Biography
Dr. Julie Reagan received her MPH and PhD in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health. Dr. Reagan is also an attorney with over 20 years of state government practice. As an attorney, she has worked as a staff attorney in a Texas Court of Appeals, as a Texas Assistant Attorney General, and as legal counsel at various public health agencies. In her most recent government role, she served as the Deputy General Counsel at the New Mexico Department of Health. She stepped away from the practice of law and into the realm of academia in 2014.
Areas of Specialty
- Public health
- Public health law
- Health policy and management
- Health care administration
- Health care ethics
Education
Aug 2010 - PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
Public Health: Management, Health Policy, and Community Health
Dec 1995 - MPH
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
Public Health: Health Services Organizations
May 1993 - JD
University of Houston, Law Center
Houston, Texas
Law
May 1990 - BS
Lamar University
Beaumont Texas
Health Education
May 1979 - AAS
Coastal Bend College
Beaumont Texas
Beeville, Texas
Dental Hygiene
Achievements & Awards
2018 - Mid-Career Award for the Practice of Public Health Law
American Public Health Association
Law Section
2017 - Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Award
Georgia Southern University
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Key Publications
Betancourt, JA, Granados PS, Pacheco GJ, Reagan J, Shanmugam R, Topinka J, Fulton LV. Exploring Health Outcomes for U.S. Veterans Compared to Non-Veterans from 2003 to 2019. Healthcare, 2021;9(604).
Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, de Cordova PB, Herzig C, Dick A, Reagan J, Stone P. Perceived Impact of State Mandated Reporting on Infection Prevention and Control Departments. American Journal of Infection Control, 2019;47(2), 118-122.
Liu H, Herzig CTA, Dick AW, Furuya EY, Larson E, Reagan J, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Stone PW. Impact of state reporting laws on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in US adult intensive care units. Health Services Research. Published online July 24, 2016. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12530.
Reagan, JK. Contracts; Operations of Acquiring, in Health Care Supply Chain Management. (Ledlow GR, Manrodt K and Schott D., eds., 2016), Jones & Bartlett Learning, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Rohde RE, Felkner M, Reagan J, Mitchel AH, Tille P. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI): The Perfect Storm Has Arrived! Clin Lab Sci. 2016;29(1):28-31.
Tille P, Rohde RE, Reagan J, Felkner M, Mitchell AH. The Perfect Storm: Emerging Trends and Pathogens in Healthcare. Clin Lab Sci. 2016;29(1):32-38.
Reagan J, Rohde RE, Mitchell AH, Felkner M, Tille P. The Legal Landscape: HAI Public Reporting in the United States. Clin Lab Sci. 2016;29(1):39-43.
Mitchell AH, Rohde RE, Tille P, Reagan J, Felkner M. The Changing Role of the Healthcare Environment. Clin Lab Sci. 2016;29(1):44-48.
Stone PW, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Reagan J, Merrill JA, Sperber B, Cairns C, Penn M, Ramanthan T, Mothershed E, Skillen E. Impact of Laws Aimed at Healthcare-Associated Infection Reduction: A Qualitative Study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2015; 0:1-8.
Reagan J, Herzig CT, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Dick AW, Stone PW, Srinath D. State Law Mandates for Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections in Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2015;36: 350-352.
Herzig CT, Reagan J, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Srinath D, Stone PW. State mandated reporting of healthcare-associated infections in the United States: Trends over time. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2015;30(5):417-424.
Zachariah P, Reagan J, Furuya EY, Edwards J, Dick A, Liu H, Herzig C, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Stone PW, Saiman L. The Association of Legislative Mandates for Reporting Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Units with Process and Outcome Measures. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2014;35(9):1133-1139.
Makary M, Aswani M, Ibrahim A, Reagan J, Wick E, Pronovost P. Variation in Surgical Site Infection Reporting by State: A Call for National Standards. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 2013;35(2):41-46.
Reagan J, Hacker CS. Laws Pertaining to Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): A Review of Three Legal Requirements. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2012;33(1):75-80.
Aswani M, Reagan J, Jin L, Pronovost P, Goeschel C. Variation in Public Reporting of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections by State. American Journal of Medical Quality. September/October 2011;26:387-395.
Hacker, Carl, and Watson, J Reagan. Law, AIDS, and Nurses, in AIDS and HIV Infection. Mosby's Clinical Nursing Series 185-195 (Grimes DE and Grimes RM, eds., 1994), Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gender
Female
Research
Dr. Reagan is a nationally recognized legal expert in the field of healthcare-associated infections. Other research areas have included medical and recreational cannabis, concussions in youth sports, infectious disease, and substance abuse in the medical field.
Courses Taught
Dr. Reagan’s teaching experience has been in the areas of health policy and management, health law, public health law, and health care administration.