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Erica Eliason

Erica is a Social Policy Analysis and Economics PhD candidate at Columbia University School of Social Work and a fellow in the Columbia Population Research Center. Erica’s research focuses on the differential financial protections due to public versus private health insurance coverage and the effects of health insurance access on maternal, child, and reproductive health outcomes. Erica formerly was a Research Scientist for the New York City Department of Mental Hygiene, where she conducted Medicaid claims analysis. Findings from her research have been published in journals such as Health Affairs, American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, and Women’s Health Issues. Erica is currently working on a variety of research projects around health insurance eligibility and maternal care access and childbirth outcomes. Erica holds a MPH in Health Policy Analysis from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and a BA in Health, Science, and Society from Sarah Lawrence College. CV available here.

Research

Research Program

My research focuses on the effects of health care policies on financial hardships as well as the effects of health insurance eligibility on maternal, child, and reproductive health outcomes.

Research Interests

Health Policy; Medicaid; Maternal and Child Health; Sexual and Reproductive Health; the Affordable Care Act; Health Disparities; Financial Exposures in Health Care; Health Care Access

Publications

A Complete List of My Publications Can Be Found on Google Scholar

Eliason, E. (2020). Adoption of Medicaid Expansion is Associated with Lower Maternal Mortality. Women’s Health Issues, 1-6. 2020 Feb 25. pii: S1049-3867(20)30005-0. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2020.01.005.

Eliason, E. (2019). The effects of the dependent coverage provision on young women's utilization of sexual and reproductive health services. Preventive Medicine, 129, 105863. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105863

Zewde, N., Eliason, E., Allen, H. L., & Gross, T. (2019). The Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Nationwide Home Evictions and Eviction-Court Initiations: United States, 2000–2016. American Journal of Public Health, 109 (10), 1379-1383.

Allen, H. L., Eliason, E., Zewde, N., & Gross, T. (2019). Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions? Health Affairs, 38(9), 1451–1457. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05071

Filo J., Wu A., Eliason E., Richardson T., Thines B., Harmon F.G. (2015). Gibberellin Driven Growth in elf3 Mutants Requires PIF4 and PIF5. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 10(3), 1-9.

Presentations

Eliason, E. “Association of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions with Fertility.” Oral Presentation. Population Association of America, 2020. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Eliason, E. “The Effect of the Dependent Coverage Provision on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Utilization Among Young Adult Women.” Poster Presentation. Society for Social Work and Research, 2020.

Allen, H., Zhang, Y. (presenting) Eliason, E., Spishak-Thomas, A., Frankel, C. “Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Relationship with Depression among Adults in a Low-Income Uninsured Population.” Oral Presentation. Society for Social Work and Research, 2020.

Allen, H., Eliason, E. (presenting), Zewde, N., Gross, T. “Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?” Oral Presentation. Health Affairs Culture of Health Forum: Housing and Health, 2019.

Eliason, E. “The Effect of the Dependent Coverage Provision on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Utilization Among Young Adult Women” Poster Presentation. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2019.

Allen, H. (presenting), Eliason, E., Zewde, N., Gross, T. “Health Insurance and Housing Stability: The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Evictions” Oral Presentation. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2019. Awarded Best of AcademyHealth 2019 Annual Research Meeting.

Eliason, E. “The ACA Medicaid Expansion is Associated with a Lower Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States.” Poster Presentation. AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, 2019.

Allen, H., Eliason, E., Zewde, N., Gross, T. “Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?” Oral Presentation. AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, 2019.

Allen, H. (presenting), Eliason, E., Zewde, N., Gross, T. “Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?” Oral Presentation. Society for Social Work Research, Annual Research Meeting, 2019.

Allen, H., Eliason, E., Zewde, N., Gross, T. (presenting) “Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?” Oral Presentation. American Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2019.

Eliason, E. “America’s Apprehension Surrounding Reproductive Health Technologies.” Oral Presentation. Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society, 2011.

Education

Ph.D. (expected May 2021)- Columbia University School of Social Work
Degree: Social Policy Analysis and Economics
Dissertation: The Effects of Health Insurance Eligibility Policies on Maternal Care Access and Childbirth Outcomes
Committee: Heidi Allen, Jane Waldfogel, Julien Teitler, Jamie Daw, Kristen Underhill

M. Phil (October 2019)- Columbia University in the City of New York

MPH (May 2015)- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Health Policy and Management, Health Policy Analysis certificate

Study Abroad (May-June 2013)- Syracuse University, Graduate Study Abroad Program Comparative Health Policy: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Morocco

BA (May 2013)- Sarah Lawrence College Health, Science, and Society, Magna Cum Laude

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Health and Mental Health Policy
Program Evaluation
U.S. Health Care System
Social Policy
Social Determinants of Health
Public Health Social Work

Teaching Experience

05/2019- 08/2019 Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work Adjunct Professor– Seminar in Social Welfare Policy II: Health and Mental Health Systems

10/2019 Columbia University School of Social Work Guest Lecturer – Seminar on Policy Practice I

08/2019- 12/2019 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Teaching Associate – Research Methods: Large Scale Data Analysis

05/2019- 07/2019 Columbia University School of Social Work Teaching Associate – Program Evaluation in Social Services

01/2019- 05/2019 Columbia University School of Social Work Hybrid Classroom Teaching Assistant – Seminar on Policy Practice II

08/2018- 12/2018 Columbia University School of Social Work Hybrid Classroom Teaching Assistant – Seminar on Policy Practice I

01/2015-05/2015 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Graduate Teaching Assistant – Health Policy and Political Analysis

09/2014 - 12/2014 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Graduate Teaching Assistant – Foundations of Public Health

Contact Me

email: [email protected]