Emily B. McCartha serves as a Research Associate at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill. She conducts healthcare workforce research, primarily focused on the state of North Carolina C but also nationwide. She formerly served as a Senior Program Evaluator for the North Carolina General Assembly in the program evaluation division, a non-partisan research group. She led evaluations related to public education, public health, and organizational structure.Â
McCartha earned her doctorate in public administration from North Carolina State University in 2019 and her master of public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas in 2011. She also earned her BA in urban studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009.
Selected Publications
Fraher, E., Knapton, A., McCartha, E., & Leslie, L. K. (2024). Forecasting the future supply of pediatric subspecialists in the United States: 2020–2040. Pediatrics, 153(Supplement 2).
McCartha, E. B. (2022). SIDEBAR: NC Nursecast: Understanding the Nursing Workforce in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 83(3), 164-165.
Velez, A. L. K., & McCartha, E. B. (2019). A framework for understanding how nonprofits shape our physical environment: Identifying allies in making spaces. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 29(3), 419-435.
Fleming, C. J., McCartha, E. B., & Steelman, T. A. (2015). Conflict and collaboration in wildfire management: the role of mission alignment. Public Administration Review, 75(3), 445-454.
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