Lauren A. Haynes, M.P.H., C.P.H., joined the Commonwealth Fund in May 2022 as a researcher in the Health Care Coverage and Access program. In this role she is responsible for providing research and analytic support to the program. Prior to joining the Fund, Haynes served as director of Quality and Evaluation at Public Health Solutions, where she was responsible for telling stories with data, evaluating program impact, and developing a culture of continuous quality improvement across Public Health Solutions’ portfolio of 14 community-based public health and social service programs. She simultaneously served as project director and principal investigator for What Matters to You, a project that assessed WIC participants for their highest-priority needs, connected participants with community-based services, and evaluated the associated impact on benefits utilization and retention in the WIC program. Previously, she served as program coordinator for the Integrated Mental Health in Primary Care Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and as a social science research analyst at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General. Haynes received her M.P.H. in health policy and management from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, with an advanced certificate (C.P.H.) in social determinants of health.
Lauren A. Haynes
Researcher, Health Care Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund

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