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Yuyan Shi is a Professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is a health policy analyst and health economist specializing in the economic analysis of drug use and abuse, with a focus on limited tobacco, cannabis, opioid analgesics, and illicit prescription drugs. His research interests include evaluating the effects of drug policies, using behavioral economics and experimental approaches to assess consumer preferences related to drugs and policy responses. He examines the impacts of retail environments on drug use and aims to understand the epidemiology and geographic patterns of drug use. His expertise lies in econometrics, statistical modeling, conjoint analysis, behavioral experimental design, policy evaluation, and spatial analysis utilizing both primary and secondary population data. Dr. Shi has been involved in funding research activities aimed at improving public health outcomes and understanding the dynamics of drug consumption and misuse.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).