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Megan Stead

Pronouns: She/Her

Senior Research Director
Megan is passionate about research infrastructure and innovation.

Megan is a senior research director in the Health Care Programs department at NORC at the University of Chicago. She is currently co-managing the instrument, sampling, data processing, and data delivery team of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Megan came to NORC with seven years experience successfully managing large, multi-mode, health related tracking surveys for corporate clients. Her experience extends to brand tracking, market share measurement, customer satisfaction, and health care usage.

Education

MA

Political Science, UIC-Chicago

BA

DePaul University

Project Contributions

Documentation of Social Need in 2018 Medicaid Data

Analysis of Medicaid T-MSIS data to understand how well recipients’ social needs are documented

Funder:

NORC at the University of Chicago

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

The most comprehensive source of data on Medicare spending and the evolving needs of beneficiaries

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services