I am an Economist at RAND and a Professor at the RAND School of Public Policy. I also hold affiliations with the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), the Welsh Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), and the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

Broadly, my research examines how policies, institutions, and interventions shape health and economic opportunity. In particular, my research aims to address three related questions: how public insurance design and administrative barriers shape access to care and population health; how changing policy environments affect health and social outcomes; and how economic evidence can inform the adoption, sustainability, and scale-up of effective behavioral health interventions. 

My research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Arnold Ventures, the California Department of Health Care Services, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, and other federal, state, and philanthropic organizations. My work has been published in leading journals across economics, health policy, and public health, including the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, the American Journal of Health Economics, JAMA, the American Journal of Public Health, and Health Affairs. It has informed federal and state policy discussions, been cited by the CDC, presented through NIH Grand Rounds, and featured by national media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CBS News, and Good Morning America.