Student-Authored Publications

Pardee RAND Graduate School students participate in many RAND research projects through their On-the-Job Training. These projects provide students with tremendous opportunities to publish their work in RAND reports and peer-reviewed journals. In fact, many of our students develop an impressive publications record during their tenure at Pardee RAND, which enables them to compete successfully for positions at universities and other research institutions.

Below is a list of publications that our students have recently authored or co-authored. The list provides an excellent illustration of the range of publications that our students have had a hand in developing.

2021

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  Access to Health Care Among TRICARE-Covered Children November 8, 2021

  Joachim O. Hero, Courtney A. Gidengil, Nabeel Qureshi, Terri Tanielian, Carrie M. Farmer

  TRICARE-covered children face challenges accessing health care, with the greatest challenges among children who have experienced frequent relocations and children with special health care needs. Analyses of survey data allow a comparison between children with TRICARE and other types of insurance, as well as between children who have changed addresses more and less frequently and between children with special health care needs and those without.

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  Reopening California: Seeking Robust, Non-Dominated COVID-19 Exit Strategies November 5, 2021

  Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Robert J. Lempert, Raffaele Vardavas, Lawrence Baker, Jeanne S. Ringel, Carolyn M. Rutter, Jonathan Ozik, Nicholson Collier

  This paper uses simulation models and the Robust Decision Making (RDM) approach to stress-test California's reopening strategy and other alternatives over a wide range of futures.

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  Association Between COVID-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the US November 2, 2021

  Jonathan H. Cantor, Nabeel Qureshi, Brian Briscombe, Justin Chapman, Christopher M. Whaley

  CARES Act funds may have disproportionately gone to hospitals that were in a stronger financial situation prior to the pandemic compared to those that were not.

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  Identifying Supports for Struggling Students: Findings from the 2021 Learn Together Surveys November 2, 2021

  Sy Doan, Lucas Greer, Elizabeth D. Steiner

  In this Data Note, the authors use nationally representative survey response data from the 2021 Learn Together Surveys (LTS) to examine how secondary teachers leverage different types of information to guide them to the supports and interventions that they use in the classroom. Drawing on their analysis of LTS data, the authors discuss three key findings and conclude with implications and policy recommendations.

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  Learn Together Surveys: 2021 Technical Documentation and Survey Results November 2, 2021

  Christopher J. Young, Sy Doan, David Grant, Lucas Greer, Maria-Paz Fernandez, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Matt Strawn

  This report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the 2021 Learn Together Surveys that were administered to secondary principals and teachers in March 2021 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels. It includes a full set of basic frequency tables for each survey to inform policy and practice on various topics, such as supporting students' transitions to postsecondary pathways and student voice.

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  Shaping Coast Guard Culture to Enhance the Future Workforce November 1, 2021

  Michelle D. Ziegler, Aaron C. Davenport, Susan A. Resetar, Scott Savitz, Katherine Anania, Melissa Bauman, Karishma Patel

  Changing U.S. Coast Guard culture requires addressing recruiting, training, retaining, and empowering the future workforce. This Perspective describes organizational culture, observations made and experiences described by participants in strategic-foresight workshops, examples of other organizations addressing culture issues, research on organizational culture, and how the Coast Guard can leverage this knowledge in reshaping its future culture.

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  Practice Expense Data Collection and Methodology: Phase II Final Report November 1, 2021

  Lane F. Burgette, Joachim O. Hero, Jodi L. Liu, Catherine C. Cohen, Barbara O. Wynn, Katie Merrell, Drew M. Anderson, Daniel J. Crespin, Stephanie Dellva, Roald Euller, et al.

  In this report, the authors address how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) might improve the methodology used in practice expense (PE) rate-setting, update data that inform PE rates, or both. The system of data and methods that CMS uses to support PE rate-setting is complex; thus, CMS must take into account a number of competing priorities when considering changes to the system.

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  Translational Impacts of World Trade Center Health Program Research: A Mixed Methods Study October 26, 2021

  Thomas W. Concannon, Laura J. Faherty, Jaime Madrigano, Sean Mann, Ramya Chari, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Justin Lee, Liisa Hiatt

  In this report, the authors describe the findings and recommendations of a four-year study of the World Trade Center Health Program's research portfolio and its translational impact. The report is intended to guide Program planning by the World Trade Center Health Program leadership as it aims to maximize the impacts of Program research and achieve its goal of translating research into care for those affected by the attacks on 9/11.

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  Transforming Public Health Data Systems: White Papers to Inform Commission October 20, 2021

  Anita Chandra, Laurie T. Martin, Joie D. Acosta, Christopher Nelson, Douglas Yeung, Nabeel Qureshi, Tara Laila Blagg

  RWJF commissioned RAND to produce a series of white papers that describe the current landscape, emerging innovations, and opportunities for transforming and transitioning to a new public health data system.

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  Could Periodic Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Strategies Produce Better COVID-19 Health and Economic Outcomes? October 20, 2021

  Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Lawrence Baker

  We developed a COVID-19 transmission model to compare the effects of nonpharmaceutical public health interventions (NPIs). We find that the periodic switch between low and high NPI levels could have produced similar health outcomes as static strategies but better social welfare outcomes.

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  Modeling Infectious Behaviors: The Need to Account for Behavioral Adaptation in COVID-19 Models October 20, 2021

  Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Paul K. Davis, Andrew M. Parker, Lawrence Baker

  In this essay we discuss the need for new types of simulation models of COVID-19 that couple transmission dynamics with adaptive behaviors.

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  Final Evaluation of LA DOOR: Proposition 47 Grant Program September 30, 2021

  Melissa M. Labriola, Danielle Sobol, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Heather Sims

  The Los Angeles Diversion, Outreach, and Opportunities for Recovery program provides a comprehensive, health-focused, preventative approach that proactively engages individuals at elevated risk of returning to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office on a new misdemeanor offense related to substance use, mental illness, or homelessness. In this report, the authors summarize their findings from an evaluation of Cohort 1 of the program.

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  Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study September 24, 2021

  Ashley Pierson, Jill S. Cannon, Rachel Perera, Kata Mihaly, Rebekah LeMahieu

  This study used two trials to test whether sending emails and offering different financial incentives to Oregon ECE workforce members increased career lattice sign-up and increased education and training levels or workplace retention.

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  Toward an Asthma Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Use in Digital Remote Monitoring September 22, 2021

  Robert S. Rudin, Nabeel Qureshi, Dinah Foer, Anuj K. Dalal, Maria Orlando Edelen

  The study sought to develop and test a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for suitability in digital remote asthma symptom monitoring to identify uncontrolled asthma.

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  Evaluation of Energy Systems Network's Moving Forward Initiative in Indiana: Initial Program Outcomes and Potential Impacts September 21, 2021

  Nicholas E. Burger, Aimee E. Curtright, Jacob DeWeese, Hardika Dayalani, Rahim Ali, Brittany L. Joseph

  Affordable housing in Indiana is in short supply. Moving Forward's novel approach to affordable housing design aims to reduce household utility and transportation expenses and use innovative energy-efficient and renewable technologies. In this performance evaluation, the authors make actionable recommendations to strengthen the initiative and increase the likelihood of achieving and verifying outcomes as the program continues to mature.

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  First Responder Claims for PTSD in Workers' Compensation: Assessing the Effects of Senate Bill 542 in California September 20, 2021

  Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, J. Scott Ashwood, Kelsey O'Hollaren, Lisa S. Meredith

  Under California's Senate Bill 542, which creates a legal presumption that posttraumatic stress disorder in firefighters and peace officers is a work-related injury, additional costs to state and local governments could be large but are uncertain.

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  Posttraumatic Stress in California's Workers' Compensation System: A Study of Mental Health Presumptions for Firefighters and Peace Officers Under Senate Bill 542 September 20, 2021

  Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, J. Scott Ashwood, Kelsey O'Hollaren, Lisa S. Meredith

  In 2019, California enacted Senate Bill 542, creating a legal presumption that posttraumatic stress disorder in firefighters and peace officers is a work-related injury and compensable under workers' compensation. The authors evaluate the prevalence of mental health conditions among first responders and discuss implications for future policy.

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  Reforming the Teaching and Conducting of Policy Studies to Deal Better with Complex Systems September 17, 2021

  Paul K. Davis, Tim McDonald, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Angela O'Mahony, Osonde A. Osoba

  The teaching and conduct of policy analysis needs updating to account better for the special challenges of social problems occurring in complex adaptive systems.

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  Policy Analysis for Improving the Performance of Large Social Systems September 16, 2021

  Tim McDonald

  This column raises three questions and provides some preliminary thoughts for discussion about how the scholarship and practice of policy analysis can contribute to addressing contemporary system challenges.

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  Tiered Cost-Sharing for Primary Care Gatekeeper Clinics September 9, 2021

  Bryan Dowd, Tsan-Yao Huang, Tim McDonald

  We analyze data from a long-standing tiered cost-sharing system for primary care gatekeeper clinics. We find that when choosing a primary care clinic, consumers are responsive to the clinic's tier.

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