Peter Shin, PhD, MPH

Peter W. Shin is an Associate Research Professor.

• Phone: (202) 530-2313
• Fax: (202) 296-0025
• Email: pshin@gwu.edu

Professor Shin has the special advantage of knowing GW from the perspectives of both a student and a faculty member. After completing his MPH here in 1993, he became a research associate at what is now the Department of Health Policy's Center for Health Services Research and Policy. Over the next decade, Dr. Shin took on progressively more responsibility as a principal investigator, obtained his doctoral degree in the Public Policy program and then earned a faculty appointment in the Department. "I am proud to have been part of the School's growth and development," he says. "As faculty, I am able to take what I learn from my professional work into the classroom, and to communicate my GWU experience to help students achieve their academic and professional goals."

Much of Dr. Shin's work focuses on society's most vulnerable members, including children, migrant farmworkers, the uninsured, and low-income families.. He is an expert in survey design, the management and analysis of data, community-based participatory research, policy analysis, and qualitative and quantitative evaluations and has provided technical assistance to federal state agencies and organizations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Biology), Oberlin College, 1991
Master of Public Heath (Epidemiology), The George Washington University, 1993
Doctor of Philosophy (Public Policy), The George Washington University, 2002

Teaching

PubH 282-Applications of Health Policy Analysis, Department of Health Policy
PubH 209-Welfare and Health Policy, Department of Health Policy
Research Methods on the Medically Underserved, Department of Health Policy

Research

Among Dr. Shin's areas of research interest are health care reform, disparities, managed care, community health centers, the health care safety net, quality improvement, health economics and the delivery and financing of care in both the public and commercial sectors.

Community Service

Professor Shin has reviewed articles for Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and served as a survey analyst for a Hepatitis B outreach project in Fairfax, Virginia.

Departments

• Health Policy

Institutes & Centers

• Center for Health Services Research and Policy

Publications

• Health center's role as safety net providers for Medicaid patients and the uninsured.
  Rosenbaum S, Shin P, et al. Health center's role as safety net providers for Medicaid patients and the uninsured. Washington: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2000.
• The inverse care law: implications of health care for vulnerable populations.
  Fiscella K, Shin P. The inverse care law: implications of health care for vulnerable populations. J Ambul Care Manage; Pending Fall/Winter 2005.
• Migrant and seasonal farmworkers: health insurance coverage and access to care.
  Rosenbaum S, Shin P. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers: health insurance coverage and access to care. Washington: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2005.
• National preparedness and children's health: finding the historical roots of Medicaid's child health policy.
  Rosenbaum S, Mauery DR, Shin P, Hidalgo J. National preparedness and children's health: finding the historical roots of Medicaid's child health policy. Princeton (NJ): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2005.
• Special Topics Issue Brief #9: nation's health at-risk III
  Proser M, Shin P, Hawkins D. Special Topics Issue Brief #9: nation's health at-risk III,. Washington: National Association of Community Health Centers; 2005.
• An evaluation of the early implementation of new and enhanced services at Congress Heights Center in Washington, DC.
  Shin P, Markus A, Rosenbaum S. An evaluation of the early implementation of new and enhanced services at Congress Heights Center in Washington, DC. Washington: Unity Health Care, Inc.; 2004.
• Health reform and the safety net: big opportunities: major risks.
  Siegel B, Regenstein M, Shin P. Health reform and the safety net: big opportunities: major risks. J Law Med Ethics 2004;32(3):426-32.
• State Policy Report #4: summary of the primary care association survey on prospective payment.
  Shin P. State Policy Report #4: summary of the primary care association survey on prospective payment. Washington: National Association of Community Health Centers; 2004.
• Economic stress and the safety net.
  Rosenbaum S, Shin P, Darnell J. Economic stress and the safety net. Washington: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2004 Jun.
• Developing data-driven capabilities to support policymaking.
  Weinick RM, Shin P. Developing data-driven capabilities to support policymaking. Washington: Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research; 2004 May.
• Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities: estimating the impact of community health centers on low-income communities.
  Shin P, Jones K, Rosenbaum S. Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities: estimating the impact of community health centers on low-income communities. Washington: National Association of Community Health Centers; 2003.
• Independent assessment of the VA enrollment, utilization, and cost projection models.
  Burke R, Mannle T, Shin P. Independent assessment of the VA enrollment, utilization, and cost projection models. Washington: Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; 2003.
• Direct contract disease management programs administered by state Medicaid agencies: implications for HRSA grantees and safety net providers.
  Lara AS, Levi J, Shin P, et al. Direct contract disease management programs administered by state Medicaid agencies: implications for HRSA grantees and safety net providers. Washington: Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Health Resources and Services Administration; 2003.
• Health coverage in Massachusetts: far to go, farther to fall.
  Rosenbaum S, Lambrew J, Shin P, Regenstein M, et al. Health coverage in Massachusetts: far to go, farther to fall. Boston: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation; 2002 Sep.
• Blood lead screening: prevalence and barriers to care among children served by health centers.
  Wilensky S, Shin P, et al. Blood lead screening: prevalence and barriers to care among children served by health centers. Washington: Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Health Resources and Services Administration; 2002.
• Implementation of the Children's Health Act Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program.
  Rosenbaum S, Wilensky S, Shin P, Maloy K. Implementation of the Children's Health Act Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program. Washington: Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Health Resources and Services Administration; 2002.
• Creating change to strengthen and sustain New Hampshire community health centers.
  Rosenbaum P, Shin P, et al. Creating change to strengthen and sustain New Hampshire community health centers. Concord (MA): Bi-State Primary Care Association; 2002.
• An evaluation of mental health and substance abuse services and needs in federal grantee health centers.
  Shin P, Roby D. An evaluation of mental health and substance abuse services and needs in federal grantee health centers. Washington: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration; 2002.
• State by state data on community health centers.
  Shin, P, et al. State by state data on community health centers, part of National Association of Community Health Center's A Legacy of Caring - A Commitment to the Future. Washington: National Association of Community Health Centers; 2001.
• Childhood development in community health centers.
  Rosenbaum S, Proser M, Shin P, Sonosky C. Childhood development in community health centers. New York: The Commonwealth Fund; 2001.
• REACH 2000 survey of community health centers.
  Chovan T, Shin P. REACH 2000 survey of community health centers. Washington: National Association of Community Health Centers; 2001.
• Managed care and health centers: an overview and analysis.
  Rosenbaum S, Wilensky S, Shin P, Roby D. Managed care and health centers: an overview and analysis. Washington: Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Health Resources and Services Administration; 2001.
• An assessment of the safety net in Boston, Massachusetts.
  Mead KH, Shin P, Regenstein M, Jones K, Kenney K. An assessment of the safety net in Boston, Massachusetts. Princeton (NJ): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urgent Matters project; 2004 Apr.
• An assessment of the safety net in San Antonio, Texas
  Wilson M, Shin P, Regenstein M, Jones K. An assessment of the safety net in San Antonio, Texas. Princeton (NJ): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urgent Matters project; 2004 Mar.
• An assessment of the safety net in San Diego, California
  Nguyen K, Shin P, Regenstein M, Wilson M, Kenney K, Jones K. An assessment of the safety net in San Diego, California. Princeton (NJ): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urgent Matters project; 2004 Mar.