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