Research

Research Interests

Health economics, health disparities, technology diffusion, industrial organization, behavioral economics, economics education.

    Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

    Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Post-doctoral Fellow, Associated Health Research Fellow, 10/2011-2012.

Dissertation

Title:   “The Impact of Star Physicians on Diffusion of a Medical Technology”

    Committee: Erwin A. Blackstone (adviser), Thomas E. Getzen, Joseph P. Fuhr, Paul N. Rappoport, Albert I. Wertheimer.

Work in Progress

“Racial Disparities in the Diffusion of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery in Pennsylvania, 2000-2007.”

“Matching For Life:  A Model of Suicide Intervention.” With Lisa Delgado, Pennsylvania State University.

    “Scavenger Hunt for Economic Data:  Active Learning in the Classroom.”  With Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University.

    Forthcoming   

    The Impact of Star Physicians on Diffusion of a Medical Technology:  the Case of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery

Research Skills

Statistical Software:  Stata

Research Assistantships at Temple University

    Simon Hakim, Economics Department, privatization of municipal services, 9/2002- 5/2003.

    Michael Bognanno, Economics Department, mandatory retirement in the Japanese labor market, 09/2003-05/2004.        

    Joseph P. McLaughlin, Institute for Public Affairs & William Penn Foundation, informational seminars for Philadelphia city council, mayor & mayor’s cabinet, 9/2008-05/2009.

   Research Consulting

Cornelius Shields, Temple University, Beasley School of Law, production functions and values for the capital component of the U.S. Treasury Department’s GDP calculations, 6/2005-9/2005.