Dr. Sarah Axeen

Biography

Sarah Axeen, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the drivers behind opioid use and abuse in the United States, evaluating the effectiveness of state-level policies on mental and behavioral health care outcomes. In addition to her work on opioids, she has explored geographic variations in healthcare access and the relationships between healthcare spending, utilization, and commercial prices under Medicare. Prior to joining the Keck School, Dr. Axeen was a postdoctoral fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Her contributions to the field are exemplified by her publications addressing various aspects of emergency medicine and public health, including the implications of health policies and the effects of the opioid crisis on emergency healthcare delivery.

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