Schroeder Center For Health Policy

04/29/2026

We had a great turnout at last week's Schroeder Center Spring Symposium, with student posters on topics ranging from medical debt in Virginia to surgical care accessibility in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to trends in institutional trust!

If you'd like to support student and faculty research on health and health policy topics like this at William & Mary, consider a donation to the Schroeder Center for Health Policy using this link: https://donate.wm.edu/campaigns/74800/donations/new?designation_id=2779

04/20/2026

A preview of student research projects across health and global development that will be featured at the upcoming symposium. Learn more on April 21.

04/17/2026

Tuesday, April 21 — Join the Schroeder Center for Health Policy for our Spring Symposium showcasing student research on health and health policy topics from across campus.

Students will present work on issues including medical debt in Virginia, immigrant mortality during COVID-19, trust in health institutions, global health expenditures, and barriers to care across diverse communities worldwide.

Come support student research, learn about pressing health policy challenges, and explore opportunities to get involved. Light refreshments will be served.

We hope to see you there!

04/07/2026

William & Mary’s Ethics Club recently won the 30th Annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. In the final round, the team analyzed a case on medical assistance in dying (MAID) and mental illness, an issue currently under debate in Canada. The case asked what safeguards are necessary for MAID to be ethically permissible in these circumstances.

Club president Bernardo Jimenez ’26 explained that the team focused on conditions such as meaningful consent, long-term and severe suffering, and the exhaustion of available treatments. He also emphasized the need for caution given the irreversible nature of MAID. Engagement with opposing teams also surfaced concerns about whether certain mental illnesses may impair an individual’s ability to consent, as well as the practical challenges of implementing safeguards in medical settings.

The team prepared through frequent, in-depth practice sessions, examining cases from multiple angles. Bernardo noted that the club’s interdisciplinary makeup strengthened their analysis by combining ethical reasoning with real-world knowledge. As the club continues to grow, its work underscores the importance of thoughtful, interdisciplinary analyses in addressing some of today’s most challenging health policy issues.

Caption by Sophie Willson-Quayle (MPP Candidate)

03/31/2026

Friday, April 10 — Join the Schroeder Center for Health Policy for a conversation with Dr. Molly Dondero, Associate Professor of Sociology at American University and former 2024–2025 Fulbright-Iméra Chair in Migration Studies at Aix-Marseille University. She’ll discuss state immigration policies, how exclusion shapes immigrant health, and what studying immigrant health reveals about inequality and power in the U.S.

We hope you can join us! RSVP here https://wmsas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Z5d8GVjpnAsgcK

02/10/2026

Save the date!

The Schroeder Center for Health Policy Spring Research Symposium will be held April 21 from 5-6:30 PM in the Sadler Center Tidewater Room.

Research, policy, and good conversation, see you there!

11/18/2025

Come to a book launch by Schroeder Faculty Affiliate Brent Kaup as he celebrates the release of The Pathogens of Finance, co-authored with Kelly Austin. Join us on Nov. 19 at 5:30pm in the Hive Event Space! Hosted by the Global Research Institute and W&M Libraries.

11/11/2025

Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Join students from Gun Policy and the Second Amendment at the 2nd Annual Gun Policy Summit for a poster presentation and discussion of student research, sponsored by the Schroeder Center for Health Policy and W&M Public Policy.

10/24/2025

In case you missed our talk with Dr. Miranda Yaver, Justice Denied: The Legal Architecture of Health Insurance Inequity, you can now watch the full discussion on YouTube! In her talk, Dr. Yaver examined how ERISA, a pension reform law, established legal barriers that constrain health insurance access, reinforce inequities, and impede health care reform — insights drawn from her forthcoming book.

Miranda Yaver, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh, joined the W&M Schroeder Center for Health Policy to talk...

10/21/2025

Check out this op-ed by Schroeder Faculty Affiliate, Professor Chris Howard!

https://www.wm.edu/as/publicpolicy/schroedercenter/news/richmond-times-dispatch-selective-demolition-of-health-insurance-will-hurt-virginians.php

Read more about the selective demolition of health insurance coverage at the center of a government shutdown negotiations. Recent changes to the ACA tax credits may result in 80,000 more Virginians becoming uninsured and anual premiums in the state rising by $3,000 for a family of four.