Tammy Leonard, Ph.D. Professor School School of Public Health Department Public Health Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Tammy Leonard's research interests include understanding the impact of housing markets, neighborhoods, non-profit programs, and government policies on health and other measures of well-being, particularly for low-income populations. Her work is highly interdisciplinary and often involves collaborations across multiple sectors. She is co-director of the Community Assistance Research initiative (CARE, https://www.udallas.edu/care/) and editor of the peer-reviewed journal Review of Regional Studies. In her current work, Dr. Leonard is examining the way in which neighborhood race is capitalized into housing markets. Housing is a key asset through which families obtain and transfer wealth across generations. Differences in capacity to generate housing wealth may explain disparities in intergenerational economic mobility and underly mechanisms related to multiple social determinants of health. In other work, Dr. Leonard is collaborating with leaders in the non-profit sector in North Texas to develop new approaches to achieving economic and food security through leveraging behavioral economics and financial coaching models. Together, these approaches are informing a new food assistance program to achieve improved health and wellbeing. Research Interest Economic and Food Security Economic Factors as a Measure of Health Government Policy/Healthcare Interactions Housing Market-Healthcare Interactions Interdisciplinary Health Research Publications Featured Publications Food Security Status in Seniors over their Life Course Pezzia, C. Rogg, M. Leonard, T. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2022 Experiences of increased food insecurity, economic and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-enrolled food pantry clients. Higashi, R.T., Sood, A., Conrado, A.B., Shahan, K.L., Leonard, T., Pruitt, S.L. Public Health Nutrition 2022 25 4 Aging into Medicare among a senior food pantry population: an assessment of food security, health, and food pantry use over time Martinez-Miller, E. Leonard, T. Pruitt, S.P. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 2022 44 2 Impact of Changes in the Frequency of Food Pantry Utilization on Client Food Security and Wellbeing Leonard, T. Andrews, D. Pruitt, S.P. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy 2022 44 2 Social, Resources, and Institution Disruptions and the Evolving Lives of Economically Vulnerable Older Adults: Implications for Policies and Programs in the New Normal Pezzia, C. Rogg, M. Leonard, T. RSF: The Russel Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2022 8 8 The Impact of Land Use Regulation Across the Conditional Distribution of Home Prices: An Application of Quantile Regression for Group Level Treatments Leonard, T., Yang, X. Zhang, L Annals of Regional Science 2021 66 3 2021 External Validity of Hedonic Price Estimates: Heterogeneity in the Price Discount Associated with having African American and Hispanic Neighbors Zhang, L. Leonard, T. Journal of Regional Science 2021 61 1 Impact of Property Tax Abatement Incentives on Economic Growth Leonard, T. Yang, X. Zhang, L. Economic Development Quarterly 2020 34 2 Aging out of WIC: An Investigation of the Compensation Effect of Private Nutrition Assistance Programs Si, X. Leonard, T. Economic Inquiry 2020 58 1 Results 1-9 of 9 1 Honors & Awards Best Poster Award - Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health SciencePoster Presentation at IPAHS conference in Austin, TX, entitled "Ripple Effects: Do the details of food assistance delivery impact individual health?" (2017-2017) Outstanding Teacher Award for the School of Economic Political and Policy Sciences (University of Dallas; Irving, TX) (2014-2014)
