Marji Warfield

As a researcher of social policy with a focus on disabilities, children, youth, and families, Marji Erickson Warfield's work is designed to understand and evaluate ways to promote the well-being of children, youth and young adults with disabilities and the adaptation of their families. The majority of Dr. Erickson Warfield's work has been focused in three areas. First, several studies have concentrated on different aspects of the adolescent to young adult transition. Projects include those examining the transition from pediatric to adult health care, the transition out of schools, and the programs that support youth during this critical time. Second, evaluations of various innovative models of service delivery have concentrated on how systems, providers, families, and youth interact and how procedures can be established to better coordinate care and implement novel interventions. Third, longitudinal investigations have identified several key characteristics at the individual, family environment, service, and system level that explain variation in the physical and socio-emotional well-being of children, youth, and young adults with disabilities. Dr. Erickson Warfield has expertise in a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods and analysis techniques and her work has been funded by a range of federal and foundation sources.