Marsha Lillie-Blanton, DrPH

Marsha Lillie-Blanton is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy.

• Phone: (202) 416-0823
• Fax: (202) 530-2361
• Email: lblanton@gwu.edu

After more than 15 years as a health policy researcher and a public health practitioner in both the public and not-for-profit sectors, Dr. Lillie-Blanton joined the SPHHS faculty in 2007.

Previously, Dr. Lillie-Blanton was vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, where she directed policy research on access to care for vulnerable populations. She now serves as senior advisor on race, ethnicity and health care at Kaiser. In an earlier position at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, she served as associate director of health services quality and public health issues, where she managed the evaluation teams responding to Congressional requests.

Dr. Lillie-Blanton is frequently asked to participate in advisory panels focused on the major public health issues of the day, especially where issues of equity and access are involved. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Guidance for Designing a National Healthcare Disparities Report and the IOM Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies. She also chaired the D.C. Department of Health's Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee and served on the District's Health Coverage Advisory Panel.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Zoology), Howard University, 1975
Master of Health Science (Mental Hygiene), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1982
Doctor of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1988

Teaching

PubH 404: Advanced Topics: Health Systems and Health Policy Research, Doctoral Seminar, Department of Health Policy.

Research

Dr. Lillie-Blanton's primary research interests are in the areas of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. She is currently involved in policy-relevant research on the roles of race/ethnicity and substance abuse in caring for women with HIV/AIDS care.

Community Service

Long active in civic and local affairs, Dr. Lillie-Blanton is currently a member of the District of Columbia's HIV and AIDS Advisory Panel, and serves on the board of directors of AcademyHealth and the Greensboro Justice Fund. She is also a member of the editorial boards of Health Affairs and the American Journal of Public Health.

Publications

• Hurricane Katrina: Health impacts in Louisiana and the federal response to the loss of health coverage.
  Lillie-Blanton M. Hurricane Katrina: Health impacts in Louisiana and the federal response to the loss of health coverage. FOCUS 2006 Jan/Feb. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
• The role of health insurance coverage in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in health care.
  Lillie-Blanton M, Hoffman C. The role of health insurance coverage in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in health care. Health Aff 2005;4 (2).
• Policy challenges and opportunities in closing the racial/ethnic divide in health care.
  Lillie-Blanton M, Lewis C. Policy challenges and opportunities in closing the racial/ethnic divide in health care. 2005 Mar. Washington, DC: The Kaiser Family Foundation; Pub. #7293.
• Disparities in cardiac care: rising to the challenge of healthy people 2010.
  Lillie-Blanton M, Maddox T, Rushing O, Mensah G. Disparities in cardiac care: rising to the challenge of healthy people 2010. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;44 (3).
• Uninsured and underserved: the health care experiences of Latinos in the nation's capitol.
  Aragon R. Lillie-Blanton M. Uninsured and underserved: the health care experiences of Latinos in the nation's capitol. 2004. Washington, DC: The Kaiser Family Foundation; Pub #7229.
• Health service access, use, and insurance coverage among American Indians Alaska natives and whites: what role does the Indian Health Service play.
  Zuckerman S, Haley J, Roubideaux Y, Lillie-Blanton M. Health service access, use, and insurance coverage among American Indians Alaska natives and whites: what role does the Indian Health Service play. Am J Public Health 2004;94 (1):53-9.
• Site of medical care: do racial and ethnic differences persist?
  Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez R, Salganicoff A. Site of medical care: do racial and ethnic differences persist? Yale J Health Policy Law Ethics 2001;I:15-32.
• A survey of black elected officials on HIV/AIDS in the African American community.
  Friday J, Lee D, Lillie-Blanton M, Weinstock B, Kates J. A survey of black elected officials on HIV/AIDS in the African American community. Minority Health Today 2001 April Suppl:6-14.