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Current Academic Positions & Related Affiliations

2024–present — Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
2024–present — Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Health Economics Program
2020–present — Associate Member, Lima School of Economics, Universidad de Piura
2021–present — Board Member, EconThaki
2022–present — Board Member, Tradeoffs Podcast

Past Academic Positions

2020–2024 — Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Health Economics Program
2016–2024 — Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

Education

2016 — Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University. Advisor: Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter. Committee: Andrea Moro, William Collins, John Graves, Andrew Dustan
2013 — M.A. in Economics, Vanderbilt University
2009 — B.S. in Pure Mathematics and Economics, Cum Laude, Florida State University

Fields & Topics of Interest

Primary: Health Economics — Health Insurance, Medicaid, Mental Health, HIV
Secondary: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Peer Reviewed Publications

2015 "Do Cheeseburger Bills Work? Effect of Tort Reform for Fast Food" with Christopher Carpenter. NBER Working Paper 21170. Journal of Law and Economics
2019 "Public Spillovers from Private Insurance Contracting: Physician Responses to Managed Care" with Michael Richards. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
2019 "The Impact of Obesity on Wages: The Role of Personal Interactions" with Andrea Moro and Tommaso Tempesti. Lead Article. LABOUR
2020 "Losing Public Health Insurance: TennCare Disenrollment and Personal Financial Distress" with Laura Argys, Andrew Friedson, and Melinda Pitts. Federal Reserve Bank Working Paper. Journal of Public Economics
2020 "Regional Disparities in Qualified Health Plans' Prior Authorization Requirements for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States" with Kathleen McManus and Jessica Malpass. JAMA Network Open
2021 "Connecting Medicaid and Child Support: Evidence from Disenrollment" with Lindsey Bullinger. Review of Economics of the Household
2021 "Private Coverage Mandates, Business Cycles, and Provider Treatment Intensity" with Michael Richards. Health Economics
2021 "Losing Public Health Insurance on Preventative Care, Health, and Emergency Department Use: Evidence from the TennCare Disenrollment". Southern Economic Journal
2023 "Losing Insurance and Behavioral Health Hospitalizations: Evidence from a Large-scale Medicaid Disenrollment" with Catherine Maclean and Douglas Webber. NBER Working Paper w25936. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
2024 "Quality management and labor productivity of formal companies in Perú: A non-experimental design and causal machine learning techniques" with Mario Tello. Estudios de Economia
2026. "Under the Same Umbrella: Public Health Insurance Expansions and the Uniformity of Insurance for Families" with Sarah Hamersma and Daniel Grossman. NBER Working Paper 31491. Accepted at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Working Papers

"Health Insurance for Whom? The 'Spill-up' Effects of Children's Health Insurance on Mothers" with Daniel Grossman and Barton Willage. NBER Working Paper 29661. Submitted.
"The Introduction of PrEP on HIV: Incidence, Mortality, and Heterogeneity" with Kathleen McManus and Samuel Mann
"Losing Medicaid: What Happens to Hospitalizations?" with Ausmita Ghosh, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Kosali Simon. NBER Working Paper 21580.

Grants

Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE) Rapid Response Grant ($100,000) — 2025
Arnold Foundation Conference Grant ($25,000) — 2025
Bankard Conference Grant, University of Virginia ($5,000) — 2024
IDB Grant "Productivity and Market Power: The Case of Manufacturing Firms of Peru 2002–2019" ($25,000) — 2023
Proyecto BID-INACAL sobre Herramientas de Gestión de Calidad y la Productividad Laboral de las Empresas en el Perú ($10,000) — 2023
Bankard Fund for Political Economy for Conferences ($2,750) — 2020
3 Cavaliers Grant, University of Virginia ($60,000) — 2019
Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant — 2014
Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grant — 2014

Fellowships & Recognitions

National Bureau of Economic Research Faculty Research Fellow (2020–present)
Institute of Research on Poverty Scholar-in-Residence Program (2019)
John Heinz Dissertation Award (2018)
Diversity in Training in Economic Fellowship (2018)
APPAM PhD Dissertation Award Honorable Mention (2016)
APPAM 1st place Poster Presentation (2016)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2011–2016)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship (2011–2016)
Meharry Medical College Health Policy Certificate (2016)
AEA Mentoring Program Award (2015)
AEA National Science Foundation Summer Economics Fellowship (2008–2010)
Florida State University Promising Minority Leader (2007)
Florida State University Grant (2005–2009)
Southern Scholarship Foundation (2005–2009)

Academic Conference Presentations and Invited Seminars

2026: John Hopkins University, Health Economics Seminar
2025: Syracuse University, Department of Economics & Parental Leave
2024: University of Chicago; Universidad de San Marcos
2023: University of Vermont & Parental Leave
2022: UVA Department of Health; University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; American Society of Health Economists; University of North Carolina At Greensboro; Duke University; Ohio State University; University of Pittsburgh
2021: Montana State University, Economics Department; Middle Tennessee State University, Economics Department; National Bureau of Economic Research, Summer Institute; ESSEN Mental Health Conference; American Hispanic Society Workshop; University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Public Health; University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Demography and Aging; National Tax Association Conference; LGBTQ+ Economics Seminar; American University
2020: Indiana University Health Policy Workshop; Ball State, Department of Economics; UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Seminar; Williams College, Department of Economics; U.S. Census Bureau; George Washington University, Collaborative Health Economics Seminar Series; Washington State University (Cancelled); University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Demography of Health and Aging
2019: Vanderbilt Empirical Applied Microeconomics Lunch Workshop; West Virginia University, Department of Economics; University of Barcelona, Department of Economics; Association for Public Policy & Management (Conference); Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association: Health Economics Network (Conference)
2018: American Economic Association ASSA (Conference); Eastern Economic Association (Conference); American Association of Health Economist (Conference); San Diego State University, Center for Health Policy Seminar; Georgia State University, Department of Economics; Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (Conference); Southern Economic Association (Conference)
2015–2017: Utah State University, Department of Economics; Southern Economic Association (Conference); Vanderbilt University, Department of Health Policy; University of Louisville, Department of Economics; Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics; UDEP Workshop For Young Economists (Conference); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; AEA Allied Social Science Associations (Conference)

Teaching Experience

Instructor: Health Economics, Master of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia (2017–2018)
Instructor: Research Methods and Data Analysis II, Master of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia (2018–2025)
Applied Policy Project, Master of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia (2017–2022)
Teaching Assistant: Intermediate Microeconomics, Vanderbilt University (2011–2016)
Teaching Assistant: Principles of Economics, Florida State University (2007–2009)

Special Lectures

2024 Michael M. Davis Lecture Series — University of Chicago
2023 UDEP Lima — Advanced Methods in Difference in Difference
2022 Universidad de San Marcos, Semana Economica
2022 Duke University — Hidden Curriculum
2021 IDEAS Barcelona — Hidden Curriculum
2021 Health Economics Lecture, Universidad de Piura
2021 UW Madison — Hidden Curriculum

Student Advising

Spring 2024 — BA Honors Thesis, Olivia Abbey. Won the best thesis award.
Spring 2022 — PhD Committee Member, Ramiro Burga
Spring 2021 — PhD Committee Member, Melissa Spencer
Spring 2018 — BA Honors Thesis, Lamiya Zaveri (Economics)

Student Mentoring

2023–2024 — Mentor for Association for Mentoring and Inclusion (AMIE) (x2)
2020–2021 — Mentor for LGBTQ Economics Association (x2)
2020–2022 — Mentor for the Research in Color Foundation (x2)

Professional Service

2025 — Host of CNCH Essen Economics of Mental Health Conference
2024 — Host of Southeastern Health Study Group
2023–2024 — NBER Health Mentoring Program Organizer
2020–present — Founding Member & Host, The Hidden Curriculum Podcast
2020–present — Co-organizer, Seminario de Microeconomia Aplicada Peru
2023 — Board Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2019–2022 — Co-editor, American Society of Health Economist Newsletter

Referee Service

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (x3)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (x4)
American Journal of Health Economics (x2)
American Journal of Public Health
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Economic Inquiry
Economics of Human and Biology
European Economic Review
Health Economics
Health Economics Review
Health Service Research
Inquiry
JAMA Network Open (x2)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Journal of Economic History (x2)
Journal of Health Economics (x7)
Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (x6)
Journal of Political Economy – Microeconomics
Journal of Public Economics (x6)
Journal of the European Economic Association
Management Science
Medical Care (x2)
National Tax Journal
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics of the Household

Scientific Review Committees

2026–present — Virtual Seminar on the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
2021–present — Seminario Microeconomia Aplicada
2025 — Committee of Health Policy for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2024 — Scientific Committee for Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Best Paper Award
2024 — Scientific Committee of APPAM Dissertation Award
2024 — Committee of Health Policy for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2024 — Concurso de Investigaciones Culminadas para Jóvenes MIDIS Peru
2022 — Conference for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2022 — Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics Workshop
2022 — Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association – Health Economic Conference
2022 — Peruvian Economic Association Conference
2021 — Conference for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2019 — American Association of Health Economists

Service at the University of Virginia

2025–2026 — Curriculum Committee for Batten School of Public Policy
2024–2025 — Committee on Engagement of Karsh Institute
2024–2025 — Committee on Master's in Data Analytics
2024–2025 — Committee on Admissions Data Analytics
2023–2024 — Senior Health Economics, Search Committee
2022–2023 — Batten's Executive Committee
2016–2022 — Diversity Mentoring Institute
2021–2022 — Assistant Professor of Economics, Search Committee
2020–2021 — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Post-Doctoral Search Committee
2018–2019 — Batten Dean's Search Committee
2018–2019 — Batten's Executive Committee
2018–2019 — Faculty Research Seminar Organizer
2018 — Undergraduate Research Judge
2017–2018 — Flash Funding Committee
2017–2018 — Junior Economics Lunch Workshop, Organizer
2016–2017 — Joint Appointment Committee for Dahpna Bassok and Ben Castleman

Service as a Panelist

2020–2024 — "Research Panel" for New Faculty Orientation (x4)
2022 — American Economic Association Summer Program at Howard University
2022 — "Job Market" professional development series on APPAM
2022 — "Job Market Panel" at the Professional Development Seminar: Econ ProSem
2022 — "Health in Latin America" — Latin Leadership Institute at UVA
2022 — Mental Health in the Latinx Community
2021 — Research Opportunities in Health Economics from PREDOC
2021 — "Being a Minority in the Profession" — Graduate Student Council
2019 — APPAM's first "Policy Camp" for Minorities

Research Experience & Other Employment

Research Assistant: Professor Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter (2011–2016)
Research Assistant: Vanderbilt University, Office of Sponsored Programs (2011–2013)
Research Assistant: State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Office of Policy and Budget (2009–2010)
Research Assistant: Florida State University, Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis (2006–2008)

Languages

Spanish: Native
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Mandarin: Basic

Other Information

Citizenship: Peru & U.S. Citizen
References: Available upon request