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Omar Galárraga, PhD, is a health economist and the Director of the Center for Global Public Health at Brown University's School of Public Health. He is a tenured Professor in Health Services and Policy Practice. His research utilizes insights from health behavioral economics with a special focus on HIV treatment and prevention, as well as health systems and applied health econometric methods. He evaluates economic-based interventions using rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental techniques. With over 150 publications in the fields of health economics, public health, and health services research, Dr. Galarraga is recognized for his expertise in the economics of health. He has served as a principal investigator on 30 NIH-funded research projects totaling $10 million and is currently an Associate Editor for Health Economics. He co-chairs the NIH Science Implementation Health Healthcare (SIHH) study section. His research has taken him to Ecuador, Kenya, and Mexico, and often involves collaboration with community and academic partners. His work includes the design and evaluation of programs using conditional cash transfers aimed at improving health outcomes. He also studies public health insurance impacts in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on the effects of insurance expansion on health outcomes and financial protection.
Department: Department of Economics