INTERESTS: health policy, social determinants of health and health disparities, and implementation of health reform.

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1 HEIDI ALLEN, MSW, PhD 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10025, INTERESTS: health policy, social determinants of health and health disparities, and implementation of health reform. EDUCATION PhD in Social Work and Social Research, Portland State University, December Dissertation: Up a Creek - The Perilous Journey of Recently Uninsured Low-Income Adults in Oregon. Masters in Social Work (MSW), Portland State University, June 2000, Community-Based Practice concentration. Bachelors in Science (B.S.), Psychology, Boise State University, May 1997 HONORS AND AWARDS , National Institutes of Health (NIH), Extramural Loan Repayment Program Award, Health Disparities Research Research Fellow at the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. June 14 th 25 th intensive research training program for qualitative social scientists at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2012 Present Assistant Professor, Columbia University, School of Social Work Research Scientist, Providence Health Systems, Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Portland, OR. Co-Investigator on the Oregon Health Study (OHS) also known as the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, the first randomized trial examining the impacts of a health insurance expansion on uninsured adults. Primary data collection included fielding two waves of 70,000 mail surveys and conducting over 13,000 in-person interviews with biomarker screenings. Secondary data collection included obtaining datasets for hospital discharges, emergency department visits, credit reports, mortality, and DHS program participation for our sample. Specialized expertise was developed in using Dried Blood Spots in community-based health research, and tracking protocols for longitudinal research with mobile populations. The OHS is generously funded by the National Institute on Aging, MacArthur Foundation, California Health Care Foundation, Sloan Foundation, Smith-Richardson Foundation, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Principal Investigator on the qualitative arm of the Oregon Health Study, managing a team of interviewers, analysts, and a field supervisor to conduct unstructured qualitative interviews with subpopulations of interest in the Oregon Health Study (eg. Spanish-speakers who won the insurance lottery but did not apply to the program). Over 750 interviews were obtained over the course of eight months. Principal Investigator on the Oregon Healthy Kids Evaluation, a multi-year mail survey designed to evaluate the impact of a SCHIP health insurance expansion to uninsured children, Funded by the Oregon Health Authority. Co-investigator on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant: Beyond Insurance: Understanding the Interplay between Medicaid, the Built Environment, and Health. This social determinants of health study collects primary observational data on neighborhood characteristics utilizing the Active

2 Neighborhood Checklist. We developed an ipad application for primary neighborhood data collection with integrated mapping capabilities. Observational data will be aggregated with GIS city- planning data and OHS biomarker data. Co-investigator on the American Cancer Society Grant: The Impact of Insurance on Cancer Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. This project examines preventative cancer screenings and post-cancer treatment follow-up in an uninsured population signed up for a health insurance lottery through the state of Oregon. Co-Principal Investigator on the Providence Health & Services Foundation Grant: Alzheimer, Dementia, and Related-Disorders Notebook Project. This is a mixed-method evaluation of a caregiver notebook for families with a diagnosis of Alzheimer, Dementia or related disorders. Methods include focus groups with providers, a longitudinal mail survey, and follow-up qualitative interviews with caregivers. Co-investigator on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant: Moderating the Health Effects of Childhood Trauma in Low-Income Adults: ACE Scores & the Oregon Health Study. This project examines the relationship between early childhood trauma and adult health outcomes in vulnerable populations, with health insurance as a potential moderating factor. Data collection involves a followup mail survey with individuals who participated in the biomarker arm of the OHS Co-investigator, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR. A qualitative approach to understanding the effects of OHP coverage loss on patients seeking care in the Emergency Department. This study examined the experience of individuals who lost health insurance coverage and were subsequently utilizing an Emergency Department for care. POST- MSW PRACTICE EXPERIENCE Medical Social Worker, Oregon Health & Sciences University and Doernbecher Children s Hospital, Portland, OR. Based in the Emergency Department, with after-hours coverage of adult and pediatric ICUs, responsibilities included: psychiatric assessments and discharge planning; trauma patient identification, family notification, and bereavement support; resource brokering for the uninsured and underinsured; domestic violence and child abuse evaluations and safety-planning; and psychosocial assessments Project Respond Crisis Mental Health Counselor (part-time/on-call), Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Portland Oregon. Provided on-site crisis response to 911 calls and police requests regarding individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Responsibilities included: psychiatric assessments of suicide risk or dangerousness to self and/or others; follow-up safety planning with hospitals or community resources Child Abuse Specialist (part-time/on-call), CARES Northwest, Legacy Health System, Portland, OR. CARES Northwest provides on-site child-abuse assessments for Legacy Emanuel Emergency Department, the designated ED for child abuse in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties. Responsibilities included: after-hours/weekend emergency department assessments, referrals, and reporting of suspected child abuse and/or neglect Mental Health Therapist, Pacific Gateway Hospital, Portland, OR. In-patient psychiatric care, responsibilities included: individual, family, and group therapy for adolescents on the acute unit; intake assessments and discharge planning. EMPLOYED POLICY EXPERIENCE Director, Oregon Health Research & Evaluation Collaborative; Director, Medicaid Advisory Committee; Lead Staff, Health Equities Committee of the Oregon Health Fund Board, Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research, Oregon Health Authority, Salem, OR. General

3 responsibilities included: health policy analysis for Oregon legislature and the governor s office; health policy research and evaluation. As the director of the Oregon Health Research & Evaluation Collaborative, served as a liaison between academic and/or community-based health services researchers and policy-makers to ensure meaningful and timely dissemination of Oregon-specific health research. Director of the Medicaid Advisory Committee during the policy development of the Oregon Healthy Kids Program. Lead Staff for the Health Equities Committee of the Oregon Health Fund Board (established by the Healthy Oregon Act of 2007). Author of the final report to the Board, available at: Project management for Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) grant: Surviving the Perfect Storm: Impacts of Benefit Reductions and Increased Cost-Sharing in a Medicaid Program. Project management for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant: The Impacts of Losing Dental Benefits on Medicaid Members. Project management for Oregon Department of Medical Assistance Program: The Impacts of Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirements. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Current Assistant Professor, Columbia University. T6910. Health, Mental Health, and Disabilities: Issues, Policies, Research, and Programs (Fall) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland State University, Portland, OR. MSW Level Graduate School of Social Work, On-Campus: Health Policy & Practice (Winter, 2010); Diversity & Social Justice (Fall 2008); Social Justice (Fall 2010). Distance-Option: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Macro Theory (Winter 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). BSW Level School of Social Work, On-Campus: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Macro Theory (Spring 2011, 2012); Social Welfare Policy (Winter 2012). BA/BS/MA/MS Level Department of Sociology, Drugs and Alcohol in Society (Spring 2009, Fall 2009). PhD Level Department of Sociology, Health & Inequality (Winter, 2010) Adjunct Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Adjunct Instructor MSW Level Graduate School of Social Work, Distance-Option: Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Macro Theory (Winter 2007). On-Campus: Social Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Clients (Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). Teaching Assistant MSW Level Social Work Policy (Fall 2004, 2005); Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Micro Theory (Winter, 2005, 2007); Research Methods (Winter 2006) Adjunct Instructor, University of Portland, Portland, OR. BSW Level: Human Behavior in the Social Environment (Fall 2007).

4 PUBLICATIONS Allen, H. Is There a Social Worker in the House? Opportunities for Social Workers in the Implementation of Medical Homes. Health & Social Work, Volume 37, No. 3, Pages August Finkelstein, A., Taubman, S., Wright, B., Bernstein, M., Gruber, J., Newhouse, J., Allen, H., Baicker, K. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volumbe 127, No. 3, Pages , August Finkelstein, A., Taubman, S., Wright, B., Bernstein, M., Gruber, J., Newhouse, J., Allen, H., Baicker, K. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No , issued July Allen, H., Baicker, K., Finkelstein, A., Taubman, S., Wright, B., and the Oregon Health Study Group. Introduction to the Oregon Health Study: A Medicaid Expansion Experiment. Health Affairs, Volume 29, No. 8, Pages August, Wright, B.J., Carlson, M.J., Allen, H., Holmgren, A., Rustvold, D.L. Raising Premiums and Other Costs for Oregon Health Plan Enrollees Drove Many to Drop Out. Health Affairs, Volume 29, No. 12, Pages December, Handel, D.A., McConnell, K.J., Allen, H., Lowe, R.A. Outpatient Follow-Up in Today s Health Care Environment. Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages March, PRESENTATIONS Allen, H. Medicaid Expansion 2014: What Can We Learn About Getting Low-Income Adults Enrolled? Society for Social Work Research, 2012 Annual Conference. Allen, H., Booth E. A Place at the Table: Health Equities in the Context of Health Reform in Oregon. 6 th national conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations. September, Allen, H., Wright, B., & Carlson, M. How we measure matters: Conceptualizing insurance status when evaluating unmet need among low-income adults. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 2007; Society for Social Work and Research 12 th Annual Conference, January Allen, H., Edlund, T., & Smith, J. Using evidence to inform policy-makers about health care affordability: The Oregon Healthy Kids experience. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, November Allen, H., Edlund, T.., & Smith. J. Monitoring the safety net at the local level: Oregon s Health Indicators Project (HIP). Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June Allen, H., Ertz-Berger, B., Lowe, R.A., Riley, K.J. Impact of Medicaid cuts on patients seeking emergency room care. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, November Ertz-Berger, B., Allen, H., Riley, K., Lowe, RJ. A qualitative approach to understanding the effects of OHP coverage loss on patients seeking care in the Emergency Department. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Western Regional Research Forum, 2006, and Oregon Health Research and Evaluation Collaborative, May Carlson, M., Wright, B., Smith, J., Edlund, T., Allen, H. Impact of cost sharing on enrollment, access, and utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries: evidence from the OHP Cohort Study Wave 2. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, 2006.

5 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Georgia Policy Institute Fall Policy Forum, Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia, Partnership for Medicaid, State of Medicaid, briefing on Capitol Hill, Oregon Health & Sciences University Family Medicine Research Conference. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year. Spring The Murphy Institute at Tulane University Health Policy Conference, Improving State Health Outcomes: What is the Most Effective? The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year. Spring Allen, H. Update on Dried Blood Spot Technology for Population-Based Biosocial Research: The Oregon Health Study Experience. Chicago Core on Biomarkers in Population-Based Aging Research the Center on Aging at NORC and the University of Chicago (CCBAR). Chicago Biomeasures Annual Workshop, October Oregon Center for Health Systems and Effectiveness Research (OCHSER) dinner and meeting. Health Insurance Matters: Findings from the First Year of the Oregon Health Study. Fall National Association of Counties, Health Steering Committee. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year. Summer Portland State University s Brown Bag Lecture Seminar: Social Work Practice with LGBTQQ Populations: A Lifespan Overview. Sponsored by the School of Social Work, Student Government, and the PSU Queer Resource Center. Spring 2010 Portland State University s Graduate School of Social Work Distinguished Speaker Series: Critical Care: What Matters in Health Reform. Fall 2009 Public Health Seminar Series, Speaking Truth to Power Finding Your Voice. Sponsored by OHSU and PSU Oregon Master of Public Health program tracks, and the OHSU CDC Prevention Research Center, Center for Healthy Communities. Spring Portland State University s Graduate School of Social Work Distinguished Speaker Series: Health Reform in Oregon. Fall SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY Oregon Health Policy Board Metrics Work Group, Oregon Health Authority. This is a governor-appointed position on a work group tasked with identifying potential outcome metrics on health care quality and efficiency for the Oregon Health Policy Board as they implement HB 3650, a health care passed in Healthy Kids Policy Steering Committee, Oregon Health Authority. The Healthy Kids Steering Committee provides policy direction to the Oregon state Office of Healthy Kids Oregon s SCHIP expansion program for uninsured Oregon children Community Advisory Council, State of Oregon, Office of Equity and Inclusion. The CAC helps set policy and program direction for the Oregon Health Authority on reducing health disparities and ensuring a diverse Oregon workforce.