Student-Authored Publications

Pardee RAND Graduate School students participate in many RAND research projects through their On-the-Job Training. These projects provide students with tremendous opportunities to publish their work in RAND reports and peer-reviewed journals. In fact, many of our students develop an impressive publications record during their tenure at Pardee RAND, which enables them to compete successfully for positions at universities and other research institutions.

Below is a list of publications that our students have recently authored or co-authored. The list provides an excellent illustration of the range of publications that our students have had a hand in developing.

2016

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  Current and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to Natural Hazards July 12, 2016

  Henry H. Willis, Anu Narayanan, Jordan R. Fischbach, Edmundo Molina-Perez, Chuck Stelzner, Kathleen Loa, Lauren Kendrick

  Communities, companies, and governments at all levels in the United States are making decisions that will influence where, what and how infrastructure will be built. This report describes insights about exposures from natural hazards now and in the future, as well as gaps in data that, if filled, could improve the nation's ability to assess infrastructure risk and improve infrastructure resilience.

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  Stakeholder Experiences in a Stepped Collaborative Care Study Within U.S. Army Clinics July 5, 2016

  Caroline Batka, Terri Tanielian, Mahlet Atakilt Woldetsadik, Carrie M. Farmer, Lisa H. Jaycox

  Stakeholder perceptions and use of collaborative care could be improved by enhancing the design of the web-based therapy tools; increasing the frequency of team meetings and case presentations; and expanding training for primary care providers on screening and treatment for PTSD and depression and on the collaborative care model's structure, processes, and offerings.

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  Using Timely Survey-Based Information Networks to Collect Data on Best Practices for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Illustrative Case from the American College of Emergency Physicians' Ebola Surveys July 1, 2016

  Mahshid Abir, Melinda Moore, Margaret Chamberlin, Kristi L. Koenig, Jon Mark Hirshon, Cynthia Singh, Sandra Schneider, Stephen Cantrill

  Professional associations can use their member networks to collect timely survey data to inform best practices during and immediately after public health emergencies.

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  U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Civilian Employees for Military Personnel: Executive Summary June 29, 2016

  Jennifer Lamping Lewis, Edward G. Keating, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Brian J. Gordon, Julia Pollak, Andrew Madler, H. G. Massey, Gillian S. Oak

  This report summarizes research on recent patterns in military-to-civilian conversion — that is, converting military positions to government civilian positions — to identify the primary impediments to such conversions. The authors reviewed relevant statutes and policies, held discussions with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) subject matter experts, and analyzed administrative data on DoD military and civilian personnel.

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  U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Employees for Military Personnel: Challenges and Opportunities June 29, 2016

  Jennifer Lamping Lewis, Edward G. Keating, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Brian J. Gordon, Julia Pollak, Andrew Madler, H. G. Massey, Gillian S. Oak

  This report examines recent patterns in military-to-civilian conversion — that is, converting military positions to government civilian positions — to identify the primary impediments to such conversions. The authors reviewed relevant statutes and policies, held discussions with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) subject matter experts, and analyzed administrative data on DoD military and civilian personnel.

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  Consumer Decisionmaking in the Health Care Marketplace June 28, 2016

  Erin Audrey Taylor, Katherine Grace Carman, Andrea Lopez, Ashley N. Muchow, Parisa Roshan, Christine Eibner

  To understand how consumers make decisions and the extent to which various factors can hinder decisionmaking, RAND researchers reviewed the literature on health insurance choice and on designing websites to support consumers' choices and, where possible, gleaned best practices from the literature. To understand the approaches health insurance websites have taken to convey information to consumers, they then reviewed 20 websites.

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  Using Insights from Behavioral Economics to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness and Response June 2, 2016

  Sebastian Linnemayr, Claire E. O'Hanlon, Lori Uscher-Pines, Kristin Van Abel, Christopher Nelson

  Behavioral economics has achieved positive results in decision-making contexts similar to those surrounding disaster preparedness and response, and therefore the low cost and potentially high impact of behavioral economics-based interventions warrant further investigation.

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  Technological Lessons from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident June 1, 2016

  Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Sarah Evans, Edward Geist, Scott W. Harold, Vernon Ray Koym, Scott Savitz, Lloyd Thrall

  This study draws lessons regarding technological countermeasures to radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant accident. It focuses on contamination measurement, efforts to limit dispersal, decontamination, and storage of radioactive materials. The report analyzes technological successes and identifies capability gaps that could be redressed through novel technologies or improved use of existing technologies.

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  Ten Frequently Asked Questions About Veterans' Transitions: Results of a Decade of RAND Work on Veteran Life May 23, 2016

  Christopher Guo, Julia Pollak, Melissa Bauman

  This document compiles the RAND Corporation's body of work on veterans' transitions to civilian life and highlights the breadth of topics RAND has studied. It distills more than a decade's worth of research on many facets of veteran life into a set of ten questions and answers gleaned from this work.

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  Are better health outcomes related to social expenditure? A cross-national empirical analysis of social expenditure and population health measures May 10, 2016

  Jennifer Rubin, Jirka Taylor, Joachim Krapels, Alex Sutherland, Melissa Felician, Jodi L. Liu, Lois M. Davis, Charlene Rohr

  Previous studies have shown that social spending is associated with better health outcomes in OECD countries. This exploratory study builds on this finding by widening the scope of the analysis, by incorporating other societal factors — namely, social capital and income inequality — and by assessing these relationships not only at the cross-national level but also at the cross-state level within the United States.

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  Physician Professional Satisfaction and Area of Clinical Practice: Evidence from an Integrated Health Care Delivery System May 9, 2016

  John P. Caloyeras, Michael Kanter, Nicole Ives, Chong Woo Kim, Hemal Kanzaria, Sandra H. Berry, Robert H. Brook

  High levels of physician professional satisfaction were found across multiple specialties and primary care in the closed, integrated practice setting of Southern California Permanente Medical Group.

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  Developing the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index: Toward a Global Standardized, Quantitative, and Transparent Resource Assessment April 28, 2016

  Henry H. Willis, David G. Groves, Jeanne S. Ringel, Zhimin Mao, Shira Efron, Michele Abbott

  To provide information to agencies and efforts focused on food, water, and energy resources, the RAND Corporation developed the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index. The index provides a standardized, quantitative, and transparent estimation of the nexus between food, energy, and water that can be used by policymakers, the development community, scientists, and the public. This report serves as the technical documentation for the index.

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  RAPAPORT (Resilience Assessment Process and Portfolio Option Reporting Tool): Background and Method April 28, 2016

  Paul Dreyer, Krista Langeland, David Manheim, Gary W. McLeod, George Nacouzi

  Resilience is the ability of a system, architecture, or organization to maintain critical capabilities during and following a threat or disruption. The authors of this report describe a process and tool they initially developed to identify non-materiel solutions for improving the resilience of the U.S. space enterprise, but which have broad applications to any organization seeking to enhance resilience.

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  How Civil Institutions Build Resilience: Organizational Practices Derived from Academic Literature and Case Studies April 28, 2016

  Krista Langeland, David Manheim, Gary W. McLeod, George Nacouzi

  In an effort to support U.S. Air Force space community resilience objectives, researchers conducted a review of the academic literature defining and describing resiliency in various domains, and case-study reports about how organizations build resilient missions. This report summarizes key findings from this review that have broad application to organizations seeking to enhance resilience, which includes the space community.

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  Enhancing Space Resilience Through Non-Materiel Means April 28, 2016

  Gary W. McLeod, George Nacouzi, Paul Dreyer, Mel Eisman, Myron Hura, Krista Langeland, David Manheim, Geoffrey Torrington

  Space is now a congested, contested, and competitive environment. Space systems must become more resilient to potential adversary actions and system failures, but changes to space systems are costly. To reduce costs, the Air Force asked RAND to identify non-materiel means — doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy — to enhance space resilience over the near and far terms.

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  Leveraging the Past to Prepare for the Future of Air Force Intelligence Analysis April 27, 2016

  Brien Alkire, Abbie Tingstad, Dale Benedetti, Amado Cordova, Irina Elena Danescu, William Fry, D. Scott George, Lawrence M. Hanser, Lance Menthe, Erik J. Nemeth, et al.

  This report describes steps the U.S. Air Force can take to help ensure that it has the capability needed to provide intelligence analysis support to a broad range of service and combatant commander needs, including support to ongoing irregular warfare operations, and to conventional warfare with a near-peer competitor.

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  Can the Air Force and Airlines Collaborate for Mutual Benefit? An Exploration of Pilot and Maintenance Workforce Options April 21, 2016

  Anthony D. Rosello, James H. Bigelow, Maya Buenaventura, Christopher M. Carson, Rebecca Herman, Michael McGee, Jaime L. Hastings, Muharrem Mane, Daniel M. Romano, Craig Vara, et al.

  This report encapsulates the analysis and results of the Air Force–Airline Industry Collaboration project, which investigated the viability of options for the Air Force and commercial airlines to collaborate on issues related to their pilot and maintenance workforces by evaluating benefits, costs, and feasibility from the perspectives of both sides.

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  Policy Options for Better Service Outcomes from the Future Electric Grid: A Stakeholder Symposium April 18, 2016

  Aimee E. Curtright, Christopher Guo, Anu Narayanan, Jacqueline Du Bois, Kathleen Loa

  This symposium aimed to identify important policy questions related to the present and future electric power grid system. The meeting brought together multiple stakeholder perspectives on the challenges, solutions, and implementation barriers associated with building a more robust, resilient, affordable, and clean electric power system. An intended outcome was to identify problems that could benefit from stakeholder-driven objective research.

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  Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Service Members with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury April 18, 2016

  Carrie M. Farmer, Heather Krull, Thomas W. Concannon, Molly Simmons, Francesca Pillemer, Teague Ruder, Andrew M. Parker, Maulik P. Purohit, Liisa Hiatt, Benjamin Saul Batorsky, et al.

  This research brief describes the first comprehensive study of care for mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, in the Military Health System, including patient characteristics, care settings, co-occurring conditions, and long-term care needs.

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  Understanding Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Health System April 18, 2016

  Carrie M. Farmer, Heather Krull, Thomas W. Concannon, Molly Simmons, Francesca Pillemer, Teague Ruder, Andrew M. Parker, Maulik P. Purohit, Liisa Hiatt, Benjamin Saul Batorsky, et al.

  A RAND study, the first to examine care received by a census of active-duty service members diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury in the Military Health System, assessed the number and characteristics of these patients (including deployment history and history of traumatic brain injury), their care settings, the treatments they received, co-occurring conditions, the duration of treatment, and the risk factors for requiring long-term care.

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