Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Students at Roosevelt's Summer 2005 Conference in Hyde Park, NY Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but what we have done with that much." — Teddy Roosevelt    Brad Wright School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Member of: Health Policy Coordination Roosevelt Rx: A health care network of the Roosevelt Institution Roosevelt Rx Publication Contact info: Contact Email:  bradwright(AT)unc.edu Landline:  202-465-4815 AIM:  bradwuga Policy interests: Healthcare, Poverty and social justice Brad Wright is currently pursuing his doctorate in health policy and administration with a minor in political science and policy development at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, where he also works as a teaching and research assistant. His research focuses on barriers to health care access and the social determinants of health in underserved populations. He is also interested in Medicaid reform efforts and studies of community responsiveness in primary care organizations. Prior to attending UNC, Brad received a masters degree in health policy from The George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services and an undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Georgia. Brad's professional experience includesa year with the Georgia Department of Public Health as an Environmental Health Specialist.  Brad has also worked with the March of Dimes Office of Government Affairs, the Partnership for Medicaid, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU), where he learned about health policy firsthand. Brad continues to work part-time as the health policy and advocacy assistant for ACU and is spending his summer working at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359