News: Health Care
Professors Alcántara and West Receive Provost’s Diversity Grants
Funding will support research on stress, sleep, and health behaviors for Latinx adults, and on stigma toward drug-involved pregnant women….
Two from CSSW Are Finalists for Presidential Management Fellowships
Two students have been selected as finalists for a program that offers a foothold for a career in government. Two…
Nine PhD Students Enter the Academic Job Market
Since its inception in 1950, the doctoral program at Columbia School of Social Work has produced many of the world’s…
MSW Students Learn How to Practice as a Team with Other Health Care Professionals
Columbia offers students in health care-related fields a unique opportunity to create connections and work collaboratively. Health care in the…
Heidi Allen on American Healthcare and the People Left Behind
The School of Social Work professor has seen some of the worst inequalities in American healthcare up close and is…
Project ASPIRE, an Initiative on Forced Migration in Jordan and Turkey, Reveals Initial Findings
Researchers reported on health care concerns among Syrian refugee women in Jordan, as well as on the secondary trauma experienced…
In Honor of Doctoral Alumna Alice P. Lin, A Scholarship & Lecture Series on Public Policy and Administration
The Columbia School of Social Work announces the creation of the Alice P. Lin Lecture and Doctoral Scholarship in honor…
CAREER STORY: Alumna Joins Start-up as Medical Care Coordinator for Neurodegenerative Diseases
After taking time away from her career in medical social work to raise her young children, Columbia (MSW’98) alumna and…
You’re Now Enrolled in Medicaid, But How Do You Get the Care You Need?
For low-income Americans wishing to improve their health care, getting health insurance under Medicaid is just the first step towards obtaining care to meet her needs. Next they have to figure out how the system works. Professor Heidi Allen, who has researched this topic, explains.
Why Expanded Medicaid Coverage Could Lead to More Emergency Room Visits
Assistant Professor Heidi Allen is one of the investigators in the groundbreaking Oregon Experiment, which recently published a paper showing that expanded Medicaid coverage boosted emergency room visits. In this post, she offers a possible explanation for this unexpected finding.
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