Dr. Goldfarb's background is in public health, with specialized training in health care policy research related to maternal and child behavioral health issues. She has extensive experience in analyzing secondary data, ranging from Medicaid claims to longitudinal data. She is also well-trained in health econometrics and uses rigorous empirical methods (e.g., propensity scores, fixed effects) in data analysis to address research questions. She has over ten years of training and experience in conducting program evaluations and needs assessments for community health populations.