The Hope of Mankind
Fisher, Megdalynn. (2017). "The Hope of Mankind." The Journal of Student Leadership. 1(1).
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Megdalynn Fisher
O’Neill School of Public and Envrionmental Affairs
1315 E. Tenth Street Bloomington, IN 47405-1701
(678) 823-3128
megdalynnfisher@outlook.com
Education
Ph.D. PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 2024 expected
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affaris, Indiana University (IU), Bloomington, IN
Faculty profile
- Policy Analysis Major
- Public Finance Minor
Dissertation Committee: Kosali Simon (chair), Seth Freedman, Victoria Perez, Justin Ross, Coady Wing
- Dissertation: “Unintended Consequences in Healthcare Quality: The Case of Long-term Care”
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 2019
Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, UT
- Information Systems Minor
- Program Management Major Emphasis
- Healthcare Minor Emphasis
Advisors: Rob Christensen, Rex Facer, Andrew Heiss
- Capstone: “Enhancing healthcare transparency in Utah: Deriving a composite quality score for public use as a complement to the Total Cost of Care project”
B.S. Economics, 2017
Woodbury School of Business, Utah Valley University (UVU), Orem, UT
Advisor: Maritza Sotomayor
- Capstone: “Global Food Prices and Utah Childhood Poverty Rates”
Publications
Rising Food Prices: The Case of Childhood Poverty in a Developed Economy
Fisher, Megdalynn. (2017). "Rising Food Prices: The Case of Childhood Poverty in a Developed Economy." NCUR Proceedings.
Presentations
Racial and Ethnic Segregation in Nursing Homes
Presentation at Midwest Health Economics Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Public Reporting of Nursing Home Antipsychotic Use: Changes in the Reporting of Exclusionary Diagnoses?
Presentation at O'Neill Ph.D. Student Association Annual Student Research Conference, Bloomington, Indiana
Hospital Competition, Quality, and Municipal Debt: Do Non-Profit Hospitals Utilize Municipal Market Credit Access to Fund Competition on Quality
Poster at Association for Public Policy Analysts and Mangement (APPAM) Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
Tribal Self-Governance and COVID-19 Outcomes
Presentation at O’Neill Ph.D. Student Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, Indiana
An Advocacy Coalition Framework Approach to Section 340B
Presentation at O’Neill Ph.D. Student Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, Indiana
The Hope of Mankind
Oral Recitation at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
Rising Food Prices: The Case of Childhood Poverty in a Developed Economy
Presentation at National Confernece on Undergraduate Research, Memphis, TN
Rising Food Prices: The Case of Childhood Poverty in a Developed Economy
Poster at Utah Confernece on Undergraduate Research, Orem, UT
Research Experience
RESEARCH ASSISTANT 9/2017 - PRESENT
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Kosali Simon, 2/2022 - PRESENT
- Racial segregation and nursing homes
- Use of antipsychotic medications in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and serious mental illness
- Formal disruptions to care in the nursing facility market
- Hospital price transparency
- Medicaid expansion and the Health and Retirement Study
- Patient sorting and provider characteristics
- CARES Act relief funds
Seth Freedman and Victoria Perez, 8/2019 - 8/2021
- Hospital advertising
- Market concentration
- End of life care
- Healthcare quality
- Section 340B drug pricing program
Jennifer Silva, 2/2022 - PRESENT
- Narrative analysis
- Assembly of qualitative patient interviews with electronic health records
Victoria Perez, 8/2019 - 8/2021
- Medicaid Fraud Control Units and job turnover
- COVID-19 and nursing home quality
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Mark Keith and Bill Taylor, 9/2017 - 5/2019
- Healthcare Industry Research Center
- Cost Transparency
- Healthcare IT Vendors
Work Experience
DATA ANALYST, 5/2018 – 8/2019
Comagine Health, Murray, UT
- Cleaned, analyzed, and utilized data to produce actionable reports supporting the Quality Payment Program, Total Cost of Care, and Health Innovation Improvement Network for this Quality Innovation Network/Quality Improvement Organization (QIN/QIO).
- Performed and interpreted statistical analysis, creating data visualizations.
- Researched and proposed analysis techniques for public transparency objectives.
- Designed automated reports using Tableau, Excel, Access, SAS, and R Studio.
BOOKKEEPER, 8/2012 – 8/2017
Quickbooks Bookkeeping, Spanish Fork, UT
- Accessed and organized information from various sources to provide monthly and annual financial statements as a self-employed bookkeeper.
- Reduced bookkeeping time by 40% during exceptional company growth (revenues, assets, and cash flows increasing roughly 300%).
OFFICE MANAGER, 5/2012 – 8/2013
Anderson Wood Law, Salt Lake City, UT
- Responsible for creating invoices, billing clients, filing documents, bookkeeping, and providing customer service.
Research Interests
- Health economics and policy
- Healthcare and public finance
- Healthcare labor market
- Healthcare quality and services
Teaching
Teaching Interests
Healthcare
- Health Economics
- Healthcare Services Delivery
- Healthcare Finance
Economics and Statistics
- Introduction, Principles, History
- Contemporary Affairs
- Public Policy, Econometrics
- Development, Poverty
Public Affairs
- Program Evaluation
- Policy Analysis
- Finance
- Data and Quantitative Analysis
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
- Robert Agranoff PhD Fellowship, Indiana University, 2023 - 2024
- Irsay Institute Fellowship, Indiana University, 2023 - 2024
- Graduate Fellowship, Rumsfeld Foundation, 2019 - 2021
- Stewart L. Grow Award, Brigham Young University, 2019
- MPA Academic Award, Brigham Young University, 2019
- Healthcare Industry Scholar, Brigham Young University, 2019
- Summa Cum Laude, Utah Valley University, 2017
- Outstanding Student Award, Finance and Economics, Utah Valley University, 2017
Service and leadership
- Health Policy Workshop, Student Coordinator, 8/2020 - present
- O’Neill PhD Student Association President, Executive Board Member 2020 - present
- Undergraduate Honors Thesis, healthcare panel chair, 4/29/2022, 4/28/2023
- Economics Advisory Board member, Utah Valley University, 2021 - present
- Program Advisory Committee member, MPA at Brookline College, 2022 - present
- Diversity and Inclusion Commitee, Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics, Brigham Young University, 12/2017 – 5/2019
- MPA Vice President, Events Specialist, Marriott School of Business’ Healthcare Industry Association, Brigham Young University, 9/2017 – 5/2019
- Student Life Representative, Master of Public Administration Association, Brigham Young University, 4/2018 – 5/2019
- Associate Editor, The Journal of Student Leadership, Utah Valley University 5/2016 – 5/2017
- Vice-President, Economics Club, Utah Valley University 8/2016 – 5/2017
- President and Board Member, Ross Spouses’ Organization, Ross University, 5/2007 – 11/2008
- Co-Editor, Columnist, Ross University School of Medicine Student Welcome Packet and Newsletter, Ross University 5/2007 – 8/2008
- Non-profit Board of Directors, New Voice Theater, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1/2006 – 8/2007
Professional Memberships
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- American Society for Public Administration
- Public Management Research Association
- American Society of Health Economists
- Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
- American Economics Association
- American College of Healthcare Executives