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Wyatt P. Bensken, PhD

Research Investigator & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

OCHIN, Inc

Case Western Reserve University

Welcome

I am a Research Investigator at OCHIN, Inc. where I serve as the Research Policy Liaison, Co-Lead of the Quantitative Sciences Core, Co-Director of the AIM-AHEAD Research Fellowship, and support the work of the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network. Additionally, I hold an appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

My expertise is in the use of complex health care data, paired with traditional statistical and novel machine learning approaches, to identify disparities and inequities in health, health care, and health outcomes. I apply these approaches across a wide range of complex clinical conditions (e.g., epilepsy/seizure, cancer, multimorbidity, and emergency general surgery), social conditions (e.g., social drivers of health, social risk, housing insecurity), and policy domains (e.g., Medicaid, quality measures, payment). I lead a research project on the unwinding of continuous Medicaid coverage, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The latest results can be found on the ADVANCE website.

Below you’ll find summaries of my recent work, with full details on my CV.

Interests

  • Social determinants of health, social risk, and social needs
  • Complex chronic conditions
  • Policy
  • Quantitative methods

Education

  • PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Case Western Reserve University

  • BS in Public Health

    American University

Recent Publications

For a full list, including under review and in-press publications, please see my CV

Variation in Multimorbidity by Sociodemographics and Social Drivers of Health Among Patients Seen at Community-Based Health Centers

Purpose. Understanding variation in multimorbidity across sociodemographics and social drivers of health is critical to reducing health …

Unwinding of Continuous Medicaid Coverage Among Patients at Community Health Centers

The US Families First Coronavirus Response Act of the COVID-19 pandemic required states to provide continuous Medicaid coverage to …

Area-Level Social Determinants of Health and Individual-Level Social Risks: Assessing Predictive Ability and Biases in Social Risk Screening

Introduction. Area-level social determinants of health (SDoH) and individual-level social risks are different, yet area-level measures …

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