Positions Held
2017 - Present Assistant Professor of Economics Wilmington, NC
University of North Carolina Wilmington
2014 - 2017 Research Economist, Public Health Economics Group Durham, NC
RTI International
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2008 - 2014 Teaching Assistant Santa Barbara, CA
University of California Santa Barbara
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2005 - 2008 Credit Analyst San Diego, CA
California Bank & Trust
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Education
2014 Ph.D., Economics
University of California Santa Barbara
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2005 B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance,
Westminster College
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Publications
(with Mouhcine Guettabi) Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming
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Financial Outcomes Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in California Hospitals
(with Yu Wang, David Cho, and Ethan Watson) JAMA Health Forum, 2022
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Prenatal Substance Use Policies and Newborn Health
(with Angelica Meinhofer, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Yuhua Bao) Health Economics, 2022
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Prenatal Substance Use Policies and Infant Maltreatment Reports
(with Johanna Catherine Maclean, Angelica Meinhofer, Christine Peiette Durrance, and Danielle N. Atkins) Health Affairs, 2022
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Marijuana Liberalization Policies and Perinatal Health
(with Angelica Meinhofer, Jesse Hinde, and Kosali Simon) Journal of Health Economics, 2021
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So You Want to Go to Graduate School? Factors that Influence Admissions to Economics
PhD Programs
(with Adam Jones, Peter Schuhmann, and Daniel Soques) Journal of Economic Education, 2020
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Family Structure and the Gender Gap in ADHD
(with Kelly Bedard) Review of Economics of the Household, 2019
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(with Angelica Meinhofer) Addiction, 2019
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Rollmatch: An R Package for Rolling Entry Matching
(with Kasey Jones, Rob Chew, Mahin Manley, and Yiyan Liu) The R Journal, 2019
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(with Chris Beadles, Tom Hoerger, Yiyan Liu, Nilay Kafali, Sabina Gandhi, Peter Amico, and Ann Larsen) Health Services Research, 2018
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(with Angelica Meinhofer) Journal of Health Economics, 2018
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Impact of Financial Incentives on Service Use, Spending, and Health in Medicaid
(with Melissa Romaire, Maria Alva, Joseph Acqah, and Thomas Hoerger) American Journal of Preventive
Medicine, 2018
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(with Joseph Acquah, Maria Alva, Thomas Hoerger, and Melissa Romaire) Health Services Research, 2018
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Public Health Insurance and Disparate Eligibility of Spouses: The Medicare Eligibility Gap
Journal of Health Economics, 2015
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Intergenerational Effects on Health, In Utero and Early Life
(with Heather Royer) Encyclopedia of Health Economics, 2014
Awards and Fellowships
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UNCW Honors Faculty Adviser of the Year, 2022
Cameron School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2022 ($9,000)
UNCW Charles L. Cahill Grant, 2020 - 2021 ($5,000)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action Research Grant, 2020 - 2022 ($50,000)
​Cameron School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2020 ($9,000)
Cameron School of Business Collaborative Summer Research Grant, 2018 ($10,500)
Support for Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award, 2018 ($5,000)
RTI International Professional Development Award, 2015-2016 ($50,000)
Economics Department Teaching Assistant of the Year, 2012-2013
University of California Doctoral Student Travel Grant, 2013
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara, 2011-2012
Andron Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara, 2008-2009
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Health Economist