The University of Massachusetts Amherst
Theo Schall

Theo Schall

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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management

bioethics, health equity, reproductive health, transgender health

Location

Arnold House

715 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

My research focuses on the health of women, transgender, and non-binary people, drawing on bioethical theory and the empirical methods of health services research. I use mixed methods, blending qualitative and quantitative empirical approaches with normative ethical analysis. My current projects relate to the medico-legal construct of medical necessity and how it is enacted through conflict over claims for gender-affirming care. I am particularly interested in the implementation of state laws which attempt to regulate bodily autonomy and the effects of these laws on health equity and outcomes.

Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
  • MBE, University of Pennsylvania, 2017
  • MSW, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
  • BA, St. John’s College, Annapolis, 2007

Key Publications

Schall, Theodore E., and Jacob Moses. Gender-affirming care for cisgender people. Hastings Center Report. In press.

Kronk, Clair A., Avery R. Everhart, Florence Ashley, Hale M. Thompson, Theodore E. Schall, Teddy G. Goetz, Laurel Hiatt et al. (2022). "Transgender data collection in the electronic health record: current concepts and issues." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 29(2): 271-284. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab136

Bandera, Sachini, Theodore E. Schall, Sarah A. White, Alexander D. McCourt, Daisy Goodman, and Emma E. McGinty. (2022.) Association between U.S. state prenatal drug use laws and child welfare reporting in Alabama, Maryland, and Utah. International Journal of Drug Policy. 108:103806. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922002225

McCourt, Alexander D., Sarah A. White, Sachini Bandera, Theodore E. Schall, Daisy J. Goodman, Esita Patel, and Emma E. McGinty. (2022.) Development and implementation of state and federal child welfare laws related to drug use in pregnancy. Milbank Quarterly. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12591

Schall, Theodore E., Carolyn C. Foster, and Chris Feudtner. (2019.) Safe working hour standards for parents of children with medical complexity. JAMA Pediatrics. 174(1); 7-8. Available at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2754824