Every person in America should have the opportunity to have good health. Universal access to health insurance is critical but only part of the solution. People’s health is very much influenced by the circumstances into which they are born and in which they live, learn, work, and play. Equalizing this opportunity requires research and policies that go beyond the traditional realm of health and health care.
Lisa Dubay is a senior fellow and interim vice president of the Health Policy Division at the Urban Institute. She is a nationally recognized expert on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For over 35 years, Dr. Dubay has focused on evaluating the effects of federal and state policies on access to care, health care utilization, health insurance coverage and health outcomes using quasi-experimental designs. Dr. Dubay’s work also focuses on understanding the role that social determinants play in promoting health.
Dubay returned to Urban after spending several years as an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and as special advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services. She has an ScM from Harvard University School of Public Health and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
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