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manager was Linda Richter, PhD, Associate
Director of the Division and CASA Columbia
Scholar. The data collection and analysis was
conducted by CASA Columbia’s Data Analysis
Center (SADACSM), headed by Roger Vaughan,
DrPH, CASA Columbia Fellow and Professor of
Clinical Biostatistics, Department of
Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health
at Columbia University, and associate editor for
statistics and evaluation for the American
Journal of Public Health. He was assisted by
Elizabeth Peters and Sarah Tsai, MA. Emily
Feinstein, JD, senior policy analyst, assisted
with the research and writing. Other research
staff members who worked on the project are:
Nina Lei, Mark Stovell, Akiyo Kodera, Dina
Feivelson, PhD, Gina Hijjawi, PhD, Harold
Wenglinsky, PhD, Swapna Reddy, JD, Kristen
Keneipp, MHS, Nabil Ansari and Sarah
Blachman. David Man, PhD, MLS, is CASA
Columbia’s librarian; he was assisted by Barbara
Kurzweil. Jennie Hauser managed the
bibliographic database and Jane Carlson handled
administrative details.
While many individuals and institutions
contributed to this effort, the findings and
opinions expressed herein are the sole
responsibility of CASA Columbia.