Carolyn Berry, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor, Center for Health and Public Service Research
Deputy Director, Center for Health and Public Service Research
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Carolyn
Anne Berry, Ph.D. is the Deputy Director and Associate Research
Professor at the Center for Health and Public Service Research
(CHPSR) at the Wagner Graduate School since 2000. She holds
a PhD in Community Psychology from New York University.
Her current research focuses on the health and health care
of low-income children and families, and includes both investigator
initiated research and program evaluation. She recently concluded
a five year grant from the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) entitled Social Factors and the Environment
in Pediatric Asthma that is investigating racial/ethnic disparities
in childhood asthma. She conducting an outcome evaluation of
the SchoolFood Plus Initiative, a program designed to enhance
the nutrition of children in the NYC public school system.
Dr. Berry and Dr. Dennis Smith are in the final stages of a
process study of WeCARE, a recently implemented program designed
to provide specialized assessments and services to that portion
of the public assistance population that is unable to work
immediately. That program and study are funded by the NYC Department
of Social Services/Human Resources Administration. Dr. Berry
is part of a Wagner team working on the national evaluation
of “Expecting Success”, a demonstration project
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to address disparities
in cardiac health care at 10 hospitals with large volumes of
racial and ethnic minorities.
Dr. Berry regularly teaches P11.2171 Program Analysis and Evaluation.