About Me
My name is Sarah Martin-Anderson. I hold a PhD in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy. I also hold a Master of Public Policy and a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology) from UC Berkeley. I am an Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration in the Department of Public Affairs at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, located on the University of Missouri's Kansas City campus. My primary research interests are the effects of policy on health outcomes over the life course, specifically as these outcomes are inequitably distributed by race, ethnicity, socio-economic status and education. My work concerns the lives of families in poverty and how social programs can help or harm the chances of upward mobility.
I have worked extensively in the fields of public health, policy and politics. Prior to pursuing my PhD, I worked as a policy analyst at the Alameda County Public Health Department's "Place Matters" initiative. I also served as a consultant for Human Impact Partners, studying the relationship between campaign finance and health care reform. My professional experience also includes positions at the Labor Project for Working Families, the Minnesota Department of Public Health and the American Civil Liberties Union. I am currently a Program Evaluation consultant for numberous non-profit and governmental organizations in the Kansas City metro area. I have experience in both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
I currently teach courses in the Social Determinants of Health, Health Economics and Program Evaluation. My past teaching experience includes courses in graduate-level Quantitative Methods for Program Evaluation as well as a course in Leadership and Social Change. At the undergraduate level I have taught courses in Microeconomics, Research Methods for Social Science, "Wealth and Poverty" and Political Economy.
I have worked extensively in the fields of public health, policy and politics. Prior to pursuing my PhD, I worked as a policy analyst at the Alameda County Public Health Department's "Place Matters" initiative. I also served as a consultant for Human Impact Partners, studying the relationship between campaign finance and health care reform. My professional experience also includes positions at the Labor Project for Working Families, the Minnesota Department of Public Health and the American Civil Liberties Union. I am currently a Program Evaluation consultant for numberous non-profit and governmental organizations in the Kansas City metro area. I have experience in both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
I currently teach courses in the Social Determinants of Health, Health Economics and Program Evaluation. My past teaching experience includes courses in graduate-level Quantitative Methods for Program Evaluation as well as a course in Leadership and Social Change. At the undergraduate level I have taught courses in Microeconomics, Research Methods for Social Science, "Wealth and Poverty" and Political Economy.