Harvard Catalyst Profiles

The United States is facing a severe shortage of maternity care clinicians with almost half of U.S. counties not having an obstetrician–gynecologist. This shortage is associated with delays in prenatal care and adverse maternal and birth outcomes. This project aims to evaluate whether the recent health workforce policy interventions help reduce the adverse outcomes. The expected student may participate in various project activities, such as data analysis and manuscript development.

This study aims to examine the extent to which state telehealth policy changes help address the national emergency in child mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce disparities in child mental health care between mental health professional shortage areas and non-shortage areas as the nation recovers from the pandemic. The expected student may participate in various study activities, such as literature review, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.

While several studies have noted substantial variations in the generosity of benefit coverage required by state autism insurance mandates, there is little evidence on how the effects of autism insurance mandates vary by the generosity. This study aims to fill the evidence gap. The study findings will contribute to the knowledge base that can inform policymaking on expanding insurance benefits and closing coverage gaps for children with autism. The expected student may participate in various study activities, such as literature review, data analysis, and manuscript development.

This project aims to examine whether expanding mental health workforce reduces the unmet need for alcohol use disorder treatment and improves disparities in alcohol use disorder treatment and outcomes in mental health professional shortage areas. It uses multiple types of data, such as administrative, claims, and survey data. The expected student may participate in various project activities, such as literature review, data analysis, and manuscript development.