Ph.D. Students

Erika G. Martin, M.P.H.

Division of Health Policy and Administration

erika.martin@yale.edu

Erika Martin is a PhD student in Health Policy with a concentration in Epidemiology. Her prior research has been on drug policy and harm reduction for injection drug users and tobacco consumers. Her dissertation work uses econometric analysis and simulation modeling to explore policy inertia and policy adaptation in federal funding for HIV/AIDS treatment through the Ryan White CARE Act. This set of analyses holds direct policy implications for future federal and state decision-making on Ryan White, contributes to understandings of design and policy issues surrounding formula-based federal programs, and tests political science theories on policy change.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

M.P.H. in General Epidemiology, University of Michigan, 2003
B.A. in Human Biology (honors) and French Literature, Brown University, 2001

Awards and Honors

New Award for Student Travel, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Special Populations Committee, 2003
Donovan Family National Scholar, Brown University, 1997-2001

Experience

Research Assistant, Yale University, 2005-present
Research Assistant, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland, 2003-2004
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 2002-2003
Research Assistant, Brown University, 2000-2001

Publications

Martin, E.G., Pollack, H.A., and Paltiel, A.D. Fact, Fiction, and Fairness: Resource Allocation under the Ryan White CARE Act. Health Affairs 25: 1103-1112, 2006.

Hofner, M-C., Python, N.V., Martin, E., Gervasoni, J-P., Graz, B., and Yersin, B. Prevalence of Victims of Violence Admitted to an Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Journal 22: 481-485, 2005.

Martin, E.G., Warner, K.E., and Lantz, P.M. Tobacco Harm Reduction: What do the Experts Think? Tobacco Control 13: 123-128, 2004.

Warner, K.E. and Martin, E.G. The U.S. Tobacco Control Community’s View of the Future of Tobacco Harm Reduction. Tobacco Control 12: 383-390, 2003.

Rich, J.D., Martin, E.G., Macalino, G.E., Paul, R.V., Sanford, S.L., McNamara, S., and Taylor, L.E. Pharmacist Support for Over-the-counter Syringe Sales to Injection Drug Users in Rhode Island. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 42: S58-S61, 2002.