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Jae Kennedy

Associate Professor

 

Contact Information

Department of Health Policy and Administration

P.O. Box 1495

Spokane, WA  99210-1495

 

Office:  600 N. Riverpoint Blvd,

Academic Center, 403N

Tel:  (509) 368-6971

Fax:  (509) 358-7984

Email:  jjkennedy@wsu.edu

 

Education

B.A., Whitman College

M.A., Claremont Graduate School

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Research Interests

disability and aging services; health, rehabilitation and long term care policy; program evaluation

 

Courses Taught at Washington State University

HPA 500 Introduction to the Health Care System

HPA 515 Health Care Management

HPA 580 Disability and Aging Policy

HPA 590 Strategic Management and Marketing

 

Selected Publications

 

Kennedy, J. & 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. & 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, & J. Coyne (2004).

Recent trends in drug affordability in the

U.S. Clinical Therapeutics, 26(4), 607-614.

 

Kennedy, J., M. Olney & 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 & 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., D. Sclar, & J. Coyne (2004). Recent trends in drug affordability in the U.S. Clinical Therapeutics, 26(4), 607-614.

Kennedy, J. & 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. & 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.

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. & C. Erb (10/22/01). Cost-Associated Prescription Noncompliance Among Adults with Disabilities. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta.

Zhu, W. & J. Kennedy (10/19/01) Calibration of ADL/IADL items using a multidimensional item response model. International Conference on Objective Measurement, Chicago.

Awards/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/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, & 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.

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, US 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

 

 

Jae Kennedy,
Associate Professor

 

 Department Faculty

Winsor Schmidt, JD, LLM, Chair and Professor

 

Joseph Coyne, DrPH, Professor

 

David Sclar, PhD,

Professor

 

Tracy Skaer, PharmD, Professor

 

Melissa Ahern, MBA, PhD, Associate Professor

 

Jae Kennedy, PhD, Associate Professor

 

Fevzi Akinci, PhD

Associate Professor

 


 

 

 

                         
                         
                         
 

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