Dan Treglia, PhD, MPP

Leadership & Core Faculty

Dan Treglia, PhD, MPP, is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Dr. Treglia also serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine. He is experienced in social and health policy and focuses much of his work on parental loss, homelessness, and health policy. Ongoing project work includes an NIH-funded study (R01HD118152) examining the impacts of homelessness and housing services on maternal and infant health, where Dr. Treglia is serving as MPI. He is also a Co-Investigator on a mixed-methods NIH-funded study (UG3DA063084) evaluating the impacts of technical assistance for permanent supportive housing providers on overdoses and overdose deaths.

In addition to his federally funded research portfolio, Dr. Treglia serves as the component-PI of the Center’s evaluation of New Jersey’s Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver’s Housing Supports Program, evaluating the impact of initiatives designed to support the provision of health and housing services. He is also leading studies assessing the economic circumstances facing parentally bereaved children, evaluating the extent to which they receive federal survivor benefits, and understanding how pediatric healthcare providers identify bereaved children and refer them to appropriate services. Dr. Treglia’s work also involves public service, including work with the City of New York and other communities across the country focused on assessing the extent of unsheltered homelessness and building community capacity. Before joining the Center in 2023, he was an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania and, prior to that, he ran research and evaluation for New York City’s Department of Homeless Services. Dr. Treglia earned his PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice.

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