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Timothy Callaghan is an Associate Professor of health policy and politics in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research focuses on how politics, policy, and place work together to influence health in America. He has conducted extensive research on individual health attitudes and behaviors, with a particular emphasis on understanding and overcoming vaccine hesitancy. He has also carried out considerable research studying public experiences with Medicaid, and prominent topics in health policy discourse including the opioid epidemic, the 988 mental health lifeline, and health reform. Dr. Callaghan also studies health access and outcomes for vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on studying rural health and individuals with developmental disabilities.

Dr. Callaghan previously served as Chair of the Health Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association. Dr. Callaghan has also won several awards in his field including the David Kline Jones Distinguished Scholar Award, the Atlas Award for his research on vaccine hesitancy, the Leonard S. Robins Award for his research on public attitudes about the opioid epidemic, the Deil S. Wright award for his research on federalism and the Affordable Care Act, and the Journal of Rural Health Article of the Year Award for his work on COVID-19 in rural areas.

Publications

Most Recent

• Callaghan, T. . Book Review: Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID. Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law. 2024; 49(4):665-671.
  
  
• Callaghan T, Ferdinand AO, Motta M, Lockman A, Shrestha A, Trujillo KL. Public Attitudes, Inequities, and Polarization in the Launch of the 988 Lifeline. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2024 Jun 01; 49(3):473-493. PMID: 37987198.
  
  
• Pacheco J, Gollust SE, Callaghan T, Motta M. A Call for Measuring Partisanship in US Public Health Research. Am J Public Health. 2024 Aug; 114(8):772-776. PMID: 38754062.
  
  
• Carpiano RM, Callahan T, Elharake JA, Hotez P. Vaccination and the defence of democracy – Authors’ reply. Lancet. 2024 Feb 10; 403(10426):529-530. PMID: 38341249.
  
  
• Kirby Goidel, Timothy Callaghan, Tasmiah Nuzhath, Julia Scobee, David Washburn, and Matthew Motta. Professional Partisans? How Partisan vs. Professional Identities Influence Physicians’ Perceptions of COVID-19 Policy Response. State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 2024; 24(2):145-166.
  
  
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