Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters, Ph.D.
John Russell Dickson MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Research Associate, Population Aging Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Blockley Hall RM 1129
432 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Blockley Hall RM 1129
432 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
BS (Interdisciplinary Studies, Summa cum laude)
University of Central Florida, 2015.
MSPH (Health Policy and Management)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.
PhD (Health Services Research)
Brown University, 2021.
Permanent linkBS (Interdisciplinary Studies, Summa cum laude)
University of Central Florida, 2015.
MSPH (Health Policy and Management)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.
PhD (Health Services Research)
Brown University, 2021.
Selected Publications
Lin SC, Fashaw-Walters S, Hammond G, Babulal GM, Akré ER, Martin Giacalone BA, Waken RJ, Maddox KJ. : Nursing Home Segregation and Quality of Care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 73(12): 3757-3765, December 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/jgs.70165.Li K, Fashaw-Walters S, Bundorf MK, Hou Y: Corporate Ownership, Health System Affiliation, and Market Concentration of Home Health Agencies. JAMA Netw Open 8(8): e2528258, August 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen
Fabius CD, Chen J, Coe NB, Drabo EF, Fashaw-Walters S, Rivera-Hernandez M, Sadarangani T: Leveraging data, technology, and policy to address disparities for persons living with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias. Alzheimers Dement e70186, April 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/alz.70186.
Mitchell C, Stantoznik J, Fashaw-Walters SA, Akosionu O, Hardeman R, Ko M: Criminal Justice, Arrests Data, and Structural Racism Measurement for Health Equity Research: Promises and Pitfalls. Health Services Research e14449: Online, February 2025.
Bergman AJ, Szanton SL, LaFave SE, Fashaw-Walters SA, Taylor JL, Thorpe Jr, RJ, Nkimbeng M: Older Black Americans' Perspectives on Structural Racism Resilience as a Form of Resistance. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 12(1): 262-272, February 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01870-5.
Fabius CD,Parikh R, Wolf JM, Giordano S, Fashaw-Walters SA, Jutkowitz E, Shippee T: Racial and ethnic differences in unmet needs among older adults receiving publicly-funded home and community-based services Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 72(11): 3520-3529, November 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1111/jgs.19153.
Zhang Z, Li K, Wang S, Fashaw-Walters SA, Hou Y,: Change of Ownership and Quality of Home Health Agency Care. JAMA Health Forum 5(11): e243767, November 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3767.
Byrne A, Romans C, Taylor R, Fashaw-Walters SA: Elder care costs are outpacing inflation. Americans want a lifeline. NBC News October 2024 Notes: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elder-care-costs-are-outpacing-inflation-americans-want-lifeline-rcna172950.
Hing AK, Chantarat T, Fashaw-Walters SA & Hardeman RR: Instruments for racial health equity: A scoping review of structural racism measurement, 2019-2021. Epidemiologic Reviews 46(1): 1-26, September 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxae002.
Fashaw-Walters SA, Rahman M, Jarrín OF, Gee G, Mor V, Nkimbeng M, Thomas KS: Getting to the root: Examining within and between home health agency inequities in functional improvement. Health Services Research 59(2): e14194, April 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14194.