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Courtnee Erin Melton-Fant
Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health
University of Memphis
Education/Degree:
1 Health Outcomes and Policy Research (the University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
About
Courtnee Melton-Fant, PhD, MS, is an assistant professor in the Division of Health Systems Management and Policy. Before joining the University of Memphis, Dr. Melton-Fant worked for a state-level public policy research center providing information and analysis to policymakers, the media, and the general public.Dr. Melton-Fant has experience conducting both academic and non-academic research ranging from clinical trials and health outcomes to analysis of state-level healthcare reforms for policymakers and advocacy groups. Her research interests include state- and local-level public policy, health outcomes, and racial health inequities. She is particularly interested in how broad-based public policies can be used as tools to improve the health of populations.
Current Work
Dr. Melton-Fant's scholarship explores how public policy produces and can help eliminate racial health inequities with a particular focus on state and local government policy. Her current research examines 1) state preemption as a mechanism of structural racism that aids in the production of racial health inequities and 2) the heterogenous effects of local government expenditures on mortality across racial groups.
Research Area Keyword(s)
population health, public policy, racial health inequity, state government