Recent Graduates and Dissertation Titles

Graduate Name	Dissertation Title	Current Position
Ben Thornburg (2025)	Impacts of State Abortion Restrictions on Mental Health and Healthcare	Post-doctoral fellow, Oregon Health & Science University
Jeff Marr (2025)	Insurers' Use of Algorithmic Decision-Making: Implications for Patients and Providers	Assistant Professor, Brown University
Benjo Delarmente (2024)	Essays on Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and the Utilization of Revascularization Procedures	Research Scientist, UCLA
Yashaswini Singh (2023)	Private Equity and Physician Practice Strategy	Assistant Professor, Brown University
Mark Meiselbach (2022)	Market Factors Influencing the Choice and Generosity of Health Insurance Plans Offered to Employees	Assistant Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Brendan Rabideau (2022)	Essays on Telemedicine and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Associate, Analysis Group
Yang Wang (2022)	The Impact of Increasing Private Insurance Payment Rates and ACA Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Behaviors and Patient Experience	Assistant Scientist, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Debbie Bozzi (2021)	Indirect Effects of Financial Incentives on Physician Behavior in Perinatal Care	Senior Researcher, Health Care Cost Institute
Sonal Parasrampuria (2019)	The Impact of Health Insurance Generosity on Beneficiary Costs, Utilization and Outcomes	FDA Team Lead and Social Science Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), HHS
Shawn Du (2019)	Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace	Associate Director, Real World Value & Evidence -Oncology, Johnson and Johnson
Caroline Hanson (2019)	The Relationship between Insurance Market Concentration and Healthcare Use and Quality: An Exploration of the Role of Market Dynamics, Patient Demand, and Physician Incentives	Principal Analyst, Congressional Budget Office
Taruja D. Karmarkar (2018)	The Value of Direct-Acting Antivirals for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in an Integrated Healthcare System	Associate Director, Policy Research, Merck
Roza Vazin (2018)	Essays on Strategies to Reduce Potentially Avoidable Hospital Utilization in Maryland	Director of Data Science and Analytics, Amino Health
Nicolae Done (2017)	The Effects of Global Budget Payments on Hospital Utilization and Quality in Rural Maryland	Manager, Analysis Group
Ilene L. Hollin (2016)	Patient-Centered Benefit Risk (PCBR) assessment in Drug Development: An Application for Rare Diseases	Assistant Professor, Temple University
Ellen Janssen (2017)	Measuring Treatment Preferences of People with Type 2 Diabetes, An Application of Stated-Preference Methods	Director, Janssen Pharmaceutical
Susan T. Yeh Beyer (2016)	Essays on the Federal Financing of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs	Principal Analyst, Congressional Budget Office
Eric T. Roberts (2015)	Essays on Markets for Primary Care Services for Medicaid Adults	Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg

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