Her research seeks to advance knowledge about how health policies affect access to care, clinical practice, and health behaviors that ultimately affect maternal and child health outcomes. Current work focuses on how health policies can be optimized to improve the health of women who use substances in the perinatal period. Dr. Jarlenski is an expert in Medicaid policy and is interested in the politics of health policy. She earned a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an MPH from the Yale School of Public Health, and a BA from Otterbein College.