Stephanie Rennane

Senior Economist, RAND Corporation

Background:

Stephanie Rennane (she/her) is a senior economist at RAND. As an applied microeconomist, her research interests fall at the intersection of labor, public and health economics and she has particular expertise in the area of disability policy and related health and social insurance programs. Currently, she is principal investigator on an R01 from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to study the impact of Medicaid automatic enrollment for children on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on utilization outcomes for children with behavioral health care needs. She was also PI on another NIMHD-funded grant analyzing how SSI mitigates disparities in caregiver burden for low-SES and minority families of children with special health care needs. In addition to her work on children with disabilities, Dr. Rennane is collaborating on a study examining the extra costs of living with a disability and assessing implications for the health and well-being of people with disabilities. Dr. Rennane has conducted numerous studies of the labor and health impacts of disability programs including workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability Insurance and the joint Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs disability evaluation system (IDES). She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.

Email: srennane@rand.org