Teresa Waters

Professor

Teresa Waters

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Administration
Department of Health Management, Economics, & Policy

School of Public Health
Department of Health Management, Economics, & Policy

Bio

Dr. Teresa Waters is a health economist by training (PhD in Economics, Vanderbilt University 1992) whose research focuses on healthcare financing and policy. She currently serves as Professor and Dean in the AU School of Public Health

  • CJ-2326

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, General Vanderbilt University, 1992

  • BA, Accounting Dordt College, 1987

Teaching Interests

Health Economics
Health Services Research
Grant Writing

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • A Postpartum Weight Loss-focused Stepped-care Intervention in a Military Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Assessing Technical Assistance Needs among Recovery Residence Operators in the United States, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Measurement matters: changing penalty calculations under the hospital acquired condition reduction program (HACRP) cost hospitals millions, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Persistent polypharmacy and fall injury risk: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • “Nobody Will Tell You. You’ve Got to Ask!”: An Examination of Patient-Provider Communication Needs and Preferences among Black and White Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Healthcare financing
Value-Based Payment
Health Policy