Stephen Borders, PhD

Grand Valley State University
Community Research Institute
Bicycle Factory, Suite 200
201 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI
USA 49504-6431

Biographical Sketch: Stephen Borders is an Associate Professor of Health Care Administration at Grand Valley State University where he also serves as Director of the MHA program. Prior to his position at GVSU, he served as an Acute Care Policy Analyst for the Texas Medicaid Program. During his PhD program at Texas A&M University, he worked as a Research Associate at the Public Policy Research Institute where he conducted a number of evaluations of the Texas non-emergency medical transportation program, the Texas Medicaid managed care program and an evaluation of the non-poor uninsured in Texas. Currently he teaches courses in health policy, health care finance and research methods at GVSU.

Papers:
3097.0 Using the American community survey and geographic information systems to improve community health needs assessments 3222.0 Social determinants of health: Making the most of the American community survey 4268.0 Quantifying transportation shortages and using geomapping to assess risk of transportation barriers to health care access