Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Sociology. She directs the Center on Housing, Neighborhoods and Communities at the Institute for Health and Social Policy.

• Education: Ph.D. (1973) and MUP from New York University

Research Interests focus on the effects of housing and neighborhoods on children, families, and neighborhood change dynamics. Her work spans housing affordability, tenure, subsidies, and racial disparities in household formation. She employs interdisciplinary methods to examine socioeconomic and health outcomes.

Trends in Recent Publications highlight housing vouchers' benefits for parental stress reduction, assisted housing's role in child development, rental assistance programs' impact on neighborhood outcomes, and the housing crisis' financial effects on central cities. Themes include policy evaluation, equity, and longitudinal analysis.

Scientific Awards include:

• Homer Hoyt Fellow
• Miripol-Pfeffer Award in Urban Community Development (established in her honor)

Her research has been funded through principal investigator roles, though specific grant details are not provided. She has not been explicitly listed as advising any students in the available text.