Robbie Dembo, PhD | Morse Scholar Alumni

Rob Dembo, PhD
Rob Dembo, PhD

Morse Scholar Alumni 2020–2022

Current Position

Senior Research Scientist
NORC, University of Chicago

Contact

dembo-robert@norc.org

About

Robbie is a quantitative social scientist with expertise in developmental disabilities, maternal and child health, caregiving, social support, and social determinants of health.

Robbie is a senior research scientist whose research projects include analyses of policies that impact health disparities among underserved populations on behalf of the CMS Office of Minority Health and an assessment of health care programs serving children and families on behalf of the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. Robbie also helps lead NORC’s interdepartmental Disability Research Working Group.

Robbie completed an NIH T32 postdoctoral fellowship training program in interdisciplinary research in intellectual and developmental disabilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2020 to 2022. Between 2016 and 2020, he was a researcher at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University. Earlier in his career, Robbie conducted social policy research in the Office of the Governor in the State of Illinois.

Robbie regularly presents his research at professional conferences, including AcademyHealth and American Public Health Association meetings. He has lead and collaborated on studies published in interdisciplinary journals, including Social Science & Medicine, Autism, the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and Children and Youth Services Review. Robbie frequently serves as a peer referee for several academic journals.

Education

2011 BA Sociology, Judaic Studies University of Michigan
2016 MS Sociology Indiana University Bloomington
2018 MS Social Policy Brandeis University
2020 PhD Social Policy Brandeis University
2020–2022 Morse Scholar Major Professor: Leann Smith DaWalt, PhD Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2020–2022 Postdoctoral Fellow Interdisciplinary Research in IDD Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Selected Publications