Research areas
► government ethics and the regulation of health care (e.g., conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving door, transparency)
► Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
► technologies (e.g., drugs, devices, AI, cybersecurity)
Metholodogical approach
► guided by economic and sociological theory
► quantitative (statistical / econometric) methods
► large administrative, survey, and other datasets
Recent Activity
>> New Publication <<
August 18, 2025
Conflicts of interest in federal vaccine advisory committees. [PDF] JAMA 2025. Online ahead of print.
>> New Publication <<
July 31, 2025
Impact of the MISSION Act on quality and outcomes of major cardiovascular procedures among veterans. JAMA 2025. Online ahead of print.
Public Comment
August 13, 2024
Comment on Optimizing the FDA’s Use of and Processes for Advisory Committees [Docket No. FDA-2024-N-1809]
CNN
September 15, 2025
Five new members named to influential CDC vaccine advisory committee days ahead of key meeting
by Katherine Dillinger and Brenda Goodman
KFF Health News
September 12, 2025
Under Trump, FDA seeks to abandon expert review of new drugs
by Arthur Allen
New York Times
September 7, 2025
Kennedy, rejecting data, fuels distrust of his own agencies [PDF]
by Sheryl Gay Stolberg