Julianna Pacheco is professor of political science at the University of Iowa. She received a PhD in political science from Pennsylvania State University and postdoctoral training as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of Michigan. Her research sits at the nexus of political science and population health. She was among the first to examine how health shapes political participation, most notably finding that poor health reduces turnout.
Pacheco subsequently documented the consequences of health-based inequalities in political voice, finding that the preferences of those in good health dominate the policy-making process. Her work has appeared in journal outlets such as the Journal of Politics, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law, and the Political Research Quarterly. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Her project, “The Deadly Effects of Partisanship,” will provide a clearer understanding of how physicians are both the cause and the potential solution to the political polarization of health.
May 2024
