🚨 REMINDER: Cornell Health Policy Center summer internship applications are due Sunday, February 1st!
Brooks School undergraduates and Weill Cornell Medicine graduate students with an interest in health policy research and translation are encouraged to apply.
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📍 A new study by Dr. Yuhua Bao finds that drug use-associated infective endocarditis patients who left via patient-directed discharge (PDD) had lower post-discharge antibiotic fill rates and higher 30-day readmission rates compared to non-PDD patients.
👉 Read the full paper here:
📌 Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem, with striking agreement across political lines, according to a new national survey by CHPC faculty researchers.
📰 A recent U.S. News & World Report article synthesizes the study’s key findings: buff.ly/V4ICKlM
⭐️ CHPC faculty member and Chair of Ob-Gyn at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Laura Riley was featured on Good Morning America to discuss a new study that finds acetaminophen safe during pregnancy. We are proud to see our faculty contributing to evidence-based public health guidance.
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📌 The Cornell Health Policy Center is seeking students from the Cornell Brooks School and Weill Cornell Medicine for a 10-week (400-hour requirement) health policy internship for summer 2026. Applications are due February 1, 2026.
🔗 Please refer to our website for details!
📣 CHPC is pleased to welcome Lindsey Vuolo, JD, MPH, as policy director!
Lindsey will lead CHPC’s policy dissemination and engagement work and execute the Center’s health policy and engagement projects. Prior to CHPC, Lindsey led the policy work at Partnership to End Addiction.
📌 A new paper by Dr. Yuhua Bao and colleagues published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine sheds light on an often-overlooked dimension of cancer care equity for Asian American patients: the association between pain management and mental health symptoms.
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⭐️ We are honored that CHPC center director Dr. Dhruv Khullar was selected to deliver the keynote address at the Medicare Rights Center 2025 annual benefit.
🎤 To hear Dr. Khullar discuss the future of Medicare and American health care, click here:
📍Dr. Mark Unruh and colleagues have a new article out in Palliative Support Care: “Behavioral health as a palliative care priority in long-term services and supports: A cross-sectional study of staff.”
Read the full publication here:
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Charley Willison on receiving a Cornell Center for Social Sciences seed grant!
Dr. Willison will serve as the principal investigator for her project: “Using Public Safety to Solve Social Problems: Local Politics, Devolution & the Case of Homelessness.”
💊 Dr. Pragya Kakani has a paper out in the Journal of Health Economics titled "The impact of vertical integration on health care delivery and costs: Evidence from physician–pharmacy integration."
🔗 Read the full article here: buff.ly/iencFGv
Happy Holidays from the Cornell Health Policy Center! We are grateful to our network for a collaborative and impactful 2025, and we look forward to a fantastic 2026!
📢 CHPC faculty member and Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun, has a new paper out in JAMA Health Forum titled "Private Equity Acquisitions of Home Health Agencies."
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/hbpv0rX
✍️ Dr. Colleen Carey, a CHPC faculty member and Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Cornell University, has a new viewpoint piece out in JAMA titled "Real-World Evidence for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations."
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/xHfvZPJ
⭐️ Congratulations to CHPC faculty member Dr. Jiani Yu for being selected to the 2026 cohort of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Editorial Fellowship! Fellows work with the JAMA editorial team to learn about editorial decision-making & enhance skills in scientific communication.
📍Dr. Hye-Young "Arian" Jung, CHPC faculty and Associate Professor in Weill Cornell’s Department of Population Health Sciences, has a new publication out in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: "Medicare Advantage Enrollment in Nursing Homes: 2010–2023."
👉 Read here: buff.ly/IergsMC
⭐️ CHPC Associate Center Director Dr. William Schpero did a short video feature for the American Journal of Managed Care: "Work Requirements, Expiration of Subsidies Will Leave Millions Without Insurance."
📹 Watch here:
📌 CHPC leadership Dr. Beth McGinty, Dr. Will Schpero, & Weill Cornell Medical student Michael Liu have a piece out in Health Affairs Scholar: "Regional changes in inpatient psychiatric bed capacity and availability of alternative psychiatric services, 2012-2022"
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🚨📝 New Cornell Health Policy Center memo out now! This brief titled “Trends in U.S. Nursing Home Ownership and Impacts on Quality of Care” synthesizes four studies on nursing home ownership by CHPC faculty members Dr. Mark Unruh, Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, & colleagues.
Read here: buff.ly/clUa3eO
📣 Join us TODAY for a Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
🔗 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/MTnYiOJ
📝 CHPC co-director Dr. Beth McGinty and faculty member Dr. Sallie Permar have a perspective piece out in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, "Medicaid Cuts and U.S. Children’s Health — Fixing a Broken System."
👉 Read the full piece here:
🎤 Join us for an upcoming Cornell Health Policy Center Speaker Series event: "Physician Decision-Making and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs," featuring Andrew H. Martin, MBA.
🗓️ Monday, December 1st | 11:40 AM-12:55 PM EST
👉 Register for Zoom: buff.ly/t4OD65G
📌 Dr. Sarah Gutkind, Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues have a paper out in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine: "Racial and ethnic disparities in prehospital restraint use and sedation."
🔗 Read full publication: buff.ly/du5hJx8
📌 Between-program variation explains 38.6–48.3% of variation in take home methadone delivery.
👉 That's a key takeaway from "Developing and validating measures of take-home methadone with administrative data," a new paper by CHPC faculty member Dr. Yuhua Bao.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eH0Ecrl
🫀 Dr. Jiani Yu has a paper out in JAMA Internal Medicine titled, "Mobile Integrated Health vs a Transitions of Care Coordinator for Patients Discharged After Heart Failure."
🔗 Read the full publication here: buff.ly/28CGyy9
⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23."
👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa
🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp
👉 See the Health Affairs Forefront summary of the Cornell Health Policy Center's most recent Insight Panel survey on Medicare Advantage for key takeaways and insights: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
🚨 NEW Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel results released!
In this survey, health policy experts were asked to weigh in on Medicare Advantage. For key takeaways and trends, check out the CHPC website: buff.ly/YCsRiN0
📣 It's not too late to join us THIS Thursday for a Weill Cornell Medicine Health Policy & Economics Speaker Series event: "Nudges vs. Navigation: Evidence From a Policy RCT to Promote Medicaid Retention," feat. Dr. Adrianna McIntyre.
🗓️ November 13th | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Join Zoom: buff.ly/E5bmarz
