Grace Guenther, MPA (she/her)

Research Scientist

Biography:
Grace supports the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) under the Health Equity grant. She collaborates with lead investigators and other researchers in all phases of research, including drafting and managing study protocols in collaboration with the project team, obtaining Institutional Review Board reviews, collecting data and preparing it for analysis, maintaining databases, conducting analyses, and reporting findings. Her research interests include: social determinants of health, mixed methods research, perinatal health outcomes, and diversity and health equity as they relate to the health workforce. She received her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Washington, where she specialized in mixed methods research and program evaluation.

Publications/Presentations

Authors	Title	Type	Documents/Media
van Eijk MS, Prueher L, Kett PM, Frogner BK, Guenther GA	Financial Instability of Federal Navigator Program Challenges Organizations to Help Uninsured Enroll in Health Insurance Coverage	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Guenther G, Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Birth Doula Workforce in the U.S.: Rapid Response Brief	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Van Eijk E, Guenther GA, Jopson AD, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Health workforce challenges impact the development of robust doula services for underserved populations in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Kett PM, van Eijk MS, Guenther GA, Skillman SM	“This work that we’re doing is bigger than ourselves”: A qualitative study with community-based doulas in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Van Eijk MS, Guenther GA, Kett PM, Jopson AD, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Addressing systemic racism in birth doula services to reduce health inequities in the United States.	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
van Eijk MS, Kett PM, Prueher L, Frogner BK, Guenther GA	Lack of Consistent Investment in Federal Insurance Navigator Program Undermines Navigators’ Equity Work in Vulnerable Communities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Sabin J, Guenther G, Ornelas IJ, Patterson DG, Andrilla C, Morales L, Gurjal K, Frogner BK	Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Guenther G, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Garcia E, Kundu I, Kelly M, Guenther G, Skillman SM, Frogner B	The Clinical Laboratory Workforce: Understanding the Challenges to Meeting Current and Future Needs	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Mohammed SA, Guenther GA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Examining the Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Associate Degree in Nursing Programs by Type of Institution in the US, 2012–2018	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Dahal A, Guenther G, Frogner BK	The Physical Therapist Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to the COVID -19 Emergency	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Oster NV, Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Dahal A, Guenther G, Frogner BK	The Pharmacist Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand	PUBLICATION	Full Brief
Skillman SM, Frogner BK, Dahal A, Stubbs BA, Guenther G	The Respiratory Therapist Workforce in the U.S. Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Sabin JA, Nagasawa P, Kett PM, Guenther GA, Naidu A, Williams-York B, Frogner BK	Implicit and Explicit Race and Weight Bias among Physician Assistant Preceptors and Trainees	PRESENTATION
Guenther GA, Williams-York B, Kett PM, Snyder CR, Mohammed S, van Eijk M, Frogner BK	Factors Associated with Burnout Among Health Professional Program Faculty: A Mixed Methods Study	PRESENTATION
Sabin JA, Guenther GA, Kett PM, Naidu A, Nagasawa P, Frogner BK	Impact of Implicit Bias Education on Bias Awareness Among Physician Assistant Preceptors and Trainees	PRESENTATION
Guenther GA, Kett PM, Williams-York B, Mohammed S, Patterson DG, Snyder CR, van Eijk M, Frogner BK	Burnout in Underrepresented Students and Faculty in Health Professional Programs	PRESENTATION
Kett PM, Guenther GA, van Eijk M, Skillman SM	Perspectives from Community-Based Doulas on Medicaid Policy and Needed Systems Change	PRESENTATION
Guenther GA, Kett PM, Williams-York B, Mohammed SA, Snyder CR, van Eijk M	Comparing Underrepresented Student and Faculty Burnout in Health Professional Programs	PRESENTATION
Guenther GA, Williams-York B, Kett PM, Snyder CR, Mohammed S, van Eijk M, Frogner BK	Factors associated with burnout among health profession program faculty: a mixed methods study	PRESENTATION
Sabin JA, Guenther GA, Ma K, Williams-York B, Barrington W, Frogner BK	Perceived Usefulness and Strengths of Brief Implicit Bias Education for Academic Clinicians	PRESENTATION
Kett PM, Guenther GA, van Eijk M, Skillman SM	Supporting the Doula Workforce: Doulas’ Perspectives on Medicaid Expansion and Needed Systems Change	PRESENTATION
Guenther GA, Kett PM, Williams-York B, Mohammed S, Patterson DG, Snyder CR, van Eijk M, Frogner BK	Comparing Underrepresented Student and Faculty Burnout in Health Professional Programs	PRESENTATION