Recent News

[June 2022] “Medicaid Expansion and Avoidable Emergency Department Use—Implications for US National and State Government Spending” by Amber Sabbatini, Jerome Dugan published in JAMA Open.

[April 2022] Booshehri is appointed Director of the Center for Health Innovation & Policy Science (CHIPS).

[August 2021] “Overcoming Barriers to Access Medical Care: Exploring the Challenges Facing Minorities and Immigrants in Washington State” by Layla Booshehri and Jerome Dugan posted to Center for Health Innovation & Policy Science Brief Series.

[May 2021] “Effects of Inadequate Coverage on Healthcare Utilization: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis” by Layla Booshehri and Jerome Dugan published in Medicine.

[April 2021] Dugan is appointed to the Health Care Cost Transparency Board’s Advisory Committee on Data Issues.

[March 2021] Booshehri is appointed Associate Director of the Center for Health Innovation & Policy Science (CHIPS).

[March 2021] Dugan quoted in article “The Health 202: States are eyeing public option health plans. Many obstacles stand in the way” in The Washington Post.

[January 2021] “Impact of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program on Diet-related Disease Morbidity Among Older Adults” by Booshehri LG, Dugan J published in Health Services Research.

[December 2020] Dugan joins the Evans School of Public Policy as an Adjunct Assistant Professor.

[September 2020] “Effects of health insurance on patient demand for physician services” by Dugan J paper published in Health Economics Review.

[August 2020] “Effects of a trauma-informed curriculum on depression, self-efficacy, economic security, and substance use among TANF participants: Evidence from the Building Health and Wealth Network Phase II” by Dugan J, Booshehri L et al. paper published in the Social Science and Medicine.

[June 2020] “Fixed effects analysis of the incidence of cardiovascular outcomes under managed care following the managed care backlash” by Dugan J paper published in the Medicine.

[May 2020]  “Trauma-Informed Financial Empowerment Programming Improves Food Security Among Families With Young Children” by Phojanakong P, Welles S, Dugan J, Booshehri LG, Brown Weida E, Mariana Chilton MM paper published in the Journal of Nutrition and Education Behavior.

[October 2019] Dugan quoted in article “Keiro’s potential deal with Transforming Age questioned” in Northwest Asian Weekly.

[May 2019] Dugan quoted in article “Kin On adopts new health care model” in Northwest Asian Weekly.

[May 2019] Dugan quoted in article “Keiro board hopes to save assisted living” in Northwest Asian Weekly.

[January 2019] Booshehri and Dugan join the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington (Seattle).

[June 2018] Booshehri LG, Dugan J paper wins best non-European paper award at the European Health Management Association research meeting.

[June 2018] Booshehri and Dugan present at the European Health Management Association research meeting.

[June 2018] Booshehri and Dugan present at the Western Economics Association International research meeting.

[April 2018] Booshehri and Dugan present at the Population Association of America research meeting.

[February 2018] Booshehri LG, Dugan J, et al. paper published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies featured in ASPPHReutersDrexel Now, The Inquirer, and Medical Xpress.

[January 2018] “Trauma-informed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): A Randomized Controlled Trial with a Two-Generation Impact” by Booshehri LG, Dugan J, et al. paper published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies.

[November 2017] Booshehri and Dugan present at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management research meeting.

[October 2017] Dugan joins the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center as a full member.

[August 2017] Dugan presents lecture at UUSJ Healthcare Justice Webinar Series – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Senate’s Healthcare Negotiations: Long Term Issues for the American Economy.

[July 2017] Booshehri and Dugan present invited talk at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan – Enhancing the health of aging populations through improved individual and collective decision-making.

[July 2017] Booshehri presents at Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research Annual Meeting, Osaka, Japan – Impact of SNAP on health disparities among elderly patients with nutritional disease.

[July 2017] Dugan presents at Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research Annual Meeting, Osaka, Japan – Supplemental coverage decisions among near Medicare eligible adults with chronic disease.

[July 2017] Booshehri and Dugan present invited talk at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan – Enhancing population health through improved individual and collective decision-making.

[May 2017] Dugan and Booshehri win NIH R03 Grant.

[May 2017] Amarah Malik joins HEAL as a Drexel Star Scholar.

[May 2017] Caichen Zhong joins HEAL.

[July 2016] Booshehri and Dugan serve as co-investigators on Robert Wood Johnson System for Action (S4A) Grant.

[June 2016] Booshehri and Dugan present at the American Society of Health Economists Biannual Meeting.

[May 2016] Dugan presents lecture at BAYADA Home Health Care Speaker Series – Affordable Care Act: Blessing or a Curse.

[May 2016] Booshehri and Dugan join the Drexel Center for Population Health and Community Impact as Faculty Fellows.

[March 2016] Dugan receives secondary appointment in the Dornsife School of Public Health in the Department of Health Management and Policy.