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Research Briefs

In addition to compiling research from Cornell Health Policy Center faculty, the Center also produces research briefs that provide accessible summaries of recent academic work. Each brief distills complex research findings into clear, concise insights that highlight implications for policy, practice, and future scholarship. Organized around the Center’s three pillars, these briefs connect rigorous scholarship to current policy issues, making cutting-edge health policy research more approachable for all audiences. Read our past publications below.


Two elderly people walking together

November 2025 

Title: Trends in U.S. Nursing Home Ownership and Impacts on Quality of Care

Brief author: Lilia Mitra

Study authors: Robert “Tyler” Braun & Mark Unruh

Child in doctor's office holding a stuffed bear

September 2025 

Title: State Policy Levers to Improve Medicaid Pediatric Provider Payment

Brief authors: Sophia Suvangi Silwal & James Young

Study authors: Beth McGinty, Kayla Tormohlen, Sallie Permar, Cori Green, & Ilina Das Ewan

Pregnant woman holding her belly

August 2025 

Title: Policy Strategies for Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating Women in Vaccine Research

Brief author: Shafia Akey

Study authors: Beth McGinty, Sallie Permar, & Laura Riley

School bus with blue background

July 2025

Title: Early School Medicaid Expansions Health Services for Children with Parental Opioid Use Disorder

Brief author: Lilia Mitra

Study authors: Angelica Meinhofer & Maria Fitzpatrick