Dr. Omar Galarraga

Biography

Omar Galárraga is a health economist and health services researcher at Brown University, where he serves as a tenured Professor in the Department of Health Services Policy and Practice and the Director of the Center for Global Public Health. He earned his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 2007. His research primarily focuses on health behavioral economics with a particular emphasis on HIV treatment and prevention, health systems, and applied health econometric analysis. Dr. Galárraga has published over 150 articles in high-impact journals and is a Multiple Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded projects. His work involves evaluating economic-based interventions using rigorous experimental and non-experimental methods and addresses issues like insurance-based monetary incentives and the impact of prescription cap policies on treatment adherence. He has conducted extensive research in various countries including Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa, collaborating with community and academic partners. Dr. Galárraga is also involved in several professional committees and advisory councils, and he contributes to the academic community as an Associate Editor for Health Economics.

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