Primary Job Title Professor of Signature Research Program in Health Services and Systems Research Primary Organization Duke-NUS Medical School
Location Singapore, Central Region, Singapore Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Southeast Asia Gender Male
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Eric Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.H.A. is Executive Center Director of Lien Centre for Palliative Care and Professor of the Signature Research Program in Health Services and Systems Research at the Duke‐National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School and Research Professor at Duke University Global Health Institute. He received his BA in
Mathematics/Economics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in economics and Masters in Health Administration from the University of Washington.
Over the past ten years Professor Finkelstein has established himself as a leading international health economist doing research in the economics of health behaviors. His research focuses on economic incentives, behavioral economics, the economics of obesity, discrete choice analysis, economic evaluation, burden of illness analysis and cost effectiveness analyses.
He has published over 120 peer‐reviewed manuscripts and book chapters in these areas. He also has experience as a Principal or Co‐Investigator on research projects funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
