Economics
Prajwol Nepal
Prajwol Nepal
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Contact Info:prajwol@live.unc.edu
Research Interests: Health Economics, Global Health, Antimicrobial Resistance and Delivery System Reform, Care Coordination, STI Screening
Dissertation Title: Antibiotics Overuse Among Young Children in Nepal: Identifying and Implementing Policy Interventions to Reduce Rising Antimicrobial Resistance
Recent Student Placements
Caitlin Biddell
Caitlin Biddell, PhD
Placement: Health Services Researcher, Mathematica
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Contact Info: cbiddell@live.unc.edu
Research Interests: Cancer Care Equity, Financial Toxicity, Health Disparities, Public Health Impacts of Mass Incarceration, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Big Data Methods
Dissertation: The impact of financial barriers to care on adverse healthcare events among cancer patients and survivors.
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Stephanie Wheeler
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Stephanie Wheeler
Danielle Brathwaite
Danielle M. Brathwaite
Placement: MD Candidate at UNC (Graduation Date Expected May 2024)
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Contact Info: danielle_brathwaite@med.unc.edu
Research Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, quality of mental health care, access to mental health services, emergency department-based care, childhood development
Dissertation Title: Emergency Department-Based Psychiatric Services for Children and Adolescents: An In-depth Investigation of Care in North Carolina
Dissertation Committee: Morris Weinberger, (Chair), Sally Stearns, Sarah Birken, Angela Strain, Anna Waller
Yucheng Hou
Yucheng Hou, PhD
Placement: Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
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Contact Info: yuchengh@live.unc.edu
Research Interests: Health Economics, Health Service Research, Payment and Delivery System Reform, Care Coordination, Social Network Analysis
Dissertation Title: Peer Participation, Spillover Effects, and Evaluation of the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Dissertation Committee: Justin Trogdon, PhD (Chair), Marisa Domino, PhD, Valerie Lewis, PhD, Qing Gong, PhD, Kevin Callison, PhD
Olive M. Mbah
Olive M. Mbah, PhD
Placement: Senior Health Equity Scientist, Flatiron Health
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Contact Info: olivem@live.unc.edu
Research Interests: Cancer health disparities, health policy, health services research, cancer prevention, access to care, policy-based interventions to redress disparities, social determinants of health.
Dissertation Title: Impact of The Affordable Care Act on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes among Medicare Beneficiaries: The Role of Community-Level Social Risk
Dissertation Committee: Cleo A. Samuel, PhD (Chair), Samuel Cykert, MD, Lindsay Sabik, PhD, Justin Trogdon, PhD, Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPH
Sophie Ravanbakht
Sophie Ravanbakht, PhD
Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University School of Medicine
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Contact Info: snravan@email.unc.edu
Research Interests: Systems science, immigrant and pediatric health services research, obesity prevention and treatment, racial/ethnic health disparities, implementation science
Dissertation Title: The Influence of Intergenerational Acculturation and Stress on Pediatric Obesity in US Latinos: An Exploration Using Decision and Systems Science
Dissertation Committee: Leah Frerichs, PhD (chair), Kristen Hassmiller Lich, PhD, Morris Weinberger, PhD, Asheley C. Skinner, PhD (Duke), Sarah Armstrong, MD (Duke)
Eunice Yang
Eunice Yoonbin Yang, PhD
Placement:
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Contact Info: eyang@live.unc.edu
Research Interests: Medicaid managed care, provider payment and delivery systems for Medicare and Medicaid; hospital competition; insurer competition; health economics
Dissertation Title: Effect of competition among fully-capitated Medicaid managed care plans on healthcare utilization and quality of care
Dissertation Committee: Marisa Domino, PhD (Chair), Sandra Decker, PhD, Doug Melton, PhD, Kristin Reiter, PhD, Sally Stearns, PhD
