Gregory D. Stevens, PhD

Part Time Lecturer for the Department of Family Medicine

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Overview

Dr. Stevens is a health policy researcher, writer, teacher and advocate. He holds a MHS and PhD from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a focus on health care policy.

He currently focuses his efforts on teaching and writing, leading graduate courses on health policy, comparative health systems, and research and evaluation. He has served as consultant on these issues to local organizations, including L.A. Care Health Plan, Pasadena Child Health Foundation and Remote Area Medical.

He researches health care systems, primary health care, and health care quality, with a particular interest in these issues as they affect children. In addition to an R01 from the NIDDK, his research has been funded the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, First 5 California and the California Endowment among others.

He is an author of the book Vulnerable Populations in the United States and a regular contributor to the research and policy blog at the journal Medical Care.

Awards

  • Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health: Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 2015

Research Funding

  • Evaluating the Role of a Medical Home Model in the Successful Management of Diabe
    NIH · R01DK090397 · Feb 15, 2011 – Jan 31, 2015 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Association of experiences of medical home quality with health-related quality of life and school engagement among Latino children in low-income families. Health Serv Res. 2011 Dec; 46(6pt1):1822-42.. View in PubMed
  • Measuring the impact of outreach and enrollment strategies for public health insurance in California. Health Serv Res. 2011 Feb; 46(1 Pt 2):319-35.. View in PubMed
  • Relationship of medical home quality with school engagement and after-school participation among children with asthma. J Asthma. 2010 Nov; 47(9):1001-10.. View in PubMed
  • Does health care setting matter in reports of discrimination? J Ambul Care Manage. 2010 Oct-Dec; 33(4):314-27. D’Anna LH, Stevens GD , Malotte CK, Tsai KY . View in PubMed
  • National disparities in the quality of a medical home for children. Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jul; 14(4):580-9.. View in PubMed
  • Improvements in access to care for vulnerable children in California between 2001 and 2005. Public Health Rep. 2009 Sep-Oct; 124(5):682-91.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in the national prevalence of a quality medical home for children with asthma. Acad Pediatr. 2009 Jul-Aug; 9(4):234-41.. View in PubMed
  • Enhancing the measurement of health disparities for vulnerable populations. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Nov; 14.. View in PubMed
  • Health insurance and access to care for families with young children in California, 2001-2005: differences by immigration status. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Jun; 12(3):273-81.. View in PubMed
  • Collaboration and competition in a children’s health initiative coalition: a network analysis. Eval Program Plann. 2008 Nov; 31(4):392-402.. View in PubMed