🎤 Join us for our upcoming CHPC Speaker Series event: "Revenue, Spending, and Substance Use: Examining the Overdose Crisis Through a Fiscal Lens." 🗓️ Wednesday, October 22 from 1:30 PM-3 PM ET 📍Join in-person at the Cornell Ithaca campus or via Zoom Register for Zoom: buff.ly/PyAE5Is

Most health care policy experts don’t think new Medicaid work requirements would substantially increase employment among Medicaid-enrolled, working-age adults. 👉 See Cornell Chronicle story releasing more results from the first Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel survey here:

👉 Check out the Health Affairs Forefront summary of findings from the first Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel survey sharing expert perspectives on Medicaid work requirements under the OBBBA: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Dr. Michael Chernew, Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, will be an expert panelist in our upcoming virtual panel, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future.” About Dr. Chernew: buff.ly/O00WXbJ 📌 Register now: buff.ly/vHdnVRH ️🗓️ Tuesday, 10/21 | 4PM–5PM ET

📢 Drs. Beth McGinty and Kayla Tormohlen have a new paper out in The Milbank Quarterly: “The Impact of Medical Cannabis Laws on Cannabis and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Overdose-Related Health Care Utilization Among Adults With Chronic Noncancer Pain.” 👉 Read here:

📌 CHPC affiliate faculty fellow Dr. Madeline Sterling has a paper out in JACC: Advances titled, "Envisioning Home Health as a Critical Component of Learning Health Systems to Improve Evidence-Based Care in Heart Failure." 👤 About Dr. Sterling: buff.ly/ti98dKw 📖 Full publication: buff.ly/wMoG3IX

📣 Join us for a special seminar, “Medicare Advantage: The Good, The Bad, and The Future,” hosted by the Cornell Health Policy Center and The Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership. ️🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 from 4 PM–5 PM ET 📌 Register now: buff.ly/EySAtci

📣 It’s not too late to join us THIS THURSDAY for our September CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00-3:00 PM ET Register: buff.ly/PqOT9rD

CHPC associate director Dr. Jeff Niederdeppe was part of a National Academies Consensus Committee on promoting breastfeeding in the United States. Explore highlights from the committee's recent report here:

⭐️ Dr. William Schpero will be an expert panelist and moderator in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy,” alongside Dr. Angelica Meinhofer. 📖 Read more about Dr. Schpero here: buff.ly/Ipgl1Ik 📌 Register now: buff.ly/PqOT9rD

CHPC faculty members Drs. Jiani Yu, Mark Unruh, Tyler Braun, & Arian Jung, and colleagues have a publication out in Health Affairs Scholar titled "State Variation in Staffing and Characteristics of Nursing Homes Most Impacted by New Federal Standards" Read here:

🖋️ Dr. Charley Willison, CHPC faculty member and Assistant Professor of Public Health at Cornell University, has an op-ed out in The Fulcrum titled "Homelessness and Mental Illness: How Trump's New Executive Order Could Backfire." 🗞️ Read here:

⭐️ Dr. Angelica Meinhofer will be an expert panelist in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy,” alongside Dr. William Schpero 📖 Learn more about Dr. Meinhofer: buff.ly/Di1qYlq 📌 To hear her insights, register now: buff.ly/Pg3UWBw

Drs.Tanzeem Choudhury and Dan Adler have a new opinion piece out in Stat News titled, "AI should come with green, yellow, and red lights for mental health." Their piece explores a potential system for sorting the good mental health AI tools from the bad. Read more here:

📌 🖥️ The National Institute on Aging is hosting a virtual workshop on Changing Ownership of Health Care Entities in the U.S. on Thursday (9/4) and Friday (9/5) | 10 AM-2 PM ET. CHPC Faculty, Drs. Mark Unruh, Amelia Bond, and Lawrence Casalino will be presenting! www.nia.nih.gov/research/dbs...

📢 Calling all journalists 📢 Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🗓️ Thursday, September 25th | 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET on Zoom Register now:

📣 New CHPC brief out now! 📣 The brief titled, “Policy Strategies for Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating Women in Vaccine Research” summarizes a 2025 study by faculty members Drs. Beth McGinty, Sallie Permar, and Laura Riley, and colleagues. Brief by: Shafia Akey 📖 Read more here:

💊 Dr. Dhruv Khullar @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social, CHPC associate center director and associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, has an article out in The New Yorker titled, “Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have?” 📰 Read more here:

📌 Dr. Czarina Behrends and colleagues have a paper out in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports titled, “On-site health service delivery models at syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States: Results of a national cross-sectional survey." 📖 Read here:

🖥️ Dr. Fei Wang and colleagues published a study on an AI-based method to sort cancer patients by likely outcomes. The new method’s ability to predict treatment outcomes from health record data surpassed that of any other method published to date. 🗞️ Read more here: buff.ly/eXk4Fps

🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on Medicaid policy issues? Join our third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WsGMU4H

📌 Dr. Amy Bond @ambond.bsky.social was a panelist at the National Cancer Institute's August 14th webinar on Medicare Advantage enrollment and plan selection behaviors where she discussed potential study designs that support causal inference. 💻 Learn more here: buff.ly/6QV0iXZ

🌍 Dr. Jonathon Schuldt, Cornell professor and CHPC faculty, and colleagues have a paper out in the Journal of Public Opinion Research titled "How Climate Actions by Other Countries Affect Policy Support in the United States: The Role of Perceived Public Opinion." 📖 Read here: buff.ly/YXDbDGi

✍️ Dr. Czarina Behrends and colleagues have a perspective piece out in the Milbank Quarterly titled "Legal Barriers to Safer Smoking Supplies Cause Harm and Should Be Removed." 📖 Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎙️ Dr. Jamila Michener, associate professor at Cornell University and a CHPC faculty member, joined @NPR.org's "It's Been a Minute" podcast to discuss harmful stereotypes about who deserves health insurance and the true impact of recent Medicaid cuts. Listen here: buff.ly/2aFMHgW

🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Yunyu Xiao for receiving the 2025 Lakshmi Vijayakumar Rising Star Award for Impact & Innovation from @iaspinfo.bsky.social. She was honored for her impactful work in suicide prevention, particularly around data science & addressing disparities. Read more: buff.ly/5bhYHPC

📣 New Cornell Health Policy Center memo out now! 📣 This new brief summarizes a 2025 study by CHPC faculty Drs. Angelica Meinhofer and Maria Fitzpatrick and colleagues on the early impact of school Medicaid expansions on children with parental opioid use disorder. 📄 Read more here: buff.ly/nvR7hbz

📣 Calling all journalists! Join us for the third session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Medicaid Policy!” Thursday, September 25th, 2025 | 2PM-3PM (EST) Register here: buff.ly/UXcTva4

📢 New research alert: Dr. Yunyu Xiao has a new paper, "Addictive Screen Use Trajectories and Suicidal Behaviors, Suicidal Ideation, and Mental Health in US Youths" out in JAMA Network. 📖 Read more here:

📸 Meet Our Summer Interns📸 🎉 We’re so excited to welcome 12 amazing interns to the Cornell Health Policy Center this summer! This talented group of students is already hard at work contributing to a wide range of research and policy translation projects.

📍 Missed our CHPC Journalism Series webinar on nursing home policies? Watch here! Drs. Robert "Tyler" Braun, Mark Unruh, and Jiani Yu gave an informative presentation highlighting key public data resources for reporting on timely nursing home policy topics. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoyu...

📣 Join us TOMORROW from 12:00-1:00pm for CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies,” on Zoom: buff.ly/xPrga33 Featuring Drs. Tyler Braun, Mark Unruh, Jiani Yu, Moderated by Dr. William Schpero.

🖋️ Dr. Kristen Underhill, a CHPC Faculty Fellow and Cornell Law professor, has a perspective piece out in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Pulling Out the Rug on Informed Consent – New Legal Threats to Clinicians and Patients." 📄 Read more here: buff.ly/3OzGroK

📣 Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Hall for receiving a Cornell Center for Social Sciences grant to fund his research project, “Investigating the Impact of Precarious Employment on Cognitive Health Among Latino Workers!” Learn more about Dr. Hall: buff.ly/GZLMOxW

Dr. Mark Unruh will be an expert panelist in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies." 📌 To hear his insights, register now: buff.ly/Bi3XT6p 🗓️ Tuesday, July 29 | 12:00–1:00 PM ET on Zoom 📖 Learn More: buff.ly/vneobyy

📌 Students in the Brooks School's State Advocacy Clinic, led by Professor Alexandra Dufresne, were recognized for their work drafting the CARE Act–key legislation that ensures basic care for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated people and their children in NYS. 🗞️ Read more here:

📌 Dr. Todd Olmstead and colleagues have a paper out in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved titled "Assessment Of A Health System-Integrated Children's Savings Account and Financial Coaching Program Serving Low-Income Moms and Babies in Texas." 📖 Read more here:

Dr. Jiani Yu will be an expert panelist in our upcoming Journalism Series webinar: "Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies." 📌 To hear her insights, register now: buff.ly/cGuIKJs 🗓️ Tuesday, July 29th | 12:00–1:00 PM ET on Zoom Learn more: buff.ly/fkwVTDk

📣 Congratulations to Dr. Mark Unruh, CHPC faculty and associate professor at WCM, and colleagues for receiving a National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant to examine the policy implications of measuring social needs among older adults! Read more about Dr. Unruh here: buff.ly/rb0oWsZ

📢 Dr. Angelica Meinhofer and colleagues have published a new paper in JAMA Health Forum titled “Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children With Parental Opioid Use Disorder.” Read more here: buff.ly/y74y1R3%22

Dr. Tyler Braun will be an expert panelist in our upcoming CHPC Journalism Series webinar: “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies.” 📌 To hear his insights, register now: buff.ly/cGuIKJs 🗓️ Tuesday, July 29th | 12:00–1:00 PM ET on Zoom Learn more: buff.ly/R3Y4xvf

📣 Congratulations to WCM postdoctoral associate Dr. Sarah Gutkind for receiving a CHERISH pilot grant to fund her project “Influence of State Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers on Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use Disorder Screening and Treatment!” Read more about Dr. Gutkind: buff.ly/juwe7yE

🎙️ Dr. Amy Bond and Dr. Dhruv Khullar recently joined The ACO Show podcast to discuss whether Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) really save money. Don’t miss this thoughtful conversation—listen here:

📌 Dr. Charley E. Willison, a core faculty fellow in CHPC, guest edited a special issue of Urban Affairs Review on the Intrinsic Relationship Between Local Politics and Public Health. 📄 Read More: www.urbanaffairsreview.com/public-health 🔊 UAR podcast: www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

📌 Dr. Michael Richards, CHPC Faculty and Director of the Sloan Program in Health Administration at Cornell University, and colleagues have a paper out in the National Bureau of Economic Research in titled, “Economic Shocks and Healthcare Capital Investments”. Read here:

📌 Dr. Sean Murphy, professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College, and colleagues have a paper out in Health & Justice titled, “The cost of implementing and sustaining an evidence-based, behavioral-health electronic screening system in probation departments”.

🚨 Want to learn more about key public data resources for reporting on nursing home policy issues? Join our second session of the Cornell Health Policy Center Journalism Series “Supporting Data-Driven Journalism on Nursing Home Policies” 🔗 Register: buff.ly/jeJ8dIK

📌 Dr. William Schpero, CHPC Associate Center Director, and colleagues have a paper out in Health Affairs Scholar titled, “What explains the growth in hospital assets from 2000 through 2019? A decomposition analysis”. Read here: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

📌CHPC faculty, Dr. Tyler Braun, and colleagues have a paper out in JAMDA titled, “Assessing Facility, Resident, and Financial Characteristics Associated with HUD 232–Sponsored Loan Participation in Nursing Homes”. 🔗 Paper: buff.ly/YTlmN3S 🔗 Featured in News: buff.ly/7DumZVZ

📌CHPC faculty, Dr. Tanzeem Choudhury, and colleagues have a paper out titled, “Designing Technologies for Value-based Mental Healthcare: Centering Clinicians' Perspectives on Outcomes Data Specification, Collection, and Use”. 🔗 Paper: