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.
Guests Jennifer Harper, Sarah Hanck, and Divya Vohra discuss recent research from Mathematica and the Rockefeller Foundation on the potential impact of routine screening for COVID-19 in schools.
Guests George Putnam, Dana Rotz, and Naihobe Gonzalez discuss the current distressed economy and evidence-based ideas about how to help workers who have been negatively affected by the pandemic.
On this episode of On the Evidence, four guests discuss an increasingly popular approach for helping people find jobs and achieve other, related goals that provide economic security, such as getting a GED, buying a car, and improving a credit score.
On this episode of <em>On the Evidence</em>, guests Ravi Goyal of Mathematica and Natasha Martin of the University of California San Diego share lessons from using agent-based modeling to predict the spread of COVID-19 in a university setting.
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 show will investigate and promote the use of data and evidence to address social challenges through conversations with pioneers in their fields.