Assistant Professor
Political Science
Sarah D. Rozenblum is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Political Science at 福利在线 University. She holds a dual Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Health from the University of Michigan and was previously a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University鈥檚 Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. Her research lies at the intersection of U.S. and comparative health policy, political institutions, and public health governance, with a particular focus on how expertise, science, and bureaucratic authority shape policy design and implementation.
Her current work examines U.S. state responses to the federal politicization of expertise during the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine governance and advisory politics in France, the equity implications of social policy design in the U.S.鈥攅specially the Child Tax Credit鈥攁nd the governance of mosquito surveillance and control in New York State.
She regularly consults for the World Health Organization through the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Originally from Paris, France, she earned her BA and Master鈥檚 degrees from Sciences Po Paris, a background that informs the strong comparative perspective she brings to both her research and teaching.
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2023
Courses Taught
POSC 4931 Topics in Political Science: Comparative Health Politics & Policy
POSC 4931 Topics in Political Science: Politics of U.S. Healthcare
Publications
Books
- Scott L. Greer, Sarah Rozenblum, Nick Fahy, Matthias Wismar, Holly Jarman, Eleanor Brooks, and Anniek Ruijter. 2024. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About European Union Health Policies But Were Afraid to Ask WHO鈥檚 European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
- Scott L. Greer, Sarah Rozenblum, Nick Fahy, Matthias Wismar, Holly Jarman, Willy Palm, Heather A. Elliot, Eleanor Brooks, and Anniek Ruijter. 2022. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About European Union Health Policies But Were Afraid to Ask WHO鈥檚 European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
- Scott L. Greer, Nick Fahy, Sarah Rozenblum, Matthias Wismar, Holly Jarman, Willy Palm, and Heather A. Elliot. 2019. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About European Union Health Policies But Were Afraid to Ask WHO鈥檚 European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Sarah Rozenblum. The Politics of Expertise: Why the French Government Duplicated Advisory Bodies for its Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy. French Politics (Forthcoming).
- Jamila Michener, Sarah Rozenblum, Natalia Moreira, Amaya Gaines (2026). Child Tax Credits and (In)Equitable State Policy Design. Policy Studies Journal (Forthcoming).
- Holly Jarman, Michelle Falkenbach, Sarah Rozenblum, Olivia Rockwell, and Scott L. Greer. 2024. "From evidence to advice in France, Germany, and the UK: transparency, accountability, and participation in pandemic science advice." Journal of Public Health Policy, 1-15.
- Eleanor Brooks, Anniek de Ruijter, Scott Greer, and Sarah Rozenblum. 2022. 鈥淓U health policy in the aftermath of Covid-19: Neo-functionalism and crisis-driven integration.鈥� The European Journal of Public Policy, 30(4), 721-39. DOI:
- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, Michelle Falkenbach, Olivia Rockwell, and Scott Greer. 2022. 鈥淩ole of scientific advice in Covid-19.鈥� The British Medical Journal, 378. DOI: .
- Scott Greer, Sarah Rozenblum, Michelle Falkenbach, Olga L枚blova, Holly Jarman, Noah Williams, and Matthias Wismar. 2022. 鈥淐entralizing and decentralizing governance in the COVID-19 pandemic: The politics of credit and blame.鈥� Health Policy, 125(5), 408-417. DOI: .
- Scott Greer, Michelle Falkenbach, Holly Jarman, Olga Loblova, Sarah Rozenblum, Noah Williams, and Matthias Wismar. 2021. 鈥淐entralization and decentralization in a crisis: How credit and blame shape governance.鈥� , 27(1).
- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, and Tiffany Huang. 鈥淣either protective nor harmonized: the cross-border regulation of medical devices in the EU.鈥� 2020. Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law, 16(1), 51-63. DOI: .
Working Manuscripts
- Sarah Rozenblum. 鈥�The Politics of Expertise鈥� [Book Manuscript in Progress].
- Sarah Rozenblum. 鈥淏uilding Trust in Turbulent Times: State Responses to Politicized Vaccine Expertise and Federal Disengagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic.鈥� [Article Under Review].
- Sarah Rozenblum. 鈥淭he Unraveling of U.S. Health Governance鈥� [Commentary Under Review]
- Sarah Rozenblum. Review of Collaborate Now! How Expertise Becomes Useful in Civic Life, by Adam Seth Levine [Book Review in Progress].
- Sarah Rozenblum. 鈥淧ost-Pandemic Expertise: Institutional Conversion in State Vaccine Governance鈥� [Article in Progress].
- Sarah Rozenblum, Charley Willison. 鈥淕overning Mosquito Surveillance and Control in New York State鈥� [Article in Progress].
- Natalia de Paula Moreira, Jamila Michener, Sarah Rozenblum, Amaya Gaines. 鈥淯nveiling Racial and Socioeconomic Drivers of Support for the Expanded Child Tax Credit.鈥� [Article in Progress].
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
- Sarah Rozenblum. 鈥淔rance鈥檚 Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy,鈥� In Greer, S., King, E., Massard, E., Jarman, H., eds. University of Michigan Press [Forthcoming].
- Scott Greer, Eleanor Brooks, Anniek de Ruijter, and Sarah Rozenblum. 2022. 鈥淐OVID-19,鈥� in European Union Politics (7th edition). Oxford University Press.
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2021. 鈥淔rance鈥檚 Multidimensional COVID-19 Response: ad hoc Committees and the Sidelining of Public Health Agencies,鈥� in Coronavirus Politics. The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19. Greer, S., King, E., Peralta-Santos, A., Massard, E., eds. University of Michigan Press.
Book Reviews
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2025. Review of Perera, Isabel. The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies (Cambridge University Press). Governance.
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2017. Review of Almgren, Gunnar. Health care as a right of citizenship. The continuing evolution of a reform (Columbia University Press). Revue fran莽aise des Affaires sociales.
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2017. (PURH, Collection 脡conomie publique et 茅conomie sociale, 2016). Revue fran莽aise des Affaires sociales. 2017(3), 241-245.
World Health Organization Policy Briefs
- Several chapter contributions to: Anna Sagan, Erin Webb, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Isabel de la Mata, Martin McKee, Josep Figueras, eds. 2021. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO).
- Scott Greer, Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, and Matthias Wismar. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO).
- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, Scott Greer, and Matthias Wismar. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO).
- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, Scott Greer, and Matthias Wismar. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO).
- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, Scott Greer, and Matthias Wismar. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO).
- Sarah Rozenblum, Scott Greer, Matthias Wismar, and Holly Jarman. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
- Scott Greer, Sarah Rozenblum, Matthias Wismar, and Holly Jarman. 2020. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Scholarship
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2018. : 芦 B芒tir un syst猫me de sant茅 suppose de d茅passer les questions purement m茅dicales 禄 in 芦 Mise en place et d茅veloppement des syst猫mes de protection sociale en Afrique. 禄 Revue fran莽aise des affaires sociales. 2018(1), 205-210.
- Aurore Lambert, Brigitte Lestrade, Sarah Rozenblum. 2017. : 芦 Il y a des pauvres dans toutes les classes sociales 禄, in 芦 Les minimas sociaux en Europe : orientations actuelles et nouveaux d茅fis. 禄 Revue fran莽aise des affaires sociales. 2017(3), 156-161.
Public Writing
- Jamila Michener and Sarah Rozenblum. 2025. 鈥淪tate Child Tax Credits Are A Crucial Lever for Equity.鈥�
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2024. 芦 Child Tax Credit: un enjeu de justice clivant au c艙ur de la campagne 禄. 2024 : L鈥橝m茅rique 脿 l鈥檋eure du choix.
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- Holly Jarman, Sarah Rozenblum, and Scott Greer. 2020. 鈥淲hat US states can learn from COVID-19 transition planning in Europe.鈥�
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2020.
- Scott L. Greer, Nick Fahy, Sarah Rozenblum, Matthias Wismar, Holly Jarman, and Willy Palm. 2019.
- Sarah Rozenblum. 2019.
Honors and Awards
2024 Leonard D. White Dissertation Award, American Political Science Association
2024 John McCain Dissertation Award, Munich Security Conference
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