On the Evidence, a podcast hosted by Mathematica’s J.B. Wogan, examines what we know about today’s most urgent challenges and how we can make progress in addressing them.
Mathematica’s Adam Coyne, Jill Constantine, and Chris Trenholm reflect on ways Mathematica and its partners rose to meet health and social challenges in 2020 and what lies ahead in the coming year.
In this episode of On the Evidence, Mathematica’s Holly Matulewicz and Sule Gerovich join Jill Rosenthal and Elinor Higgins of the National Academy for State Health Policy in discussing patterns and trends in state approaches to COVID-19 contact tracing.
Guests Dipa Nag Chowdhury and So O’Neil discuss efforts by the MacArthur Foundation and its grantees to improve the quality of maternal health care in India.
On this episode of On the Evidence, Kirabo Jackson discusses his education research. Jackson is an economist at Northwestern University and the recipient of the 2020 David N. Kershaw Award and Prize.
Guests Sharif El-Mekki of the Center for Black Educator Development and Jill Constantine of Mathematica discuss the current challenges with recruiting and retaining teachers and what evidence-based practices may help.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Adam Schott and Mathematica’s Brian Gill discuss the results of 400,000 simulations intended to inform school operating and closure strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mathematica’s Patricia Rowan and Debra Lipson discuss their work on an independent assessment of COVID-19’s impact on nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Connecticut.
A new book about performance-informed management in state and local government draws from Mathematica’s experts on program improvement, performance measurement, and evaluation.
On this episode of On the Evidence, four guests discuss emerging lessons from states and localities on conducting effective and equitable contact tracing for COVID-19.
Sarah Lieff and Rachel Perera, Mathematica’s 2020 summer fellows, discuss their research on school discipline and mental health care.
Lifelong friends Chris Williams, an ophthalmologist and founder of OnPacePlus, and Paul Decker, Mathematica’s president and chief executive officer, discuss race and personal experiences with discrimination.
Kim D. Kaiser, an autism advocate and certified peer support specialist, and David Wittenburg of Mathematica discuss transition-age youth who have disabilities and must navigate a complex and fragmented system to access benefits and support services.
In this episode, Chris Trenholm, managing director of health at Mathematica, discusses the impacts of COVID-19 and emerging responses to the pandemic.
Guests Kilolo Kijakazi and Cleo Jacobs Johnson discuss what organizations can do to make progress on addressing structural racism in policy research.
The latest episode of On the Evidence features a discussion about the rise of telehealth as an alternative to in-person care during the pandemic. Our guests for this episode are Mathematica’s Llew Brown and Diane Rittenhouse as well as Mei Wa Kwong of the Center for Connected Health Policy.
The latest episode of On the Evidence focuses on a youth violence reduction strategy that Mathematica is evaluating.
The guest for this episode of On the Evidence is Ralanda Nelson, the new associate director for diversity at Mathematica.
For this episode of On the Evidence, a principal and an education researcher share insights from research and the field on implementing culturally responsive practices.
On this episode of On the Evidence, three researchers discuss how they work with child welfare agencies in the United States to use algorithms—or, what they call predictive risk models—to inform decisions by case managers and their supervisors.
In this episode of On the Evidence, we interview attendees of the Second Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Conference about the status of Black women in economics and what progress has been made to diversify the field since last year.
The show will investigate and promote the use of data and evidence to address social challenges through conversations with pioneers in their fields.