Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Summer 2012: Co-Instructor for Biostatistics Course for RWJMS Neonatal Fellowship Program

2012 - 2013 Junior Independent Research and Senior Thesis Advisor for Department of Economics at Princeton University

 

Senior Theses Advised at Princeton University (last 5 years):

2011-2012

Andrew C. Lai. The Effects of Primary Payor Status on the Quality of Health Care.(Thesis No. 26466)
David Muckey. Population Control: An Analysis of China’s One-Child Policy and its Effect on Human Capital. (Thesis No. 26483)
Angela E. Park.* The Effects of Parental Job Loss on Children’s Health. (Thesis No. 26486)
Steven Sok. Regional Differences of the Wage Penalty of Obesity for Asian-Americans and Other Racial Groups.(Thesis No. 26515)
Nazli Senyuva. Happily Never After? An Economical Study On How Male Partners and Relationship Dynamics Influence Women’s Use of Emergency Contraception. (Thesis No. 26505)
Wensheen Tong. The Effect of Breastfeeding On Child Obesity in Colombia. (Thesis No. 26520)
Matthew Wender.* Hospice Ownership: The Impact of Profit Status on the Qualityh and Cost of End-of-Life Care in California. (Thesis No. 26527)

2010 - 2011

Sarah Cummings. The Effects of Income Volatility on Children’s Health Outcomes. (Thesis No. 25132)
Catherine Higham. Medicare Part D and Health Outcomes for the Over-65 Population: An Investigation into the Relationship between Medicare Part D and Health. (Thesis No. 25152)
Erica R. Leavitt. Suggested Retail Prices as a Policy Tool in the Market for Artemisinin Combination Therapies: An Empirical and Theoretical Perspective. (Thesis No. 25164)
Devon J. Ryan.* Physician Response to a Change in Payer Mix: The 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform. (Thesis No. 25200)
Alex R. Rosen.* Hospital Ownership: An Empirical Study of its Effect on the Quality and Cost of Medical Care in the United States. (Thesis No. 25197)
Meghan Caitlin Thompson. Giving Time Assistance to an Aging Mother: The Impact of Intergenerational Time Transfers on Adult Child Health Behaviors. (Thesis No. 25220)

2009 - 2010

Gross, Katerina. The Effect of Breastfeeding on Child-Infant Mortality Risk in Peru. (Thesis No. 24832)
Hemmelgarn, Brandon. Weight, Occupation, and Exercise: How On-the-Job and Off-the-Job Exercise Relate to Body Weight. (Thesis No. 24835)
Jones, Alice.* The Impact of Welfare Reform on Breast-Feeding. (Thesis No. 24844)
Peng, Anna. Working Mothers and Hungry Children: A Maternal Employment Approach to Addressing Child Malnutrition in Ghana. (Thesis No. 24870)
Pereira-Kamath, Nikhil. Inter-Firm Partnerships and the Determinants of Acquisitions within the Biopharmaceutical Industry. (Thesis No. 24871)

2008 - 2009

Casp, Aaron J. The Differential Racial Effects of Alcohol Taxes on Teen Pregnancy. (Thesis No. 23031)
Coyle, Ryan M. Estimating the Effects of Poor Child Health on Subsequent Maternal Fertility. (Thesis No. 23036)
Davis, Gabrielle F. The Blood Exchange: The Effects of the Media on Donations to Blood Banks in the United Kingdom. (Thesis No. 23038)
Gemberling, Bradley. Let’s Talk about Sex: Effects of Sex Education on Risky Sexual Behavior in Young Adulthood. (Thesis No. 23049)
Harris, Jonathan. Hypertension: The Efficacy of Early Management. (Thesis No. 21469)
Kovler, Mark L. The Effects of Household Structure on Pediatric Accidental Injury in Fragile Families. (Thesis No. 23074)
Pritchard, Ryan J. Estimating the Effects of Child Health on Father Presence Five Years after Birth. (Thesis No. 23100)
Shirk, Caroline.*The Impact of Insurance Expansions and Policy Design on Child Health and Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. (Thesis No. 23110)
Teti, Justin J. The Effect of Leverage On Investment: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Firms Under Varying Market Conditions. (Thesis No. 23117)
Vu, Tracy B. Effects of Parental Relationship Status and Stability on Early Childhood Health Investments. (Thesis No. 23121)

2007 - 2008

Chen, Steven. Alternative Investments: The Case of Violins. (Thesis No. 21792)
Circle, Brendan A. Immigration Reform and the U.S. Strawberry Industry: Production Technology Changes and Globalization in a Labor Intensive Industry. (Thesis No. 21794)
Huber, Caroline. Energetic Education: A Study of the Determinants of Teacher Effort. (Thesis No. 21815)
Husby, Christian H. The Effect of Child Health on Fathers' Employment and Wages. (Thesis No. 21817)
Kamireddi, Ashrit. The NFL Draft: Exploiting Positional Misconceptions and Draft Inefficiencies. (Thesis No. 21818)
Matheson, Diana. The 'Double Cohort' and Heterogeneity in the Return to Education. (Thesis No. 21839)
McCarthy, Mary M. The Effects of Poor Child Health on Family Hardship: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. (Thesis No. 21840)
McEachern, William A. Estimating the Effects of Health Education on Young Adults' Health Care Utilization, Health Behaviors, and Health Status. (Thesis No. 21842)
Telesmanich, Brian R. Evaluation and Development of Intervention Mixed Constraint Cost Effective Analysis (IMC-CEA): Suggesting an Alternative. (Thesis No. 21876)
Wilson, Elisabeth W. The Threat of Instability: An Empirical Analysis of Mental Health-Related Selection Bias in the Market for Private Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance. (Thesis No. 21886)

 

*Prize winning thesis