Graduate Student's Paper Selected as One of the Top 5 Articles of 2009

Sharla Smith, a graduate student in the Health Systems Research graduate program, was co-author on a paper entitled “Geographic Variation in Public Health Spending: Correlates and Consequence” which was published in a 2009 issue of Health Services Research. This article was voted one of the top 5 articles of 2009 during the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Year in Research online voting initiative where the public voted for their top articles from a list of 21 nominated contenders. Dr. Glen Mays, Professor and Chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management, is Sharla’s mentor and was also an author on the paper.