About me

My name is Thuy Nguyen, a Research Assistant Professor and health economist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Welcome to my website which outlines my research, teaching, past and current positions I have been involved with.

I specialize in health economics and policy evaluation. My research has focused on treatment access for opioid use disorder, prescribing behavior, incentive issues of medical providers, and using novel data to address pressing knowledge gaps. For example, my studies have assessed dispensing patterns and access to prescribers of medications to treat opioid use disorder such as buprenorphine. I am also interested in using innovative data and econometric methods to conduct timely research surrounding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with opioid use disorder. Finally, I have conducted several studies on prescriber-pharmaceutical industry relationships in the context of the opioid epidemic and the impacts of anti-fraud policies on provider behavior.

I completed my Ph.D. in Economics from Maastricht University, The Netherlands. My Ph.D. dissertation contributed new evidence on the cause of corruption and the measurement validity of corruption perception indexes. I hold an MPA from the O’Neill School and a B.A. in finance from the National Economics University, Vietnam.

In my leisure time, I enjoy traveling, hiking, practicing yoga and tai chi, cooking Vietnamese food, and gardening.

Please feel free to contact me at: thuydn@umich.edu

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Download my Curriculum Vitae as of June 2023.