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).

My research examines how public policies, institutions, and behavioral interventions shape health, economic opportunity, and wellbeing. I am particularly interested in four related questions: how public insurance policies shape health and economic opportunity; why effective health technologies and interventions often fail to achieve their full potential; how evidence-based programs should be designed, adopted, and scaled; and how policymakers can respond to emerging health and social challenges. Across these questions, I combine experimental and quasi-experimental approaches and large administrative datasets to generate evidence that informs policy and practice. 

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.