Experts from the American Institutes for Research to Present at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
25 June 2024 - 1:45AM
Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will
present several posters about their health research work at the
upcoming Academy Health 2024 Annual Research Meeting, July 30-July
2 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore. AIR is a Bronze
sponsor of this year’s meeting, which carries the theme, “Valuable
Evidence. Vibrant Community. Vital Conversations.”
AcademyHealth is the professional home and leading national
organization for health services researchers and policymakers, as
well as health care practitioners and stakeholders. The annual
research meeting focuses on new research, innovative methods,
diverse data sources and how to use them, and robust discussions
about the effect of health services research on health policy
practice.
Poster presentations by AIR experts will cover a wide range of
topics, including the impact of primary care health professional
shortages and provider supply; substance use disorder and mental
health; refugee resettlement and integration; and the effects of
Medicaid expansion on pre-and early pregnancy Medicaid coverage,
prenatal care, and maternal health.
All AIR poster presentations are listed below. All presentation
times are in Eastern Daylight Time. The full conference program is
available on the AcademyHealth website.
Sunday, June 30
8 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Poster: Effects of Medicaid Expansion in
Louisiana and Virginia on Pre-Pregnancy and Early Pregnancy
Medicaid Coverage, Prenatal Care, and Maternal Health Outcomes
across Racial Groups.Location: Halls A-B (Level 100, Baltimore
Convention Center)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Daniela Zapata,
Siying Liu
Monday, July 1
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Poster: Impact of Primary Care Health
Professional Shortage Area Designation on Provider Supply (funded
by the AIR Equity Initiative)Location: Halls A-B (Level 100,
Baltimore Convention Center)
AIR Presenter/Author: Angshuman Gooptu
5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Poster: A Framework for Assessing
Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Provider Availability and
DemandLocation: Halls A-B (Level 100, Baltimore Convention
Center)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Tanvi Rao, Paraph
Patel, Sarah Chung, Rekha Varghese, Brandy Farrar, April
Grady, Karina Wagnerman
Poster: Lived Experiences of Refugee
Resettlement and Integration: Insights from a Modified Ethnography
StudyLocation: Halls A-B (Level 100, Baltimore Convention
Center)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maliha
Ali, Trenita Childers
Poster: Envisioning a Public Health
Approach to Collaboration in Refugee Resettlement: Strategic
Recommendations from the HEAR ProjectLocation: Halls A-B (Level
100, Baltimore Convention Center)
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maliha Ali,
Trenita Childers
About AIREstablished in 1946, the American
Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit
organization that conducts behavioral and social science research
and delivers technical assistance both domestically and
internationally in the areas of education, health, and the
workforce. AIR’s work is driven by its mission to generate and use
rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable
world. With headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AIR has offices
across the U.S. and abroad. For more information,
visit www.air.org.
Dana Tofig
American Institutes for Research
202-403-6347
dtofig@air.org