Faculty

Research Interests

Health econometrics; cost-effectiveness; comparative effectiveness and value of information analyses; quality of life; spill-over effects; substantive focus on cancer, mental health and diabetes

Education

PhD Health Economics, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2004

MS Biostatistics, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1999

MS Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, 1997

BS Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jadavpur University, 1995

In the News

Official Covid-19 fatalities may undercount pandemic's death toll by many hundreds in NW
KUOW, 07/15/2020

The Health 202: Why determining the coronavirus death rate is so tricky
The Washington Post, 07/10/2020

Scientists predicted that the coronavirus death rate would fall over time, but instead it doubled. Here's why it now hovers at 6%
Business Insider, 06/10/2020

8 countries have coronavirus death rates above 10%, either due to disaster or limited testing
Business Insider, 05/23/2020

UW study shows staggering numbers of US COVID-19 infection, fatality rates
KING 5, 05/23/2020

Coronavirus on track to kill 1.3 per cent of infected in US, ‘conservative’ study finds
South China Morning Post, 05/12/2020

Rural hospital closings cause mortality rates to rise, study finds
NBC News, 09/06/2019

Researchers partner with Penn to study costs of Alzheimer's and dementia care
SPH News, 12/13/2018

Anirban Basu on panel that updated guide to caregivers’ decisions
HS NewsBeat, 09/22/2016

UW Professors Named American Statistical Association Fellows
ASPPH, 08/04/2016