My main research interests are applied microeconomics and econometrics in the area of health and pharmacy. Currently I am involved in various pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research projects including the policy impact of extending immunosuppressant coverage for Medicare organ transplant recipients on racial disparities. Additionally I am working on the effect of prescription drug compliance on health outcomes and cost. I am also interested in “value of life” analysis associated with new drugs as well as preventive care.

EDUCATION

State University of New York at Buffalo Ph.D., Economics 2006
Fields: Health Economics, Economics of Uncertainty
Dissertation: Exiting the Health Insurance Market as a Rational Choice: Demand for Health Insurance in a Learning Model

Indian Statistical Institute, India M.S., Quantitative Economics 1998

Lucknow University, India B.A., Economics and Statistics 1996

EXPERIENCE

Academic

Assistant Professor, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy in College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia, Athens , Fall 2008 to present

Post Doctoral Fellow, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research in School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore 2006 - 2008
Mentor: C. D. Mullins, Ph.D.

Lecturer, State University of New York at Buffalo, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Microeconomic Theory

Teaching Assisstant, State University of New York at Buffalo, Econometrics 1, Intro to Microeconomics

Industry

Summer Internship at LIMRA, CT Summer 2001

Summer Internship at Bank of America, Mumbai, India Summer 1997