Lindsey Bullinger

Lindsey Bullinger is an Assistant Professor at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at George Washington University. Her research focuses on how social policies like the Affordable Care Act, paid family leave, and minimum wage laws impact child and family well-being, particularly in the context of child maltreatment prevention. She has co-investigated grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Pew Charitable Trusts, and her work has been cited by major media outlets.

Her expertise spans child abuse/neglect, maternal and child health, and health policy. Recent studies include analyzing paid family leave's effect on infant maltreatment, Medicaid's role in school-based health services, and opioid crisis impacts on children. Bullinger frequently engages with policymakers and media on topics like evictions' link to foster care entry and the societal costs of child welfare failures.

Notable projects include linking minimum wage policies to reduced child maltreatment, evaluating telehealth home-visiting programs during the pandemic, and studying cash transfer programs' effects on family stability. She advocates for upstream interventions addressing root causes of maltreatment through economic and healthcare policies.