Rachel Garfield, PhD

Email: rachelg@pitt.edu	Phone: 412-383-7279
Room: A612 Crabtree Hall	Education: PhD, Harvard University M.H.S., Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Link to online CV

Position:
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
State health policy and financing; Medicaid and SCHIP; politics and health policy; mental health policy

Biosketch:

Rachel Garfield, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management.  Prior to joining the faculty at the Graduate School of Public Health, Dr. Garfield held positions as a policy analyst in Medicaid/uninsured policy and research consultant for hospital operations and management.  Dr. Garfield’s current research focuses on state health financing, Medicaid and SCHIP policy, and the politics of health policy in the United States.  Her recent work examines how state spending and policy outcomes for low-income populations respond to state fiscal crises and politics.  Other work investigates the political dynamics of policy development and implications of interagency interaction in state mental health policy.  Dr. Garfield received her Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University and holds an M.H.S. in health policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.