Steph Bernell, PhD, currently serves as an associate professor in and as the program coordinator of the Health Management and Policy programs at the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. She received a BA and an MA in economics from the American University in Washington, DC, and a PhD in health economics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bernell’s scholarly work combines her passion for health policy and politics with her desire to use economic tools to address an array of pressing public health issues, including HIV, disability, hunger, Medicaid, and health reform.