Public Health

Eurasia

Program Evaluation

Education

• B.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1984
• M.A., Political Science and Russian/East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1986
• Ph.D., Political Science and Security Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

Research Interests

• Health, demography and health systems reform in Eurasia
• Evaluations of multilateral development bank-financed human capital and public sector management projects in countries around the world

Select Publications

• The Lancet Regional Health: Europe, “The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Its Public Health Consequences,” with David A. Leon, et. al., Vol. 15, March 8, 2022, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(22)00051-5/fulltext
• New York Times, “Vladimir Putin Has a Vaccine, and He’s Rushing To Share It,” October 13, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-russia-united-states.html
• Current History, “Can Russia’s Health and Welfare Systems Handle the Pandemic?” with Linda J. Cook, Volume 119, Issue 819, October 2020, https://online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory/article-abstract/119/819/251/111862/Can-Russia-s-Health-and-Welfare-Systems-Handle-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• “Ukraine’s Health Sector: Sustaining Momentum for Reform,” report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Health Policy Center, August 2017, https://www.csis.org/analysis/ukraines-health-sector
• World Bank, Independent Evaluation Group, Completion and Learning Review of the FY17-FY21 Country Partnership Framework for Kosovo (lead evaluator), April 2023, https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099050123144518759/bosib0a4f1039a0c60a7840f950f757f550

Affiliations

• Consultant, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank
• Consultant, Independent Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank
• Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight
• Trustee, Eurasia Foundation
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Courses

• Ukrainian Politics and Society (with Kyiv School of Economics)
• Diplomacy Lab (with U.S. Department of State)
• International Political Economy
• Politics of Global Health
• Political Science Senior Seminar

Awards

• SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award, 2005
• VCU College of Humanities and Sciences Elske v.P. Smith Distinguished Lecturer Award, 2018
• "Best of 2021" article award from Council on Foreign Relations "Think Global Health" site, for "Why Aren't Russians Getting Vaccinated" (with Lillian Posner), July 2021