teams.” Data Sources/Study Setting Linked administrative data for England covering the period 2004 to 2009. Study Design …
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Neighbors and Networks: The Role of Social Interactions on the Residential Choices of Housing Choice Voucher HoldersIngrid Ellen, Michael Suher, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa …
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The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Mortgage Default Risk: Evidence from New York CityUsing a rich database of non-prime mortgages from New York City, we find that census tract level neighborhood characteristics are important predictors of default behavior, even after controlling for an extensive set of controls for loan and borrower …
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Re-creating Street Level Practice: The Role of Routines, Work Groups and Team LearningAmple research documents the ubiquity of routines in street-level practice. Some individual-level and organizational-level research has explored how to break street-level routines, but little has looked at the work group level. Our study observed teams of …
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Decomposing the Black-White Wealth Gap: The Role of Parental Resources, Inheritance, and Investment DynamicsMuch research has shown that even after controlling for income, African Americans suffer from drastically lower net worths than their white counterparts; these differences in net worth have important implications for the overall well-being of blacks and …
Faculty Profile
Alexander NiyazovDr. Niyazov is currently the Senior Director, Global Value and Evidence, Pipeline Oncology Team Lead at Pfizer Oncology. In this role, he oversees a team of outcomes researchers who generate evidence to demonstrate the value proposition of early-stage …
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The Role of Special Financial Intermediaries for Subnational Development (Infrastructure) Finance in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesPaul Smoke …
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State and Local Government Agencies… , National Employment Law Project, October 27, 2022. Julia Wolfe et al., Preempting progress in the heartland , Economic …
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UPADM-GP.209
The American PresidencyThe events of the last two decades have forced a national reexamination of the institution of the American presidency. Allies of former President Trump celebrated the disruption of presidential “norms” in support of rightwing populist ideas. Supporters of …Publication
An Invisible Actor in US Governance: the Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Creation of Social Change LeadershipOspina, S. …
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Christopher ManningChris Manning is a highly accomplished executive with extensive experience in public affairs, government relations, and community impact within the real estate and healthcare sectors. His dedication to public service and strategic relationship-building …