Heather Bednarek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Michigan State University
M.A. In Economics, Michigan State University
B.A. in Economics and International Studies, St. John Fisher College
浪花直播 Interests
Medicaid Policy, Labor Market Outcomes and Cancer, Health Outcomes
Publications and Media Placements
鈥淢edicaid Expansion Enrollment and Eligibility Update: Characteristics of Expansion Enrollees鈥� Brief, Saint 浪花直播 University Center for Health Law & Washington University Center for Health Economics and Policy, February 2021.
鈥淢edicaid Expansion Enrollment and Eligibility Update: Geographic Distribution of Medicaid Enrollees鈥� Brief, Washington University Center for Health Economics and Policy & Saint 浪花直播 University Center for Health Law, March 2021.
鈥淢edicaid Expansion Implementation in Missouri: Innovative Outreach and Enrollment Strategies鈥� Brief with Alma Carver, Ashleigh Giovannini, Preethi Raja, and Sidney Watson, March 2021.
鈥淢edicaid Expansion Enrollment and Eligibility Update: Health Status of Expected New Expansion Enrollees鈥� Brief, Washington University Center for Health Economics and Policy & Saint 浪花直播 University Center for Health Law, April 2021.
鈥淢edicaid Managed Care Hospital Networks in Missouri: Too Far to Travel鈥� Brief and Fact Sheet, Saint 浪花直播 University Center for Health Law & Washington University Center for Health Economics and Policy, August 2021.
Honors and Awards
- 鈥淢issouri Medicaid expansion: will low-income Missourians still need to choose between food and health care? Missouri Foundation for Health, June 2021 鈥� May 2024 (Co-PI with Ellen Barnidge).
- Transformative Teaching Fellow, John Cook School of Business at Saint 浪花直播 University (2013 - 2015)
- Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (2005)
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American Economic Association
- Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
- American Society of Health Economists
- AcademyHealth