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I am a Professor of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Director of the Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL). My research leverages large-scale data analytics to examine contemporary health policy issues with a focus on: 1) disparities in utilization, 2) increasing access to care to vulnerable populations, 3) understanding how financial incentives and changes in technology can influence the behaviors of payers, medical providers, and patients.
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Stacia West is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and the co-Founder and Director of the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. West holds a B.A. in Women's Studies and Philosophy and a Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of Kansas. She is the co-PI of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, the first modern city-led guaranteed income experiment in the US. Her research focuses on universal basic income, unconditional cash transfers, women’s poverty and wealth inequality, and the affordable housing crisis. Her research portfolio includes numerous grants, state and non-profit evaluation contracts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Asset Funders Network. Her work has been published in leading social science journals including the Journal of Society for Social Work and Research, Social Science and Medicine, The Journal of Family and Economic Issues, and The Gerontologist, and is regularly featured in major national media outlets.
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main research interests are in the theory and practice of democracy, democratic innovation, public opinion, political communication, civil society and citizen participation, all viewed through the lens of deliberative democracy. His research is normative but applied, utilising mixed methods, locating his research on the critical intersection between normative political theory and empirical political science.