Dr. Leyla Tosun is a Senior Research Consultant and a manager in the Health & Social Sciences research section at the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center. Her expertise is in survey design & methodology, causal inference with observational data, study design, inferential statistics, and mixed-methods research strategies. Since joining the GRC in 2021, Leyla has served as the co-principal investigator for several projects, including the Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey (OMAS) and Ohio’s SUD 1115 Waiver Demonstration Evaluation. She works on a variety of research projects sponsored by the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), including surveys, administrative data analyses, and evaluations. Her research interests are in population health, health services and access to care, substance use, and mental health.
Dr. Tosun holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State University.