After the Affordable Care Act: Health Reform and the Safety Net

Peter Shin1, Marsha Regenstein1

  • 1Peter Shin, Ph.D., is the Director of the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, the Research Director of the Ryan Community Health Network (RCHN) Community Health Foundation, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. Dr. Shin received his Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), his Master of Public Health with concentration in epidemiology from the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) and his Ph.D. in Public Policy from the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.). Marsha Regenstein, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health within the George Washington University. She is the DrPH Program Director for the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Dr. Regenstein received her Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis, University (Waltham, MA), her Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), and her Ph.D. in public policy with a health concentration from the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.).

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