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Megan E. Vanneman, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Utah School of Medicine, affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, and the Department of Population Health Sciences, Division of Health System Innovation and Research. She is also a Core Investigator at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System's IDEAS Center and co-leads the ACCENT CORE consortium.
Dr. Vanneman earned her
- PhD in Health Services and Policy Analysis from UC Berkeley
- MPH in Health Policy and Management from Columbia University
- BA in Human Biology from Stanford University
Her research focuses on policy impacts on access, quality, and cost in healthcare systems like Medicaid and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), particularly for mental health and substance use disorders. She employs mixed-methods combining econometrics, biostatistics, and qualitative interviews.
Recent publications highlight her work on
- VA/non-VA care coordination
- opioid safety in community care
- mental health service disparities
- traumatic brain injury outcomes
She teaches research methods and health policy, and her lab team includes data scientists and statisticians like Erin Beilstein-Wedel and Warren Pettey. Her work informs national policies on VHA care expansion and integrated healthcare delivery.
