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Current Academic Positions & Related Affiliations
- 2024βpresent β Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
- 2024βpresent β Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Health Economics Program
- 2020βpresent β Associate Member, Lima School of Economics, Universidad de Piura
- 2021βpresent β Board Member, EconThaki
- 2022βpresent β Board Member, Tradeoffs Podcast
Past Academic Positions
- 2020β2024 β Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, Health Economics Program
- 2016β2024 β Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Education
- 2016 β Ph.D. in Economics, Vanderbilt University. Advisor: Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter. Committee: Andrea Moro, William Collins, John Graves, Andrew Dustan
- 2013 β M.A. in Economics, Vanderbilt University
- 2009 β B.S. in Pure Mathematics and Economics, Cum Laude, Florida State University
Fields & Topics of Interest
- Primary: Health Economics β 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 PerΓΊ: 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) β 2025
- Arnold Foundation Conference Grant ($25,000) β 2025
- Bankard Conference Grant, University of Virginia ($5,000) β 2024
- IDB Grant "Productivity and Market Power: The Case of Manufacturing Firms of Peru 2002β2019" ($25,000) β 2023
- Proyecto BID-INACAL sobre Herramientas de GestiΓ³n de Calidad y la Productividad Laboral de las Empresas en el PerΓΊ ($10,000) β 2023
- Bankard Fund for Political Economy for Conferences ($2,750) β 2020
- 3 Cavaliers Grant, University of Virginia ($60,000) β 2019
- Kirk Dornbush Summer Research Grant β 2014
- Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Grant β 2014
Fellowships & Recognitions
- National Bureau of Economic Research Faculty Research Fellow (2020βpresent)
- 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 (2011β2016)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship (2011β2016)
- Meharry Medical College Health Policy Certificate (2016)
- AEA Mentoring Program Award (2015)
- AEA National Science Foundation Summer Economics Fellowship (2008β2010)
- Florida State University Promising Minority Leader (2007)
- Florida State University Grant (2005β2009)
- Southern Scholarship Foundation (2005β2009)
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 WisconsinβMadison, Department of Public Health; University of WisconsinβMadison, 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 WisconsinβMadison, 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)
- 2015β2017: 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 (2017β2018)
- Instructor: Research Methods and Data Analysis II, Master of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia (2018β2025)
- Applied Policy Project, Master of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia (2017β2022)
- Teaching Assistant: Intermediate Microeconomics, Vanderbilt University (2011β2016)
- Teaching Assistant: Principles of Economics, Florida State University (2007β2009)
Special Lectures
- 2024 Michael M. Davis Lecture Series β University of Chicago
- 2023 UDEP Lima β Advanced Methods in Difference in Difference
- 2022 Universidad de San Marcos, Semana Economica
- 2022 Duke University β Hidden Curriculum
- 2021 IDEAS Barcelona β Hidden Curriculum
- 2021 Health Economics Lecture, Universidad de Piura
- 2021 UW Madison β Hidden Curriculum
Student Advising
- Spring 2024 β BA Honors Thesis, Olivia Abbey. Won the best thesis award.
- Spring 2022 β PhD Committee Member, Ramiro Burga
- Spring 2021 β PhD Committee Member, Melissa Spencer
- Spring 2018 β BA Honors Thesis, Lamiya Zaveri (Economics)
Student Mentoring
- 2023β2024 β Mentor for Association for Mentoring and Inclusion (AMIE) (x2)
- 2020β2021 β Mentor for LGBTQ Economics Association (x2)
- 2020β2022 β Mentor for the Research in Color Foundation (x2)
Professional Service
- 2025 β Host of CNCH Essen Economics of Mental Health Conference
- 2024 β Host of Southeastern Health Study Group
- 2023β2024 β NBER Health Mentoring Program Organizer
- 2020βpresent β Founding Member & Host, The Hidden Curriculum Podcast
- 2020βpresent β Co-organizer, Seminario de Microeconomia Aplicada Peru
- 2023 β Board Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- 2019β2022 β 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 β 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
- 2026βpresent β Virtual Seminar on the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
- 2021βpresent β Seminario Microeconomia Aplicada
- 2025 β Committee of Health Policy for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- 2024 β Scientific Committee for Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Best Paper Award
- 2024 β Scientific Committee of APPAM Dissertation Award
- 2024 β Committee of Health Policy for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- 2024 β Concurso de Investigaciones Culminadas para JΓ³venes MIDIS Peru
- 2022 β Conference for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- 2022 β Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics Workshop
- 2022 β Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association β Health Economic Conference
- 2022 β Peruvian Economic Association Conference
- 2021 β Conference for Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- 2019 β American Association of Health Economists
Service at the University of Virginia
- 2025β2026 β Curriculum Committee for Batten School of Public Policy
- 2024β2025 β Committee on Engagement of Karsh Institute
- 2024β2025 β Committee on Master's in Data Analytics
- 2024β2025 β Committee on Admissions Data Analytics
- 2023β2024 β Senior Health Economics, Search Committee
- 2022β2023 β Batten's Executive Committee
- 2016β2022 β Diversity Mentoring Institute
- 2021β2022 β Assistant Professor of Economics, Search Committee
- 2020β2021 β Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Post-Doctoral Search Committee
- 2018β2019 β Batten Dean's Search Committee
- 2018β2019 β Batten's Executive Committee
- 2018β2019 β Faculty Research Seminar Organizer
- 2018 β Undergraduate Research Judge
- 2017β2018 β Flash Funding Committee
- 2017β2018 β Junior Economics Lunch Workshop, Organizer
- 2016β2017 β Joint Appointment Committee for Dahpna Bassok and Ben Castleman
Service as a Panelist
- 2020β2024 β "Research Panel" for New Faculty Orientation (x4)
- 2022 β American Economic Association Summer Program at Howard University
- 2022 β "Job Market" professional development series on APPAM
- 2022 β "Job Market Panel" at the Professional Development Seminar: Econ ProSem
- 2022 β "Health in Latin America" β Latin Leadership Institute at UVA
- 2022 β Mental Health in the Latinx Community
- 2021 β Research Opportunities in Health Economics from PREDOC
- 2021 β "Being a Minority in the Profession" β Graduate Student Council
- 2019 β APPAM's first "Policy Camp" for Minorities
Research Experience & Other Employment
- Research Assistant: Professor Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter (2011β2016)
- Research Assistant: Vanderbilt University, Office of Sponsored Programs (2011β2013)
- Research Assistant: State of Florida, Office of the Governor, Office of Policy and Budget (2009β2010)
- Research Assistant: Florida State University, Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis (2006β2008)
Languages
- Spanish: Native
- English: Fluent
- French: Intermediate
- Mandarin: Basic
Other Information
- Citizenship: Peru & U.S. Citizen
- References: Available upon request