Clara Elizabeth Filice

Clara Elizabeth Filice, MD, MPH, MHS, is an Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School's T.H. Chan School of Medicine, affiliated with the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and its Biostatistics and Health Services Research Division. Her work focuses on health services research, public health, and healthcare disparities.

• Education: BA in History (Rice University), MPH (Northwestern University), MHS (Yale University School of Medicine), MD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)

Her research examines Medicaid quality measurement, racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare, and socioeconomic factors in Medicare data. Recent publications analyze nutritional assistance impacts on healthcare expenditure, pandemic planning in pediatric emergency departments, and rural health equity.

Clara collaborates with researchers across public health and medicine, including co-author Jatin Dave. Her work has been cited in PubMed Central, with particular attention to health equity and policy translation.