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Alumni In Action
Joycee JacobTell us about your career trajectory before, during, and after the program. Ten years ago I started my career in Healthcare Administration as a Manager at NYU Langone Health and worked my way up to Director. During the program, my role expanded to …
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Alumni Spotlight: Lisa D'Oyen (MPA 2014)In the Spring 2024 Global Public Service Newsletter, the Wagner Office of International Programs connected with Wagner alumna, Lisa D'Oyen (MPA 2014) . Where do you work? Describe your current job. I am currently the Executive Director of two corporate …
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Spillover effects of HIV testing policies: changes in HIV testing guidelines and HCV testing practices in drug treatment programs in the United StatesBACKGROUND: To examine the extent to which state adoption of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2006 revisions to adult and adolescent HIV testing guidelines is associated with availability of other important prevention and medical …
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Elective CoursesJanuary 2026 EXEC-GP 2113 Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies Spring 2026 ( Grid View ) EXEC-GP 2170 Performance Measurement & Management EXEC-GP 2430 Cross-Sector Collaborations EXEC-GP 2413 Strategic Philanthropy Fall 2026 ( Grid View ) …
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Disparities in Service Quality Among Insured Adult Patients Seen in Physicians’ OfficesObjective To examine racial disparities in health care service quality. Design Secondary data analyses of visits by primary care service users in the Community Tracking Study household sample. Setting Sixty communities across the United States. …
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Student Spotlight: Mahima Sharda (MPA 2022)What motivated you to attend the Wagner School of Public Service? There are, of course, so many reasons – being able to live in New York, the incredible faculty, and the unique classes on offer – but I think that one “eureka” moment came sometime while I …
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Mobility and the MetropolisIn a 2011 public opinion poll, The Pew Charitable Trusts asked Americans how important they thought a number of factors were in determining whether people in the United States get ahead or fall behind economically. More than 80 percent of respondents …
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Quamid FrancisQuamid Francis is a distinguished professional whose dedication to public service and leadership has made significant contributions to the public and nonprofit sectors. A native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Quamid's career has been defined by …
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Estimating Impacts in Policy ResearchThis is an advanced course for students who plan to become policy analysts. Students (a) extend their familiarity with methodologic issues, including research designs, measurement problems, and analytic approaches; (b) get hands-on experience with …Publication
Studies of physician-patient communication with older patients: How often is hearing loss considered? A systematic literature reviewHearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one-quarter of adults aged 60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about one in five adults with hearing loss wears a hearing aid, leaving many …
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NYU Wagner Capstone Team works with alumna to improve education in Nicaragua coffee fields For school-aged children growing up in the isolated coffee lands of Nicaragua, educational opportunities are scarce. Poverty and lack of access to schools in these remote, rural areas keep close to half a million children from going to school. As a …
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Methylmercury exposure in a subsistence fishing community in Lake Chapala, Mexico: an ecological approachBACKGROUND: Elevated concentrations of mercury have been documented in fish in Lake Chapala in central Mexico, an area that is home to a large subsistence fishing community. However, neither the extent of human mercury exposure nor its sources and routes …
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Applying cost analyses to drive policy that protects children: mercury as a case studyExposure in prenatal life to methylmercury (MeHg) has become the topic of intense debate in the United States after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal in 2004 to reverse strict controls on emissions of mercury from coal-fired …
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Medicare Payments, Health Care Services Use, and Telemedicine Implementation Cost in Randomized Trial Comparing Telemedicine Case Management With Usual Care in Medically Underserved Patients With Diabetes MellitusObjective To determine whether a diabetes case management telemedicine intervention reduced healthcare expenditures, as measured by Medicare claims, and to assess the costs of developing and implementing the telemedicine intervention. Design We studied …
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Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)James Stratford (EMPA 2021), Executive Director, NYC Young Men's Initiative As the Executive Director of the NYC Young Men’s Initiative, can you share insights into your role and your key responsibilities in day-to-day operations? I am a product of the …
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Samantha WhiteSamantha is a Managing Partner with HR Confidential, LLC an HR Consulting Company serving healthcare clients in the northeast region of the US. She is a healthcare industry professional with a 20 year foundation in Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, …
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Bridging the Individual and Collective Dimensions of LeadershipCo-Lead Net organizes their second Collective Leadership Research Workshop at NYU Wagner On April 23, NYU Wagner professors Sonia Ospina and Erica Foldy launched the second Collective Leadership Research Workshop , a three-day workshop titled Logics in …
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Impressed to Inspired: A Conversation with the NYU Wagner Alum Behind New York’s Grassroots Housing Movement by: Rhea Almeida (MPA-PNP) “I spent three weeks looking for a place in Brooklyn and almost died,” a friend and fellow Wagner student said about his experience house-hunting in New York City. As a first-year graduate student, I faced my own challenges …
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Prioritizing the Protection of Vulnerable Populations in California, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, and New YorkWhen she began studying at NYU Wagner in 2015, Justine Jacob (MPA 2018) brought her first-hand experiences working in both Palestine and Egypt to her international policy and management specialization. Justine was a global studies major in undergrad, and …
Alumni In Action
Laura McGinleyCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I am a member of the Executive Team overseeing our Development, Marketing, and Communications work. I work closely with our CEO and our Board to expand our organization's philanthropic capacity and …
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Delhi's health system exceptionalism: inadequate progress for a global capital cityObjectives: India has proclaimed commitment to the goal of Universal Health Coverage and Delhi, the National Capital Territory, has increased investment in public health and other health services over the past decade. The research investigates whether …
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Critical issues in alliances between management partners and accountable care organizationsAbstract Background Despite widespread engagement of accountable care organizations (ACOs) with management partners, little empirical evidence on these alliances exists to inform policymakers or payers. Management partners may be providing a valuable …
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Neighborhood Effects on Health: Exploring the Links and Assessing the EvidenceThis article is an extensive review of the relationship between neighborhood and health and methodological challenges. The authors categorize the ways neighborhood might affect health in three ways: direct threats created by the neighborhood's …
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Prof. Rae Zimmerman chosen to participate in Urban Infrastructure and Extreme Weather Related Events StudyRae Zimmerman, Professor of Planning and Public Administration at NYU Wagner, has been selected to participate in a multi-disciplinary team of about 50 researchers from 15 universities plus other institutions. The team, led by Arizona State University, …