Assistant Professor of Health Economics
Army–Baylor Graduate Program MHA/MBA

I am an applied microeconomist studying health economics and public policy, with a focus on causal inference in healthcare systems.

Research Interests

• Health Economics
• Causal Inference
• Public Policy
• Applied Microeconomics

Current Projects

• Psychedelic Decriminalization Effects on Emergency Care
• Inpatient Outcomes After Psychedelic Decriminalization
• More Ado about Nothing? Questioning the Short and Long-term Effects of Data Breaches on Hospital Finances
• ElectionGPT
• “Ask an Economist” GPT

Teaching

• Economics for MBAs
• Macroeconomics
• Health Economics

Presentations

• 2025 — Stephenson Institute
• 2025 — AEA/ASSA, San Francisco, CA
• 2024 — SEA, Washington, D.C.
• 2024 — STATA Texas Empirical Micro Conference, Dallas (Poster)

Education

• PhD, Health Research and Policy
  Baylor University, Department of Economics
• MS, Economics
• MHA, Health Administration

Experience

• 2022–2025 — PhD Student
• 2019–2022 — Chief of Managed Care and Program Analysis
  RHCE, Germany
• 2018–2019 — Executive Officer, Madigan Army Medical Center
• 2015–2018 — Chief of Managed Care, Madigan Army Medical Center
• 2014–2015 — Administrative Resident, Group Health Cooperative
• 2005–2015 — Medical Services Officer, U.S. Army

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