Jae Kennedy, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Administration
P.O. Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210-1495
Office: 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd, SAC 403N
Telephone: 509.368.6971
Fax: 509.358.7984
E-mail: jjkennedy@wsu.edu
Education
- BA, Whitman College
- MA, Claremont Graduate School
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
- Disability and aging services
- Health, rehabilitation, and long term care policy
- Program evaluation
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Awards and Honors
- Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, Associated Students of Washington State University Spokane, 2005–2006.
- Distinguished Research Fellow, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, 1999–2000.
- Zimmer New Investigator Award (Honorable Mention), Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association, 1998.
- Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois, 1998.
- Emerging Scholar Award, Society for Disability Studies, 1992.
Current and Recent Funding
- J. Kennedy, PI (9/06–8/07). WSU Faculty Seed Grant Program, $7,580. Medicare and SSDI.
- J. Kennedy, PI (9/04–8/05). WSU Faculty Seed Grant Program, $7,370. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Disclosure of Natural Herb and Supplement Use.
- J. Kennedy, PI (5/03–5/04). W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, $5,000. Factors Associated with Workforce Participation among SSDI Beneficiaries.
- J. Kennedy, PI, and M. Olney (1/02–12/02). Social Security Administration, $47,500. A Profile of SSDI Applicants and Beneficiaries Aged 18–64.
- J. Kennedy, PI (6/99–5/00). National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, $55,000. Sources and Levels of Personal Assistance for Adults with Disabilities.
- J. Kennedy, PI (8/99–7/00). Mary Jane Neer Research Fund, $15,000. Exploring the Type and Level of Disability Assistance Received by American Adults: Implications for Federal Aging and Disability Policy.
Recent Presentations
- Kennedy, J. (6/26/06). Health Care Access in 3 Nations—Insured America, Uninsured America, and Canada. Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth, Seattle.
- Kennedy, J. (7/21/03). Personal Assistance: the Research Agenda. Physical Disabilities through the Lifespan Conference, (invited paper), NIH, Bethesda.
- Kennedy, J. and C. Erb (10/22/01). Cost-Associated Prescription Noncompliance Among Adults with Disabilities. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta.
- Zhu, W. and J. Kennedy (10/19/01) Calibration of ADL/IADL items using a multidimensional item response model. International Conference on Objective Measurement, Chicago.
Selected Publications
Kennedy, J. and S. Morgan (2006). "A cross national study of prescription nonadherence due to cost: data from the Joint Canada–United States Survey of Health." Clinical Therapeutics, 28(8) 1217–1224.
Kennedy, J. and S. Morgan (2006). Health care in three nations: Canada, insured America, and uninsured America. International Journal of Health Services, 36(4), 697–717.
Kennedy, J. (2005). "Herb and supplement use in the U.S. adult population." Clinical Therapeutics, 27(11), 1847–1858.
Kennedy, J., D. Sclar, and J. Coyne (2004). "Recent trends in drug affordability in the U.S." Clinical Therapeutics, 26(4), 607–614.
Kennedy, J., M. Olney and C. Schiro-Geist (2004). "A national profile of SSDI applicants: implications for early intervention." Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 15(3), 178–185.
Kennedy, J., K. Rhodes, C. Walls and B. Asplin (2004). "Access to emergency care: restricted by long wait times and cost/coverage concerns." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 43(5), 567–573.
Kennedy, J. and C. Erb (2002). "Cost-associated prescription noncompliance among adults with disabilities: Estimates from the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Surveys." American Journal of Public Health, 92(7), 1120–1124.
Olney, M. and J. Kennedy (2002). "Racial disparities in job placement rates among vocational services recipients." Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 45(3) 177–185.
Kennedy, J. (2002). "Disability and aging–beyond the crisis rhetoric." Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 12(4), 280–283.
Kennedy, J. (2001). "Unmet and undermet need for ADL and IADL assistance among adults with disabilities." Medical Care, 39 (12), 1305–1312.
Service
- Senator (5/04–present), Washington State University Faculty Senate
- Editorial board and special editor (1996–present), Journal of Disability Policy Studies
- Standing scientific review panel member (1999–2002), chair (2001 and 2002), Field Initiated Research Grants Program, U.S. Dept. of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
- Expert witness (5/7/01–5/11/01), US Department of Justice, Dueker v. Ashcroft
- Expert source (11/99–present), The Center for an Accessible Society