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Crystal RileyCrystal A. Riley, PharmD, MHA, MBA is an awarded and published clinical pharmacist and government affairs professional with extensive experience in healthcare delivery, policy, and legislation. Throughout her career, she has worked on a range of issues …
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Nicole BucichNicole Bucich is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She has over 25 years of experience in transportation engineering and planning. Nicole has spent the majority of her career as a …
Stories
How a Wagner Associate Dean Helped Bring the AIDS Crisis to the Big ScreenDavid Schachter Reflects on Starring in the First Feature Film About the Disease After he filmed Buddies in 1985, David Schachter ’s life changed. But not in the way you might expect for a young actor who had just starred in a movie. Buddies was not …
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Inviting Consumers To Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie ConsumptionPolicies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we tested an alternative approach: activating consumers’ self-control by having …
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Higher Fees Paid to US Physicians Drive Higher Spending for Physician Services Compared to Other CountriesHigher health care prices in the United States are a key reason that the nation’s health spending is so much higher than that of other countries. Our study compared physicians’ fees paid by public and private payers for primary care office visits and hip …
Alumni In Action
Neil ReillyCan you describe your current job duties? I manage a policy analysis team that works with teams across the agency to provide insight and recommendations to agency and city leadership. Why did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner for …
News
NYU Wagner Capstone: The Beginning of a Lifelong Journey From Fieldwork in Mozambique to a Career in Social EntrepreneurshipFor many of us, the idea of making a difference in the world through public service can seem daunting. The problems we face are often complex, multifaceted, and seemingly intractable. Yet for NYU Wagner alumna Alicia Polak (MPA 2001), this challenge was …
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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, …
Publication
Health and Social Service Expenditures: Associations with Health OutcomesObjective To examine variations in health service expenditures and social services expenditures across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and assess their association with five population-level health outcomes. Design …
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Leadership and the Psychology of PowerThis chapter begins to fill in a gap in the leadership literature by looking at the psychological experience of leaders. We assume most leaders possess power over those whom they lead, and we explicate a theory of how power affects cognition and behavior. …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Joi J. Rae (MPA-PNP 2018)Joi J. Rae (MPA-PNP 2018), director of special projects and strategic partnerships, Stand Up America We'd love to learn more about your journey in civic engagement and political action. What drew you to this field? I come from a family of immigrants who …
Faculty Profile
Ellen SchallEllen Schall is a Senior Presidential Fellow at NYU and the Martin Cherkasky Professor of Health Policy & Management at NYU Wagner. Her research focuses on leadership and organizational transformation. Professor Schall served as Dean of NYU Wagner from …
Alumni In Action
Brian HarveyWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Working in the health field, I became acutely aware of the systemic challenges facing modern healthcare. In Canada, we face significant access pressures related to chronic illness and demographic trends. But …
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Financial Survival Strategies: Taking the Long ViewHealthcare leaders will recall the margin pressures they faced pre COVID-19, the result of increasing expenses and decreasing reimbursement. The COVID-19 pandemic worsened these hardships by forcing hospitals to cancel (and patients to delay) elective …
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Susanna BlankleySusanna Blankley has 15 years of tenant and labor organizing experience. Currently, she is the Coalition Coordinator for the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition , which is made up of more than 45 tenant advocate groups, tenant organizing groups, faith based …
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Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS)Mission The Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) enhances the NYU Wagner experience by organizing events that are professionally and culturally relevant to students who identify as part of the Latinx diaspora. Rooted in the …
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Other Involvement OpportunitiesPeer Advisors Current students play an integral role in welcoming the incoming class to the Wagner community. Peer advisors share everything from community norms and personal experiences, to insider information -- like the best places to eat and study – …
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Dear Chief Executive Officer: The Perceptions of a Recently Discharged PatientDetails the hospital experience of a health professional who underwent cardiac arterial bypass graft on the said urban medical center. Errors or potential errors that were cited in the way that ancillary staff, nurses and even some physicians failed in or …
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Francis YuFrancis Yu (they/them) is a Bay Area native and has experience in community organizing, community development, and local government. They most recently served a role as a Housing Fellow for the New York City Housing Preservation and Development agency …
Alumni In Action
Marlon WilliamsTell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly describe your employment organization and position responsibilities, as well as any relevant volunteer or entrepreneurial activities? I serve as the Director of Housing Employment Programs …
News
A US-Colombia university collaboration launches the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiativeDuring the Spring 2020 semester, three Colombian academics delivered presentations about their research through a Faculty Working Group Series that is part of the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiative — a collaboration between scholars …
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2020 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONSROBERT F. WAGNER AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE for leadership capacity and exceptional contribution to public service …
Publication
Destination Effects: Residential Mobility and Trajectories of Adolescent Violence in a Stratified MetropolisTwo landmark policy interventions to improve the lives of youth through neighborhood mobility—the Gautreaux program in Chicago and the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiments in five cities—have produced conflicting results and have created a puzzle with …
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Patterns of Care and Outcomes Associated With Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus Conventional Radiation Therapy for Older Patients With Head-and-Neck Cancer Purpose : Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) requires a high degree of expertise compared with standard radiation therapy (RT). We performed a retrospective cohort study of Medicare patients treated with IMRT compared with standard RT to assess …