I am a Professor of Economics at the Colin Powell School of the City College of the City University of New York. I am also a doctoral faculty at the Graduate Center, and a faculty affiliate at the CUNY Institute of Demographic Research. 

My fields are Health Economics, Labor Economics and Public Health.
Recent papers:

Effects of Mandatory Schooling Expansion on Upward Educational Mobility among Women in Türkiye (joint with Muhammed Tumay of Gumushane University) in Applied Economics.

The Association Between Cannabis Use and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among U.S. Adults, 2020-2023 (joint with Ruoyan Sun and Suzanne Judd) is now available in Addictive Behavior.

The effects of recreational cannabis laws on alcohol and tobacco use among US adults, 2012 to 2022,(Joint with Ruoyan Sun) is in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Quality of Treatment Selection for Medicare Beneficiaries With Cancer (joint with Mitchell et al.) is in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.