Dr. Kate Bundorf

Biography

Kate Bundorf is a distinguished Professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and holds a faculty position in Population Health Sciences as well as serving as the Faculty Director of Research at the Sanford School. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of health policy and economics, with a particular focus on the dynamics of public and private health insurance markets. Bundorf’s research critically examines how consumer choices are influenced by algorithmic information recommendations and how these choices affect health care systems. She has published extensively in leading economic and health policy journals, contributing insights backed by significant funding from institutions like the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Before her tenure at Duke, she was an Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and has been a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bundorf has received several accolades for her research, including a distinguished teaching award during her time at Stanford. She played a pivotal role as a Fulbright Lecturer at Fudan School of Public Health in Shanghai, China, during the 2009-2010 academic year, where she focused on global health challenges and policy implications.

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