Training in Aging and Health Economics - Graduate Fellows
Graduate Fellows
2023–24
![Anthony Bald](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/bald240x256.png?itok=2FC35s7F)
Anthony Bald is studying the health and welfare of school-aged children and the supply of healthcare workers in historical perspective.
![Theodore L. Caputi Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/caputi240x256.jpg?itok=eT5ae2-X)
Theodore Caputi is studying behavioral aspects of public health, such as drug use, violence, and crime, and their effects on economic outcomes.
![Woojin Kim Profile](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/kim240x256.png?itok=6BMjjqHa)
Woojin Kim is examining the extent of political differences in medical practice across the United States and the impact of the increasingly polarized political climate.
![Steven Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/lee240x256.jpg?itok=JDyHRAuJ)
Steven Lee is studying behavioral factors that drive take-up of health care, including vaccines and alternative medicine.
![Dean Li](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/li240x256.jpg?itok=yYmXp14M)
Dean Li is studying the effects of outsourcing, technological change, and consolidation on healthcare labor markets and healthcare delivery.
![Kelsey Moran](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/moran240x256.jpg?itok=S4MN78nl)
Kelsey Moran is studying the factors influencing hospital provision of charity care as well as the effects of health information exchange on patients and organizations.
![Ilana Salant](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/salant240x256.jpg?itok=xe35mOkB)
Ilana Salant is studying the economics of long-term and post-acute care, with a specific focus on home-based care.
![Connie Xu](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2023-06/xu240x256jpg.jpg?itok=RtCDX9F1)
Connie Xu is researching topics at the intersection of labor and health economics, with a focus on innovation, the healthcare and life sciences workforce, and the economics of science.
2022–23
![Graduate Fellow 2022-2023 - Aaron Berman Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-05/Aaron%20Berman240x256.jpg?itok=ZzpHDVSP)
Aaron Berman is studying factors that influence the take-up of health care, particularly vaccines, in developed and developing countries.
![travis-donahoe](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-08/travis-donahoe240x256.jpg?itok=kws1_Lx9)
Travis Donahoe’s research examines social and economic determinants of mortality, with an emphasis on harmful substance-related deaths in the United States.
![Post-Doctoral Fellow 2022-2023 - Geoffrey Kocks Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-05/geoffreykocks240x256.jpg?itok=Ns-aJU3B)
Geoffrey Kocks is focusing on the impact of various policy interventions on educational and racial disparities in health outcomes.
![Chika Okafor240x256 .jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-07/Chika%20Okafor240x256%20.jpg?itok=uhSk1asM)
Chika Okafor is studying health disparities arising from the criminal justice system and from climate change.
![Graduate Fellow 2022-2023 - Anna Russo Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-05/AnnaRusso240x256.jpg?itok=cAagQQA9)
Anna Russo is investigating the efficiency and distributional consequences of capacity constraints and rationing in health care.
![Graduate Fellow 2022-2023 - Ilana Salant Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-05/IlanaSalan240x256t.jpg?itok=0ZEhNukW)
Ilana Salant is studying the industrial organization of healthcare providers, including effects of private equity on hospital markets and effects of vertical integration between providers and insurers.
Myles Wagner is researching selection and policy design in health insurance markets.
![Graduate Fellow 2022-2023 - Matthew Zahn Profile Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-05/matthewzahn240x256.jpg?itok=dS3PDHxs)
Matthew Zahn is examining how competition between payers and providers in healthcare markets affects health outcomes.
2021-2022
![Kevin Connolly](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/connollyK_websitephoto_cropped400x428_0%20%281%29.jpg?itok=huyAT3qN)
Kevin Connolly investigates the causal effects of increased access to college on long-term life outcomes, particularly health outcomes such as longevity.
![Aileen-Devlin-400x425-8-16-21a.png](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-08/Aileen-Devlin-400x425-8-16-21a.png?itok=YfgUhTFN)
Aileen Devlin studies determinants of health care, looking at both how provider availability and insurance (Medicare) reimbursement policy shapes care utilization.
![travis-donahoe](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-08/travis-donahoe240x256.jpg?itok=kws1_Lx9)
Travis Donahoe examines determinants of rising drug overdose deaths in the US and the impacts of interventions which aim to reduce drug overdose deaths.
![Pragya Kakani](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-03/Pragya%20Kakani_edited.jpg?itok=lvHA2kDD)
Pragya Kakani is interested in the economics of provider organizations, technology adoption, and the intersection of these topics in the U.S.
![Chika Okafor240x256 .jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-07/Chika%20Okafor240x256%20.jpg?itok=uhSk1asM)
Chika Okafor studies health disparities arising from the criminal justice system and from climate change.
![Sarah_Robinson](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-07/Sarah_Robinson_240x256.jpg?itok=Q-PoF-N9)
Sarah Robinson focuses on public economics and health economics, particularly health insurance.
![Anna Russo](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-07/Anna%20Russo240x256.jpg?itok=JjNPiA0Y)
Anna Russo studies the determinants and effects of access to health care.
![Anthony Yu](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-07/Yu_240x256.jpg?itok=_BAEPKTh)
Anthony Yu studies the impact of government regulation on the market structure and responses of incumbent healthcare providers.
2020-2021
![Angie Acquatella](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/Angie%20Acquatella_cropped.jpg?itok=rTxblSA7)
Angie Acquatella studies the effects of financial incentives on health care providers, focusing on their implications for the efficiency of health care delivery, as well as the design of health care policy.
![Kevin Connolly](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/connollyK_websitephoto_cropped400x428_0%20%281%29.jpg?itok=huyAT3qN)
Kevin Connolly investigates the causal effects of increased access to college on long-term life outcomes, particularly health outcomes such as longevity.
![Pragya Kakani](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/Pragya%20Kakani_edited.jpg?itok=I6LeMuLh)
Pragya Kakani is interested in the economics of provider organizations, technology adoption, and the intersection of these topics in the U.S.
![Amanda Kreider](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/Amanda%20Kreider_cropped.jpg?itok=GeQME5BV)
Amanda Kreider research interests are in the economics of health insurance markets, Medicaid, mental health care, long-term care, and safety net policies.
![Grace McCormack](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/Grace%20McCormack_cropped.png?itok=j5bwc6Iy)
Grace McCormack main research interest is on the impact of various regulations in public insurance markets including public health exchanges and Medicaid.
![Carolyn Stein](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-03/Carolyn%20Stein_edited.jpg?itok=bnI3FFE3)
Carolyn Stein researchers topics at the intersection of labor economics and the economics of science and innovation.
![Diana Sverdlin Lisker](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2022-11/DianaSverdlinLisker.jpg?itok=b8SWxlh_)
![Anthony Yu_edited](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card/public/2021-03/Anthony%20Yu_edited.jpg?itok=BzPDs8UN)
Anthony Yu research lies at the intersection of industrial organization, public economics, and health economics.