Tracy

Mroz

PhD

OTR/L

Bio

Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine at the University of Washington. She is a health services researcher with clinical experience as an occupational therapist across the healthcare continuum, including acute, post-acute, and community-based care. She received an AB from Princeton University, an MS in Occupational Therapy from Boston University, and a PhD in Health Services Research and Policy from Johns Hopkins University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in delivery system science at the Group Health Research Institute (now the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute). Dr. Mroz's research focuses on the impact of health policy and delivery system factors on access to and quality of post-acute care services for older adults and adults with disabilities, with an emphasis on home health care and care provided in rural communities. Her primary research approach is secondary analysis of large data sets, including Medicare administrative data, survey data, and community-level data. Her work has been funded by NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, and NIDILRR. She is an investigator with the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center and the UW Center for Health Workforce Studies and she co-directs an Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training (ARRT) postdoctoral fellowship program in aging and disability policy.

HEALTH SYSTEMS-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Education

• Graduate education for rehabilitation professionals (PT, OT) and Rehab Sciences PhD students

Mentorship

• Education
• Policy
• Research

Policy

• National – Professional Society: AcademyHealth, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• National – Other: consulting subcontracts with contractors for CMS task orders
• Institutional

Research

• Outcomes
• Health Services
• Social Drivers of Health/Social Determinants of Health
• Policy