Walker, Brigham C.
Research Assistant Professor
School or College
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Education & Affiliations
Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare utilization
health access and equity
health incentives and information
discrimination
Biography
Brigham Walker’s research focuses on how providers, payers and patients behave in response to new information or incentives. Recent papers, focused on discrimination and equity in health and labor settings, have been published in JAMA and Labour Economics. He will teach the Health Services Research Methods doctoral course this year. He received his PhD in economics and master’s in economic analysis and policy from Tulane University, master’s in finance from the University of London, master’s in management from Harvard University, bachelor’s in molecular biology from Princeton University, and has also received training from the National Bureau of Economic Research.