Zosha Kandel, Mpp Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, CA

I researched public and private health insurance policy for providing access to health care for CA college students, including Medi-Cal, student health insurance plans and university health centers, and private dependent coverage. I developed policy proposals to improve access to health coverage for college students living away from home and provided.

Berkeley, CA

As a Graduate Student Researcher, I am leading analysis of national survey data to explore the effects of a CMS initiative on adoption of healthcare delivery innovations across practices in multiple states.

Berkeley, CA

I worked as part of a team of policy and law students advocating for policy change to eliminate the imposition of administrative fees on youth in Texas juvenile courts. I was responsible for analyzing population and financial data to study disproportionate effects of fees on vulnerable youth and families. I worked with individual jurisdictions to gather.

Washington, District Of Columbia

As an analyst working collaboratively on a small project team, I contributed to evidence gathering and analysis of federal CMS program policies across multiple case study states. I conducted independent research on emergent policy issues and produced evidentiary documentation based on GAO rigorous standards. Additionally, I led interviews with state.

Oakland, CA

I served on a team of 4 policy students investigating the California state process for responding to allegations of abuse and neglect in foster group homes. In this role, we led interviews of state officials, employees, advocates, and foster youth, and analyzed case data to inform legislative solutions to increasing timeliness of investigations and.

I served as lead analyst on several consulting contracts with a large health system and a university research center. I developed analysis plans and conducted quantitative analyses for social good and social impact projects and produced tailored reports based on client needs, including results visualizations and an academic publication.

Berkeley, CA

As Assistant Project Director, I assisted in managing data collection and study coordination efforts for a multi-year study in collaboration with two large healthcare organizations. I managed the distribution, fielding, and reporting for multiple surveys distributed to clinical sites. I was in charge of data cleaning and management of the datasets produced.

Berkeley, CA

As a Staff Research Associate, I contributed to various projects through research and administrative support. I developed systems to manage and categorize a large STD dataset using Stata. I contributed to the design, formatting, and distribution of study surveys using Qualtrics and analysis of results in Excel and Stata, and I drafted visual reports of.

Oakland, CA

As a research assistant and research associate, I retrieved and organized research articles using Endnote, reviewed manuscripts before journal submission to edit content and organize reference lists, in addition to completing various organizational and research assignments for Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development staff.

Concord, CA

As an education intern, my responsibilities included the creation of written assessments of educators’ pre-and post-training knowledge, planning and facilitating activities for community outreach events, accurately entering sensitive data into computer software systems, and assisting the Education Manager with various other projects as directed.

Berkeley, CA

I organized applicant recruitment and conducted applicant interviews. I managed college volunteers in training, evaluation, scheduling logistics and continued learning to teach health workshops in Rape and Sexual Assault to 9th grade classrooms, and I planned and led weekly meetings about teaching skills, health topics, and team building.

Master Of Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Women in Public Policy; Health Policy Group

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health

Activities and Societies: Peer Health Exchange, DeCal Program Facilitators