Brent Langellier, Ph.D., M.A.

Brent Langellier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. His research focuses on understanding how public health and social policies can be used to address underlying causes of health disparities. Dr. Langellier has led and collaborated on numerous studies that explore how state and local immigration policies shape participation in public assistance programs, healthcare access, food security, and health status. In other work, he has examined drivers of enrollment in SNAP, Medicaid and Medicare, as well as the population health impacts of these programs. Dr. Langellier has also led studies documenting disparities in health care access and utilization among Latino and immigrant populations.

Dr. Langellier’s research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust. Dr. Langellier has served as a standing member of the NIH Social Sciences and Population Studies (B) study section and contributed to USDA efforts to incorporate systems thinking into health policy development.

In addition to his research, Dr. Langellier has led training programs that seek to advance public health knowledge and skills among public health researchers and practitioners. At Drexel University, this includes development of an intensive weeklong summer training institute, ongoing training with staff at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and longtime leadership of a PhD program in Health Services Research. Dr. Langellier received his MA in Latin American Studies and PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles.