PostGRES Profile Detail – Staff

Grace Guenther
Research Scientist/Engineer 2
Research
gguent@uw.edu

Biography

Grace supports the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) under both the Allied Health and Health Equity grants. 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 previous work includes research on equity in global health interventions and program evaluation. She received her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Washington, where she specialized in mixed methods research and program evaluation.


 

CHWS Publications

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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 Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 33(3):1555-1568 08-01-2022

Guenther G, Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK. The Birth Doula Workforce in the U.S.: Rapid Response Brief Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 08-22-2022

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 The Journal of Perinatal Education Vol 31 Issue 3 07-31-2022

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 Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health ePub ahead of print 07-07-2022

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 Health Equity 02-02-2022

 

CHWS Presentations

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Guenther G, Kett P. Birth Doulas Addressing Systemic Racism in Underserved Communities Health Workforce Technical Assistance Webinar.

Kett PM and Guenther GA. Experiences and Work-Related Conditions of Birth Doulas Working in Underserved Communities in the United States. 2022 AAMC Health Workforce Conference: Virtual Meeting.

Sabin J, Guenther G, Ornelas IJ, Patterson DG, Andrilla C, Morales L, Gurjal K, Frogner BK. Lasting Effects of Brief Implicit Bias Education on Academic Clinicians’ Personal Bias Awareness 2022 AAMC Health Workforce Conference: Virtual Meeting.

Sabin J, Guenther G, Ornelas IJ, Patterson DG, Andrilla C, Morales L, Gurjal K, Frogner BK. Lasting Effects of Brief Implicit Bias Education on Academic Clinicians’ Personal Bias Awareness 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

Kett P, van Eijk M, Guenther G, Skillman S. . Experiences and Work-related Conditions of Birth Doulas Working in Underserved Communities in the United States. 2022 AAMC Health Workforce Conference: Virtual Meeting.