Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Health Economics
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Contact information:
Justin S. White, PhD
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
3333 California St., Suite 265
San Francisco, CA 94118
Academic site: http://profiles.ucsf.edu/justin.white
Phone: +1 (415) 476-8045
Email: Justin.White [AT] ucsf [DOT] edu
Research fields:
Health economics, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation
About me:
I am a health economist in the UCSF School of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am also an affiliate of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Institute for Global Health Sciences, and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF.
I study how monetary and non-monetary incentives can be used to promote healthy behavior, informed by research from the field of behavioral economics. My main research focus is chronic disease prevention, notably smoking cessation. I am currently testing several incentive-based interventions using randomized designs. This work is being undertaken in several countries, including Thailand, Indonesia, and the US. In other recent and ongoing projects, I am evaluating the health impacts of economic and social policies, including: sin taxes, cash and food assistance programs, and poverty alleviation programs.
I hold a PhD in health policy and a concurrent MA in economics from UC Berkeley and an MSPH in health policy from UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UCSF, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease prevention at Stanford University's Prevention Research Center.
You can download my CV here.
You can find details on my research activities here.
Assistant Professor of Health Economics
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Contact information:
Justin S. White, PhD
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
3333 California St., Suite 265
San Francisco, CA 94118
Academic site: http://profiles.ucsf.edu/justin.white
Phone: +1 (415) 476-8045
Email: Justin.White [AT] ucsf [DOT] edu
Research fields:
Health economics, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation
About me:
I am a health economist in the UCSF School of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am also an affiliate of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Institute for Global Health Sciences, and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF.
I study how monetary and non-monetary incentives can be used to promote healthy behavior, informed by research from the field of behavioral economics. My main research focus is chronic disease prevention, notably smoking cessation. I am currently testing several incentive-based interventions using randomized designs. This work is being undertaken in several countries, including Thailand, Indonesia, and the US. In other recent and ongoing projects, I am evaluating the health impacts of economic and social policies, including: sin taxes, cash and food assistance programs, and poverty alleviation programs.
I hold a PhD in health policy and a concurrent MA in economics from UC Berkeley and an MSPH in health policy from UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UCSF, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease prevention at Stanford University's Prevention Research Center.
You can download my CV here.
You can find details on my research activities here.