Lauren Toppenberg

Lauren Toppenberg is a Social Policy student who has a Master of Public Health and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas. Lauren is interested in the policies, systems, and cultural structures that make up social safety nets, as well as their influence on how individuals, communities, and society at large make decisions and trade-offs surrounding issues of health, wealth, and well-being.

Research Interests

Adolescents/youth
Built environment
Child policy
Discrimination
Family policy
Gender
Health
Health inequities
Housing
Income based interventions
Inequality
Inequality/disparity
Long reach of childhood or childhood origins of adult health
Neighborhoods
Nutrition programs for children
Policy (policies)
Poverty
Racism
Social determinants
Social policy
Social stratification
Social support
State child health programs
Subsidized housing and children
Urban equity
Urban health
Urban policy

Datasets

American Community Survey (ACS)
Administrative data (state or national)
CEX (Consumer Expenditure Survey)
CPS (Current Population Survey)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)