Carolyn Watts

Professor, Health Services
Adjunct Professor, Economics
Adjunct Professor, Evans School

Contact Information
Office: H694, Health Sciences Building
Box 357660
University of Washington
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
Tel: 206–616–2986
Fax: 206–543–3964
watts@u.washington.edu

Education

PhD	Johns Hopkins University, 1976 Political Economics
MA	Johns Hopkins University, 1974 Political Economics
BA	University of Washington, 1971 Economics

Research Interests
Health care economics and policy; public health genetics; health care industry structure and incentives

Teaching Interests
Health economics and policy. Effective writing and communication.

PHG 541, Economic and Policy Issues for Genetic Technologies and Services

In The News
UW medical experts and students provide fodder, facts for health-care reform debate (UW News, 09/10/2009)
King County is a model for strategies to contain health-care costs (Seattle Times, 09/02/2009)
America is ripe for health-care reform (Seattle Times, 08/07/2009)
Washington's Group Health Steals Center Stage in Health Care Debate (Q13 FOX news, 07/23/2009)
Health Co-op Offers Model for Overhaul (New York Times, 07/07/2009)
Health policy interests converge at annual confab
Carolyn Watts
Dr. Carolyn Watts, Professor, Receives State Appointment

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