Curricula Vitae in Families in Society, Institute

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Nathaniel Bell Associate Professor	Health Services Reseach, Medicaid, Geographic Information Systems	Nathaniel Bell is the Director of Research and Evaluation within the Division of Integrated Health and Policy Research at the Institute for Families in Society. He is a tenured faculty member of the College of Social Work. His research examines how individuals access health care, what contexts shape the treatments they receive, and what happens to patients because of where they live and how far they must travel to obtain care.
Dr. Sarah J. Gareau Research Assistant Professor	Maternal & Child Health, Health Services Research, Health Policy	Sarah Gareau, DrPH, MCHES is a Research Assistant Professor and the Director of Health Services Research and Policy in the Division of Integrated Health and Policy Research at the Institute for Families in Society. She heads a multidisciplinary team working to advance maternal & child health and access to high quality care in SC through applied research centered on health services & health policy, program development and evaluation, community engagement, and value-based efficiency.
Dr. Ana Lopez-DeFede Research Professor	State health care policy; Public health insurance programs (Medicaid and Medicare), Access to health care among vulnerable populations, Social and Cultural Determinants of Health Status	Dr. Lopez-De Fede currently directs interdisciplinary research dedicated to exploring the links between health, place, and family well-being. Her publications and professional interest are in health care systems change, Medicaid financing of health care, service delivery to rural and minority communities, immigrant health issues, maternal and child health (birth outcomes), behavioral health (mental and substance use), and the social and cultural determinants of health.
Dr. Cheri Shapiro Research Associate Professor	evidence based parenting interventions, prevention, child and family	Dr. Cheri Shapiro received her Ph.D. in Psychology (1991) from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. She has worked to direct large intervention studies as well as psychological services in both community and university settings. Dr. Shapiro is primarily interested in parenting and prevention of a wide range of negative outcomes for youth, including maltreatment, delinquency, and obesity. In addition, she is interested in dissemination of evidence-based parenting and family interventions.