Mynti Hossain

Mynti Hossain is an expert in qualitative research methods. Her work focuses on health information technology implementation, health care system redesign, routine and COVID-19 vaccination, and maternal and child health home visiting programs.

Currently, Hossain leads or supports several tasks for the Public Health Data Modernization Implementation Center (IC) Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to support the IC Program’s work with public health agencies to advance data exchange. In addition, she recently led the development of a primer on sustainability planning for data modernization initiatives focused on advancing public health data, funded by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. The primer includes a toolkit with a sustainability planning model, job aids, and key artifacts to develop a sustainability plan. She also served on the teams evaluating the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s large-scale initiatives to transform health care delivery, including the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus initiative and the second round of the Health Care Innovation Awards.

Hossain joined Mathematica in 2011 and has published in journals including the American Journal of Managed Care, Health Services Research, Medical Care, Academic Pediatrics, and Generating Evidence & Methods to Improve Patient Outcomes. In addition, she has presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Fall Research Conference on the value of including participants’ voices into the design and implementation of programs that serve them. She holds an M.P.P. from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.