CSDE Research Areas:
- Health of People and Populations
In the News:
- New Study by Jones-Smith, Knox, Godwin, and Co-authors Evaluates Seattle's Sweetened Beverage Tax and Changes in Children's Body Mass Index (06/12/2024)
- Zhao, Berridge, Mroz, and Colleagues Study the Role of Care Partners in Managing Fall Risk (06/12/2024)
- New Study on Speech-Language Pathology Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities is Co-authored by Brown, Prusynski, and Mroz (04/08/2024)
- New Study by Prusynski, Mroz, and Co-authors Compares Home Health Services Under Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage (03/07/2024)
- Brown, Prusynski, and Mroz Examine Speech-Language Pathology Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (01/18/2024)
- Prusynski and Mroz Examine Medicare Payment Models During the COVID-19 Pandemic (10/26/2023)
- Mroz, Prusynski, and Co-authors Publish Two Articles on Skilled Nursing Facilities and Patient Outcomes (10/12/2023)
- New Research from Mroz Examines the Role of Medical Assistants in Telehealth Delivery During COVID-19 (05/26/2023)
- Spotlight on CSDE Affiliate, Tracy Mroz (09/01/2020)
Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Mroz is a health services researcher with a clinical background in occupational therapy. Her research focuses on the impact of health policy and delivery system factors on access to and quality of post-acute care services for older adults and adults with disabilities, with an emphasis on home health care and care provided in rural communities. Her primary research approach is secondary analysis of large data sets, including Medicare administrative data, survey data, and community-level data. As an investigator with the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center and the UW Center for Health Workforce Studies, she is leading studies on post-acute care in rural communities and therapy workforce.