Dr. Emily Adrion

Biography

Emily Adrion is a Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science and has been a part of the Global Health Policy Unit since 2016. Her research focuses on healthcare costs, utilization, public-private health insurance markets, aging populations, brain health, and healthcare financing. Emily has a keen interest in patient out-of-pocket spending and health social care and is proficient in quantitative methods, particularly using large administrative datasets. She holds a Ph.D. in Health Services Research Policy from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an M.Sc. in Social Policy Planning from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. in Economics from Colorado College. Prior to her role at Edinburgh, she was a T-32 Research Fellow at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes Policy at the University of Michigan Medical School. Emily has published extensively on topics related to healthcare expenditures and policy, with her work appearing in notable outlets such as the Gerontologist and JAMA Internal Medicine. Furthermore, she has participated in various research projects, including those funded by prominent organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association and the European Commission, examining aspects of healthcare management and complex brain disorders.

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