Jamie Daw, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Daw is a health services and policy researcher whose work focuses on improving maternal and infant health through evidence-based health care policy and health system interventions. She specializes in quantitative methods, including quasi-experimental designs and the analysis of large surveys and administrative datasets.

Dr. Daw’s research highlights the postpartum year as a critical window for policy interventions to improve long-term population health and reduce health disparities. Current projects, funded by the NIH and AHRQ, examine the effects of Medicaid policy changes and innovative care delivery models on healthcare access, patient experiences, and health outcomes in the year following childbirth. She also leads the Postpartum Assessment of Health Survey (PAHS), a first-of-its-kind multi-state representative survey on maternal health in the year after birth.

Her research has been cited in policy documents and published in leading journals such as JAMA, CMAJ, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Health Affairs, and the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law. Her findings and commentary have also been featured in national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, and the CBC.

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management

Administrative Titles

  • Affiliate, Columbia Population Research Center

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BSc, 2004 McMaster University
  • MSc, 2010 University of British Columbia
  • PhD, 2018 Harvard University

Editorial Boards

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Honors & Awards

James F. Burgess Methods Article-of-the-Year Award, Health Services Research 2024

AcademyHealth Best Abstract in Medicaid, Coverage and Access 2023

AcademyHealth Best Abstract in Women's Health 2021

AcademyHealth Outstanding Dissertation Award 2019

CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award 2019

Joan P. Curhan Citizenship Award, Harvard University, 2018

Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University 2013-2018



Research

My research seeks to inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policy with a focus on women and pregnant people

Research Interests

  • Biostatistical Methods
  • Community Health
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Maternal and Reproductive Health

Selected Publications

Daw JR, McCallum-Bridges CL, Admon LK. 2025. Trends and disparities in maternal self-reported mental and physical health. JAMA Internal Medicine 185(7): 857-865.

Daw JR, McCallum-Bridges CL, Kozhimannil KB, Admon LK. 2024. Continuous Medicaid eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic and postpartum coverage, health care, and outcomes. JAMA Health Forum 5(3): e240004

Daw JR, Underhill K, Liu C, Allen HL. 2023. The health and social needs of Medicaid beneficiaries in the postpartum year: evidence from a multistate survey. Health Affairs 42(11): 1575-85.

Daw JR, Yekta S, Jacobson-Davies FE, Patrick SW, Admon LK. 2023. Consistency and adequacy of public and commercial health insurance for U.S. children, 2016 to 2021. JAMA Health Forum 4(11): e234179.

Daw JR, Eckert E, Allen HL, Underhill K. 2021. Extending postpartum Medicaid: state and federal policy options during and after COVID-19. Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law 46(3): 505-52.

Daw JR, Winkelman TNA, Dalton VK, Kozhimannil KB, Admon LK. 2020. Medicaid expansion improved perinatal insurance continuity for low-income women. Health Affairs, 39(9): 1531-1539.

Daw JR, Sommers BD. 2019. The Affordable Care Act and access to care for reproductive-aged and pregnant women. American Journal of Public Health, 109(4): 565-571.

Daw JR, Hatfield LA. Matching and regression to the mean in difference-in-differences analysis. Health Services Research: 53(6): 4138-4156, 2018.

Daw JR, Sommers BD. 2018. Association of the Affordable Care Act dependent coverage provision with prenatal care use and birth outcomes. JAMA: 319(6). 579-587

Daw JR, Hatfield LA, Swartz K, Sommers BD. 2017. Women in the United States experience high rates of insurance coverage churn in months before and after childbirth. Health Affairs: 36(4). 598-606