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The End of the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Q&A with RAND Experts
We asked RAND experts to reflect on the past three years: What were the effects on the United States and around the world, what has changed, what are the most important takeaways, what was done right, and what was done wrong? At the same time, they looked ahead to what might be done to mitigate the health and geopolitical impacts of future pandemics.
May 8, 2023
Commentary
An Opportunity to Learn from Our COVID-19 Successes and Failures
COVID-19 showed that the U.S. pandemic response plans of the past were no match for a protracted nationwide health emergency. What lessons were learned that could help the United States effectively protect its population and other vital national interests going forward?
Apr 27, 2023

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Journal Article
Artificial Intelligence in the COVID-19 Response: Volume 2, Strategies to Improve the Impact of AI on Health Equity
This report examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the COVID-19 pandemic response and describes 66 AI applications — specific products or tools — used in clinical care and 54 AI applications used to inform public health decision-making.
Jun 22, 2023
Journal Article
Barriers to the Engagement of Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in Public Health Responses to COVID-19: Recommendations From a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel
This project explored barriers to the involvement of complementary and integrative health providers in the public health response to COVID-19 and potential solutions for their future involvement in public health crises.
Jun 22, 2023
Journal Article
Trends in 2-1-1 Calls During Public Health Emergencies, Overall and By Gender: Hurricane Irma and COVID-19 in Broward County, Florida
The study examined how changes in 2-1-1 call volume after two public health emergencies in Broward County, Florida, varied by emergency type and whether variations differed by gender and over time.
Jun 22, 2023
News Release
State Policies During COVID Associated with Increase in Tele-Mental Health; Disparities in Access to Care Persist Despite Expansion
Four state policies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to spur expansion of telehealth were associated with expansion of such services by mental health facilities, but growth of telehealth was lower among facilities in counties with the greatest proportion of Black residents.
Jun 13, 2023
Journal Article
Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Has COVID-19 Changed American Attitudes?
This study explores how personal experiences of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, attitudes about institutions (government and business), and views of social change could either pose challenges or help with planning for the next pandemic.
Jun 7, 2023
Journal Article
Artificial Intelligence in the COVID-19 Response: Volume 1, Applications Used in the Clinical and Public Health Response to COVID-19
This report examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the COVID-19 pandemic response and describes 66 AI applications, specific products, or tools used in clinical care and 54 AI applications used to inform public health decision-making.
Jun 2, 2023
Journal Article
Lasting Declines in Couples' Social Network Interactions in the First Years of COVID
Couples experienced a 50% decline in face-to-face interactions with their social networks and a nearly 40% decline in virtual interactions during COVID-19, with little recovery over the first 18 months of the pandemic.
Jun 2, 2023
Report
Examining New Approaches for Implementing Vaccine Mandates Within the Department of Defense: How Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Could Improve Future Vaccination Campaigns
The authors examine how the Department of Defense (DoD) COVID-19 vaccination program was implemented, determine how previous DoD vaccination programs influenced those decisions, and identify opportunities to strengthen DoD's vaccination program.
May 30, 2023
Commercial Book
Plagues and Their Aftermath: How Societies Recover from Pandemics
In a concise, authoritative, and gripping telling, Brian Michael Jenkins provides an account of what kind of future the planet might be facing by looking at the world's long history of epidemics and discerning what was common about their aftermath.
May 24, 2023
Journal Article
Unmet Social Needs Are Associated with Lower Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Medication Among a Sample of Black People Living with HIV (PLHIV)
This study examined the prevalence and typology of unmet needs and the association between unmet needs and HIV antiretroviral therapy medication adherence among a sample of Black people living with HIV in Los Angeles, CA.
May 24, 2023
Commentary
Public Health's Failure to Communicate with Communities of Color
Misinformation thrived during the pandemic, exacerbating health inequities. To meet its core mission, the public health field needs to engage more actively, particularly in communities it has historically failed to equitably protect.
May 17, 2023
Commentary
Can the Health Insurance System Handle Massive Medicaid Reductions?
For many who have or will soon lose Medicaid as monthly redeterminations restart, and for millions more who could lose insurance due to other factors like job loss, three recent policy developments might increase the chances that they find new health care coverage.
May 12, 2023
Blog
Reflecting on the Pandemic, RAND Turns 75, Labor Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, 75 years of influential RAND research, reducing labor trafficking in the United States, and more.
May 12, 2023
Research Brief
How Does Telehealth Affect Health Care Quality, Access, Equity, and Costs?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers pivoted to telehealth out of necessity. As policymakers look beyond the pandemic, concerns about telehealth's effects on health care spending and quality persist.
May 11, 2023
Commentary
The Changing Landscape of Health Literacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
With the official public health emergency ended, now is a good time to reflect on the changing landscape of health literacy and consider how we can improve health communication in the future.
May 9, 2023
Journal Article
Risk Perception of the COVID-19 Vaccines: Revisiting the Psychometric Paradigm
Americans' concerns about the risks of vaccination are rising in recent years. A national survey (N=1025) conducted in August 2021 reflects this trend in risk perception of the COVID-19 vaccines.
May 9, 2023
Blog
RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.
May 8, 2023
Blog
Ukraine's Recovery, Mental Health First Aid, School Staffing: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the trade-offs of Ukraine's reconstruction, the effects of a Mental Health First Aid training program, school staffing challenges, and more.
May 5, 2023
Journal Article
Projected Long-Term Effects of Colorectal Cancer Screening Disruptions Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
This comparative analysis uses two CISNET colorectal cancer (CRC) microsimulation models to assess the impact of ongoing screening disruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term CRC outcomes.
May 5, 2023

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Sandra H. Berry

Senior Behavioral Scientist

Sandra Berry is an adjunct behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation and senior director of the Survey Research Group. She teaches courses on research design and methods for the Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA. She is a member of RAND’s Human Subjects Protection Committee which…
Daniel Siconolfi

Behavioral and Social Scientist

Daniel Siconolfi (he/him) is a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research portfolio addresses health disparities, healthy aging, and access to home and community-based services with focal populations including sexual and gender minority persons, older adults, persons living with…

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