My overall research focuses on health economics and health equity. I currently investigate how social factors shape health and healthcare-seeking behaviors and evaluate the health impacts of public programs. I am teaching research methods and health policy. Most of my current research focuses on the quality of education, homelessness, and the long-term impacts of Medicare. My research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other foundations and featured in leading journals, including the American Journal of Health Economics,  Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, and Health Services Research.

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Updates

• Our new paper, "Associations of Homelessness with Primary Care and Acute Care Utilization among Medicaid-enrolled Youth," is forthcoming in Medical Care. 

• Our paper "Increased Schooling Reduces Hospitalization Later in Life: New Evidence with Optimal Instruments from the United States." has been accepted by the American Journal of Health Economics. 

• We received a research grant (1R21AG080416-01) from NIH to study Medicare's impact on longevity.

• Our paper on machine learning algorithms identifying homelessness from Medicaid administrative data is published in Health Services Research.   

• Our paper on the relationship between education and longevity is now published in the Journal of Health Economics. 

• Our recent study shows differential associations of homelessness with emergency department visits and hospitalizations by race, ethnicity, and gender. It has been published by Health Services Research for its special issue in healthcare equity). 

• Our prior work on racial/ethnic differential effects of Medicaid expansions on access to care was one of the top 20 downloaded articles in Health Services Research.