Sebastian Tello Trillo

My name is Sebastian Tello-Trillo. I am an associate professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). My fields of specialization are Public Economics, Health Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. I have researched topics related to health insurance, mental health, Medicaid, health behaviors, and HIV. I am interested in health policy in the U.S. and Latin America.

For Fall 2026 I’ll be spending my sabbatical at Brookings at Center for Economic Security and Opportunity.

With Alex Hollingsworth, I am the co-host of the podcast "The Hidden Curriculum", a podcast on topics of productivity in the economics profession. I also gladly help out with the organization EconThaki, an organization that’s helping decrease the barriers of the path for PhD in Econ by providing information and classes. If you are interested in helping out shoot me an email!

Mi nombre es Sebastian Tello-Trillo, soy docente de economía y políticas públicas en el Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy de la Universidad de Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia - a 2.5 horas de Washington DC) y un Research Associate en la National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Mis áreas de investigación son economía de la salud, y microeconomía aplicada (causal inference). Tengo un rango de intereses en políticas de salud pública en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica.

Para el otoño de 2026, estaré disfrutando de mi año sabático en Brookings, en el Center for Economic Security and Opportunity.

Ayudo con la organización EconThaki. Una organización enfocada a reducir las barreras de información y ayudar a estudiantes de Latinoamérica (y en especial Peru) a ingresar al doctorado en economía. Finalmente, soy un co-host de un podcast sobre economía y productividad con Alex Hollingsworth , se llama "The Hidden Curriculum"