Health Systems, Managment & Policy

​Biography:

As a pediatric physical therapist with doctoral training in Developmental Epidemiology, Dr. McManus’s research focuses on the intersection of population-based health and early education interventions for children with disabilities. She is particularly interested in access to and utilization of health and therapeutic services, health, neurodevelopmental, and functional outcomes, and health-related quality of life of children with special health care needs and disabilities. Dr. McManus employs a variety of quantitative methods, including multi-level statistical modeling, longitudinal analyses, and structural equation modeling using large secondary data sets.

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Research Interests:

• Maternal and Child Health
• Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Access, Utilization, and Effectiveness of Part C Early Intervention Services

Courses Taught:

•  Health Policy (PBHL 3030)

Current Research: 

• National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Loan Repayment Program - Predictors of Access to and Adequacy of Part C Early Intervention
• The purpose of this study is to shed light on 
• 1) biological, developmental, and social characteristics of children receiving early intervention services,
• 2) type, frequency, and intensity of core early intervention services received (e.g., physical, occupational, and speech therapy and special instruction), and
• 3) child, family, neighborhood and social policy predictors of unmet need for early intervention services.

 Education:

• BS, Health Studies, Boston University
• MS, Physical Therapy, Boston University
• MPH, Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health
• ScD, Developmental Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
• Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison