Angela Rogers

Economist. Researcher. Policy Analyst.

My Research Interests

Health Economics

Medicaid

Policy Evaluation

I'm passionate about using my economics skills to do research that will inform policymakers and help make peoples’ lives better.

About Me

My name is Angela Rogers

I am a Data Scientist and Health Economist at the Yale School of Public Health's SCALE Lab doing research on Medicaid, behavioral and mental health, and health policy. Additionally, I work closely with the Connecticut Department of Social Services as an embedded data scientist to support their analytic and policy development.

I am a proud alumna of the University of South Carolina (B.S. and Ph.D. in Economics). I have three publications, including two first-authored publications, and several works in progress, including two single-authored papers.

Outside of work, you can find me spending time with my cat, playing board games, or reading fiction.

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Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Andrews, Christina. M., Giannouchos, Theodoros, Rogers, Angela, & Westlake, Melissa. A. (September 2025) "Medicaid health home design and buprenorphine receipt, 2009–2020". Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment.
Shoulders, Angela and Alicia Plemmons (April 2024) "Supply of mental health practices after prescriptive authority expansion for psychologists." Contemporary Economic Policy.
Shoulders, Angela, Christina M. Andrews, Melissa A. Westlake, Amanda J. Abraham, & Colleen M. Grogan (August 2023) “Changes in Medicaid Fee-for-Service Benefit Design for Substance Use Disorder Treatment During the Opioid Crisis, 2014 to 2021.” JAMA Health Forum.
- Media mentions: Behavioral Health Business, Healthcare Finance, MedPage Today

Other Media Publications

Christina Andrews, Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Sicheng Wang, Yuhao Kang, Angela Rogers, Shujie Chen, Ethan Li, Skylar Gross (February 2025) "South Carolina Opioid Treatment Dashboard" South Carolina Center of Excellence in Addiction (link)
Haimiti, Aerfate, Angela Shoulders, Alicia Plemmons, and Orgul Ozturk (May 2022) “Coping with the Toll of COVID-19: An Overview of Temporary Changes in Scope of Practice of Mental Health Providers” Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (link)

Works in Progress

"Getting Networks Right for Medicaid Beneficiaries: Considerations for States Searching for Network Adequacy" with Chima Ndumele, Mark Schlesinger, and Jacob Wallace (Yale)
"Place-Based Effects on Mental and Behavioral Health" with Chima Ndumele, Anthony Lollo, and Jacob Wallace (Yale)
"Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-prescription Laws" Under Review
"Treatment Initiation and Retention among Medicaid Enrollees Diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder in South Carolina'' with Christina Andrews, Theodoros Giannouchos, Skylar Gross, Shujie Chen, Yichen Li, Jiajia Zhang, Bankole Olatosi, and Christina Andrews (USC, UAB) Under Review
"The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity and Infrastructure" with Sam Maloney, Christina Andrews, Amanda Abraham, and Felipe Lozano-Rojas (USC, UGA) Under Review

Professional Experience

Research Positions

Yale University, New Haven CT

Data Scientist, SCALE Medicaid Lab - January 2024 - Present

Conduct advanced data analysis in Python using national Medicaid claims (T-MSIS) to support NIH-funded research on behavioral and mental health policy
Designed and implemented a reusable code library for calculating mental and behavioral health–related HEDIS measures from T-MSIS data, improving analytic consistency and reproducibility
Provide analytic and policy support to the Connecticut Department of Social Services Medicaid team as part of an embedded data science group

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC

Research Assistant, Economics Department - August 2020 - December 2024

Cleaned, gathered, and analyzed data in Python and Stata
Proofread and copyedited manuscripts to prepare for publication

Research Assistant, Economic Policy Center - May 2024 - December 2024

Completed analysis on maternal and birth outcome differences by geography, education, and race in the South Carolina Medicaid population

Research Assistant, Health Service Policy and Management Department - May 2022 - December 2024

Contributed to NIH funded projects on Medicaid programs and substance use disorders
Advised the research team on use of econometric models and usage of Stata programming
Managed and led products from initiation and implementation to submission and publication

South Carolina Center for Excellence in Addiction, Columbia SC

Research Assistant - August 2023 - December 2024

Authored technical specification documentation for creation of opioid Cascade of Care metrics for the state of South Carolina
Managed various projects related to data collection, management, and analysis on the opioid crisis
Wrote language for a general audience describing methodology and data for publication on the public-facing data dashboard

Corporate and Industry Positions

Red Oak Sourcing, Foxborough MA

Analyst, Strategy and Analytics Team - June 2019 - August 2020

Forecasted potential generic drug launches to assist in developing a multibillion-dollar budget
Closely tracked legal developments of a portfolio of 50+ products to guide the Sourcing Team
Researched public policy changes and analyzed potential risks and benefits to the organization

Cardinal Health, Dublin OH

Internal Audit Intern, Sarbanes-Oxley Team - Summer 2018

Contributed to fiscal year-end testing of internal controls to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Prepared substantive testing of large corporate accounts in preparation for year-end reporting

Teaching

ECON 224 - Introduction to Economics

Fall 2022

Evaluation 4.66/5

Evaluation

Syllabus

ECON 321 - Intermediate Microeconomics

Fall 2023

Evaluation 4.6/5

Evaluation

Syllabus

“She is WONDERFUL at teaching in a way that feels genuine and engaging with students. Best class I have had at the University during my time here.”

ECON 224 (Fall 2022)

Honors and Awards

Institute for Humane Studies Humane Studies Fellowship, 2024
American Psychological Association Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy, 2024
National Bureau of Economic Research Mentee for Health and Aging Economics, 2024
Darla Moore School of Business Doctoral Fellowship, 2024
American Society of Health Economists Diversity Scholar, 2024
Alfred G. Smith, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, one award granted to a graduate student per year in the Darla Moore School of Business, 2023
CSWEP Women and Nonbinary Students In Economics Mentoring Participant, 2022 and 2023
Institute for Humane Studies Hayek Fund Grant, 2022
University of South Carolina Graduate School Travel Grant, 2022
Institute for Humane Studies Workshop Grant, 2022

Conference Presentations

Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-prescription Laws - Southern Economic Association Conference, Washington DC, November 2024
Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-prescription Laws - Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, National Harbor, MD, November 2024
Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-prescription Laws - Institute for Humane Studies and Knee Occupational Research Center Paper Workshop, Morgantown WV, June 2024
Naloxone Co-prescription Laws - The 93rd Southern Economics Association, New Orleans LA, November 2023
Mandated Limited Wait Times: Mental Health and Access Effects - The 92nd Southern Economics Association, Fort Lauderdale TX, November 2022
Quality and Access to Mental Health Services after Prescriptive Authority Expansion for Psychologists - The Effect of Regulating Healthcare Workers Institute for Humane Studies Paper Workshop, Portland OR, July 2022
Quality and Access to Mental Health Services after Prescriptive Authority Expansion for Psychologists - American Society of Health Economists Annual Conference, Austin TX, June 2022
Temporary Provisions Affecting Scope of Practice and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic - The 91st Southern Economics Association, Houston TX, November 2021
Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists and Mental Health Outcomes - Scope of Practice and Medical Licensure Conference, Virtual, May 2021

On A Personal Note...

4

Average number of books read per month

1,227

Yards of yarn were used to complete my last crochet project

90

Seconds to solve a standard Rubik's cube

Email

angela.rogers@yale.edu