Health

How Data Disaggregation Improves Public Policy, with Professor Amy O’Hara

GPPR Podcast Editor Kharl Reynado (MPP ’23) spoke with Amy O’Hara, Research Professor in the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy. In this podcast, Professor O’Hara addresses data disaggregation and how disaggregated data better informs policy analysis and development. Professor O’Hara also talks about where data originates, how it is collected, […]

Health & Equity: Administrative Burdens and the CARES Act

GPPR Podcast Editor Kyra Brown (MPP ’23) spoke with McCourt Professor Pamela Herd about some of the bureaucratic obstacles people encounter when trying to access government benefits, services, and rights. In this podcast, Dr. Herd talks about implementation of the CARES Act and how administrative setbacks can exacerbate inequitable and inefficient distribution of benefits to vulnerable populations.