Nancy E. Reichman, PhD

Reichman is a health economist with a broad portfolio of grant-funded research focusing on linkages between socioeconomic status and health, including studies of determinants of infant and child health, effects of child health on family resources, sources of health disparities, and effects of public policies and other contexts on child and family well-being. Recent achievements and noteworthy roles include:

• PI (with Julien Teitler, Ph.D. and Daniel Notterman, MD) on “Fragile Families: The Third Generation,” the NICHD-funded study of the third generation of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing birth cohort study.
• Recipient of the inaugural Chancellor Distinguished Health Sciences Investigator Award, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Rutgers University (October 2020).
• Elected member of the Society for Pediatric Research in recognition of research achievements (November 2020).
• Co-lead on the Team Science Core of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science.

Maternal and Child Health, Health Disparities, Socioeconomic Status and Health Across the Life Course, Economics of the Family

Much of Reichman’s recent and current research has focused on:

• Gestational age and the sharp rises in non-medically necessary caesarian section deliveries over recent decades in the U.S., factors underlying those trends, the role of elective deliveries in shaping the autism epidemic, and the effects of elective deliveries on neonatal morbidities and child development more generally.
• Maternal reproductive health, including determinants (e.g., municipal spending, housing costs, discriminatory police violence) and consequences (e.g., income, material hardship) of severe maternal morbidity and maternal perinatal depression.
• Effects of welfare reform on health and economic outcomes of the next generation in adolescence and adulthood.
• Cardiovascular health in the U.S.: disparities, trends, age patterning, and international comparisons.

• Elective Deliveries and the Risk of Autism.Liu KY, Teitler JO, Rajananda S, Chegwin V, Bearman PS, Hegyi T, Reichman NE.Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jul;63(1):68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.01.024. Epub 2022 Mar 31.PMID: 35367106 Free PMC article. 

• Adolescent Chronic Health Conditions and School Disconnectedness.James C, Corman H, Noonan K, Reichman NE, Jimenez ME.J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2022 Feb-Mar 01;43(2):87-95. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000987.PMID: 34191763 Free PMC article. 

• Racialized police use of force and birth outcomes.Chegwin V, Teitler J, Muchomba FM, Reichman NE.Soc Sci Med. 2023 Mar;321:115767. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115767. Epub 2023 Feb 16.PMID: 36841221 Free PMC article. 

• Maternal depression and economic well-being: A quasi-experimental approach.McGovern ME, Rokicki S, Reichman NE.Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jul;305:115017. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115017. Epub 2022 May 10.PMID: 35605471 Free article. 

• Association Between Housing Affordability and Severe Maternal Morbidity.Muchomba FM, Teitler J, Reichman NE.JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2243225. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.43225.PMID: 36413368 Free PMC article

• Liu, K., Teitler, J., Rajananda, S., Chegwin, V., Bearman, P., Hegyi, T., Reichman, N. (2022). Elective Deliveries and the Risk of Autism. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. In press.

• Rokicki, S., McGovern, M., Von Jaglinsky, A., Reichman, N. (2022). Postpartum Depression and Women’s Life Course Economic Trajectories. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 62(2): 165–173. 

• Muchomba, F., Teitler, J., Kruse, L., Reichman, N. (2021). Municipality-Level Variation in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Association with Municipal Expenditures in New Jersey. JAMA Network Open 4(11): e2135161.

• Hedges, A., Corman, H., Noonan, K., Reichman, N. (2021). Gestational Age at Term and Educational Outcomes at Age Nine. Pediatrics 148(2): e2020021287.

• Dave, D., Corman, H., Kalil, A., Schwartz-Soicher, O., Reichman, N. (2021). Intergenerational Effects of Welfare Reform: Adolescent Delinquent and Risky Behaviors. Economic Inquiry 59(1): 199–216.