Alison Laffan
Pronouns: She/Her
Alison is a principal research scientist in the Health Sciences department who manages projects for AHRQ, CDC, PCORI, CMS and private foundations. Her work focuses on the health and well-being of aging and reducing health disparities. She projects have included research on hospital acquired conditions, dementia, diabetes, and disabilities.
Alison leads research projects studying health care delivery innovations and public health programs designed to improve health, increase patient safety, improve health care quality, and achieve health equity. She manages work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services supporting them in implementing their Health Equity Framework. In addition, she led work supporting federal and local efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations including nursing home residents and racial and ethnic minorities.
Prior to joining NORC, she served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Policy Fellow, in the HHS office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response where she coordinated policy for public health emergency preparedness and response across federal stakeholder agencies and international partners. Earlier in her career Alison managed a federally funded clinical research program at Johns Hopkins University focused on sleep and sleep disorders.
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Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins University
MHS
Johns Hopkins University
Honors & Awards
Science and Technology Policy Fellow | 2010 - 2012
AASS
Project Contributions
Publications
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AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting
Event | June 17, 2024
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opens in new tab"Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries Accessing Transgender-Related Care in the Era of ICD-10."
Journal Article | June 3, 2019
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opens in new tab"Health Care Utilization and Cost Outcomes of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program for Medicare Beneficiaries."
Journal Article | March 5, 2019
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opens in new tab"Transgender Medicare Beneficiaries and Chronic Conditions: Exploring Fee-for-Service Claims Data."
Journal Article | December 11, 2017
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opens in new tab"Health Indicators for Older Sexual Minorities: National Health Interview Survey, 2013-2014."
Journal Article | December 11, 2017
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opens in new tab"Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions."
Project Report | November 9, 2017
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opens in new tab"HCIA Disease-Specific Evaluation: Third Annual Report."
Project Report | October 2, 2017
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opens in new tab"HCIA Disease-Specific Evaluation: Second Annual Report."
Project Report | March 1, 2016