Assistant Professor
Director, Program in Health Law and Policy
Health Policy and Management 212 Adriance Lab Rd. 1266 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1266 schmit@tamu.edu Phone: 979.436.0277 Google Scholar ProfileScholars@TAMU Profile
Cason Schmit is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management where he actively researches the role of law in health systems.
Prior to joining Texas A&M University, he worked for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Law Program as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education legal fellow (2013-2015) and as a federal contractor (2015-2016). There he worked with public health professionals within CDC centers and offices and state, tribal, local, and territorial partners to promote the use of law as a tool to improve the public’s health. His research with CDC focused on the role of law in health system transformation, including the use of electronic health information to promote public health, state innovation models, pay-for-success initiatives, and pharmacists’ vaccination authority.