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Paul W. Newacheck, DPH
Professor of Health Policy


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Contact Information

Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
3333 California Street Suite 265 Box 0936
San Francisco, CA 94118
Email: Paul.Newacheck@ucsf.edu
Phone: 415-476-3897
Fax: 415-476-0705

Assistant: Lena Libatique
Email: Lena.Libatique@ucsf.edu
Phone: 415-476-3897

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Research Interests
  • child health
  • access to care
  • health care financing
 

Paul Newacheck, DrPH is Professor of Health Policy and Pediatrics at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Newacheck is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of children’s health care access and insurance, and the epidemiology of chronic illness in children. He chaired the expert panels for the National Survey of Children’s Health and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, joint undertakings of CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau. He has spent many years studying socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in children’s health care access, use, and financial burden, and currently co-directs the Center on Social Disparities in Health at UCSF.
Dr. Newacheck’s work has been influential in the development of state and federal policy for children’s health care, and he has been an advisor to federal policymakers as a member of the Board on Children, Youth and Families for the National Academy of Sciences and as a member of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.

Selected Current Projects

Identifying Risk Factors for Children’s Oral Health Problems, funded by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, DHHS

Identifying Risk Factors for Children with Special Health Care Needs, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, DHHS.

Assessing the Evidence Base for Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, DHHS.


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