Ilham Dehry is a research associate in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She maintains the Welfare Rules Database, tracking Temporary Assistance for Needy Families policies for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and works on safety net program microsimulation modeling. Her research interests include the social safety net and racial and socioeconomic disparities. Dehry received her master of public policy from the George Washington University.

In the fall, Ilham will TA an advanced econometrics course at the George Washington University.