Markie McBrayer
PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Houston
Areas of Expertise:
- Health Care Delivery
- Health Care Reform
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Cities & Regions
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About Markie
McBrayer is interested in using geography to examine health care inequities across the United States with a focus on the urban/rural divide. More broadly, she is drawn to issues where policy, politics, and space intersect. As a former transit consultant, McBrayer has worked with local non-profits in the Boston area on transportation advocacy issues.
Briefs
Podcast
Publications
"TCRP Synthesis 98: Ridesharing as a Complement to Transit," (with ), The National Academies Press, 2012.
Explores current practices in using ridesharing to complement public transit and highlights ways to potentially enhance ridesharing and public transit.
In the News
Markie McBrayer's research on the contrast between Texas and California's health care (with Ling Zhu) discussed in Markie McBrayer, "Texas: Where Crazy Gets Elected," The Daily Beast, February 26, 2014.