Megan Douglas, JD 

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Morehouse School of Medicine, Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Fellowship: Health Policy Leadership

GRADUATE:
Georgia State University College of Law
Degree: Juris Doctor

UNDERGRADUATE: 
Virginia Tech
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Biology, Minor in Psychology

Research Interests

Health Equity, Law, Public Policy, Legal Epidemiology, Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Social Determinants of Health, and Community Engagement.

Publications

• Douglas MD, Li C, Josiah Willock R, Baltrus P, Caplan L, Immergluck L, McKinney T, Hopkins J, Mack D, Gaglioti A. Population-Level Disparities in Exposure to COVID-19 Mitigation Policies, April 2020-April 2021. J Public Health Manag Pract. (In press).
• Swietek K, Gianattasio KZ, Henderson S, Khanna S, Ubri P, Douglas M, Baltrus P, Freij M, Mack DH, Gaglioti A. Association Between Racial Segregation and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 Jul-Aug 01;29(4):572-579. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001738. Epub 2023 Mar 17. PMID: 36943401.
• Douglas MD, Bent Weber S, Bass C, Li C, Gaglioti AH, Benevides T, Heboyan V. Creation of a Longitudinal Legal Data Set to Support Legal Epidemiology Studies of Mental Health Insurance Legislation. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 Mar 1;73(3):265-270. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100019. Epub 2021 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 34320828.
• Heboyan V, Douglas MD, McGregor B, Benevides TW. Impact of Mental Health Insurance Legislation on Mental Health Treatment in a Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents. Med Care. 2021 Oct 1;59(10):939-946. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001619. PubMed PMID: 34369459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8425633.
• Douglas MD, Respress E, Gaglioti AH, Li C, Blount MA, Hopkins J, Baltrus PT, Willock RJ, Caplan LS, Dawes DE, Mack D. Variation in Reporting of the Race and Ethnicity of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Across US States: April 12, 2020, and November 9, 2020. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun;111(6):1141-1148. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306167. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PubMed PMID: 33856884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8101591.

Honors and Awards

• Committee Member, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
• Consensus Study on the Review of Federal Policies that Contribute to Health Inequities