Leslie Curry, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Research Scientist
Division of Health Policy and Administration
Dr. Curry is a Research Scientist and is a Core faculty member of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program. Her research examines health services and health policy related to older adults, with a particular focus on the organization, financing and quality of innovative models of long term care. She is a recognized expert in qualitative and mixed methods and has served as co-PI on grants awarded by the National Institute on Aging, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the John A Hartford Foundation to enhance the rigor and credibility of qualitative and mixed methods in aging and public health research. Dr. Curry is the former Director of the Braceland Center for Mental Health and Aging and is a member of AcademyHealth.
Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2000
M.P.H., University of Connecticut, 1991
Awards and Honors
Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
T. Stewart Hamilton Fellowship in Health Management
Professional Services
Editorial Board Member, The Gerontologist
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Applied Gerontology
Elected and appointed positions on leadership committees in Gerontological Society of America and American Public Health Association, Gerontological Health Section
Courses Taught
HPA 533b Aging and Health Policy
Current Research Projects
Individual Financial Planning for Long Term Care; Long Term Care Rebalancing in Connecticut; Consumer Experiences in Medicaid/Medicare Integrated Care (in collaboration with the University of Connecticut Center on Aging)
Yale Affiliations
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Selected Publications
Bradley, E., Curry, L., and Devers, K. Qualitative Data Analysis for Health Services Research: Developing Taxonomy, Themes and Theory. Health Services Research 42(4): 1758-1772, 2007.
Nunez-Smith, M., Curry, L., Bigby, J.A., Berg, D., Krumholz, H., and Bradley, E. Impact of Race on the Professional Lives of Physicians of African Descent. Annals of Internal Medicine 46: 45-51, 2007.
Improving Research in Public Health and Aging: Qualitative and Mixed Methods, Curry, L., Shield, R., and Wetle, T., (Eds.), American Public Health Association, 2006.
Curry, L., Bradley, E., and Robison, J. Individual Decisions Regarding Financing Nursing Home Care: Psychosocial Considerations. Journal of Aging Studies 18(3): 337-352, 2004.
The Science of Inclusion: Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Racial and Ethnic Elders in Health Research, Curry, L. and Jackson, J. (Eds.), Washington, D.C.: The Gerontological Society of America, 2003.
Bradley, E., McGraw, S., Curry, L., Buckser, A., King, K., Kasl, S., and Andersen, R. Expanding the Andersen Model: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Long-term Care Use. Health Services Research 37(5): 1221-1242, 2002.
Public and Private Responsibilities in Long Term Care: Finding the Balance, Walker (Curry), L., Bradley, E., and Wetle, T. (Eds.), Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
For a further list of Dr. Curry's publications, please see PubMed
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