Jessica Lang Email and Phone Number

Health policy research and evaluation, with a focus on Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstrations.-Evaluation of Alabama's Serious Mental Illness Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver-Evaluation of Georgia Pathways Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver-Evaluation of Utah's 1115 Medicaid Reform Waiver-Evaluation Design for Nebraska's SUD and Heritage Health Adult Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waivers-Midpoint Assessment for Massachusetts's DSRIP Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver

• Teaches graduate level course: Research Methods in the Health Professions. • Instructs masters degree students in research and evaluation methods, using lectures, interactive group exercises, written assignments, and online learning modules. • Adapted curriculum for the hybrid course format, including development of all group exercises and online modules.

• Responsible for the evaluation of all HPC grant programs, totaling over $80M, which promote sustainable care models and foster healthcare transformation through innovative health care delivery models and payment approaches. • Led evaluation design, implementation, and reporting for programs serving patients with complex needs, behavioral health conditions and high acute care utilization, with a particular focus on telemedicine and opioid use disorder. • Adapts research approach to ensure suitable evaluation in diverse intervention settings, including academic medical centers, community hospitals, primary care practices, and community-based behavioral health centers, and various payment incentive models. • Provides expertise and leadership in developing evaluation strategy, quality and outcome measurement, data analysis, and research interpretation. • Manages a team of program associates and analysts overseeing mixed-methods data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, report development, and publication of findings. Trains, mentors, and supervises direct reports and collaborating staff.• Oversees third-party evaluations, including the selection of external evaluators and management of evaluation contracts.

Conducted mixed-methods investigation of the impact of hospital operational factors on c-section rates, as part of MPH degree program.

• Provided comprehensive clinical management of breastfeeding for families. • Developed and taught classes for healthcare providers, and for parents. • Created and marketed a tablet-based electronic health record for independent lactation consultants.• Founded and led an association of independent lactation consultants for peer review, professional development, and policy advocacy.• Conducted original research and published in the peer reviewed journal Clinical Lactation.

Maternal & Child health research (Working mothers, Breastfeeding, and factors associated with Pre-term delivery)

Study of the role of emerging biomarkers in drug development with MIT-Sloan Program on the Pharmaceutical Industry.