Leah Masselink

The 26 public health, medicine, nursing and public policy scholars and practitioners from the George Washington University submitted an official comment to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen. “It is contrary to our sense of justice and civil rights that the proposed regulation would sanction lawfully admitted immigrants for lawfully using public benefits,” the GW scholars say.

New study highlights how Title X’s important confidentiality protections impacts insurance use for family planning services despite growth of coverage through ACA.

Ten GW Health Policy and Management students, staff, faculty and affiliates gave presentations or posters at the AcademyHealth annual research meeting for health services and health policy held in New Orleans on June 25-27. The conference helped showcase the vibrant and diverse research being done in the department.

Those making presentations and giving posters included:

• Assistant Professor Wayne Psek

A GW team including Xiaoli Wu, Leighton Ku, Patricia "Polly" Pittman, and Leah E Masselink, George Washington University published "

Associate Professor Patricia "Polly" Pittman, Assistant Professor Leah Masselink, Research Assistant Lauren Bade, and Professor Leighton Ku coauthored "Factors Determining Medical Staff Configurations in Community Health Centers: CEO Perspectives," published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (2016 Sep/Oct;61(5):364-377