Rebecca Walcott started the Evans School Ph.D. program in Public Policy and Management in 2018. Rebecca’s research interests are in the fields of health policy, international development, and humanitarian policy. Prior to beginning the program, she was employed as a Research Professional in the Economic Evaluation Research Group at the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Georgia, along with certificates in Disaster Management and Global Health. She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Georgia and also has professional experience as a data manager, operations manager, and grant writer in the nonprofit sector.
Corso PS, Ingels JB, Walcott RL. (2022). Costs of Evidence-Based Early Childhood Home Visiting: Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation. OPRE Report 2022-01. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Walcott RL, Schmidt CJ, Kaminsky M, Singh R, Anderson CL, Desai S, de Hoop T. Women’s Groups, Covariate Shocks, and Resilience: An Evidence Synthesis of Past Shocks to Inform a Response to COVID-19. (2021). Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups, ECWG Working Paper 04.
Walcott RL, Ingels JB, Corso PS, Zalwango S, Whalen CC, Sekandi JN. (2020). There’s no such thing as a free TB diagnosis: Catastrophic TB costs in urban Uganda. Global Public Health, 15(6): 877-888.