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Patrick Wightman PhD, MPP

Patrick  Wightman PhD, MPP

Assistant Professor, Director of Health Analytics, Center for Population Science & Discover

Community, Environment & Policy Department

wightman@arizona.edu

Center for Population Science & Discovery


Leon Levy Cancer Center 2964A1
PO Box: 245024
Tucson AZ 85724
(520) 626-9021

Biography

Patrick Wightman, Ph.D., MPP, is a Health Policy researcher and Director of Health Analytics for the Center for Population Science and Discovery.  Prior to joining the UA, Dr. Wightman was a Sr. Economic Analyst with the Oregon Health Authority where he worked on projects analyzing the impacts of the Affordable Care Act.  He earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago in 2009.  Following this, he spent four years at the University of Michigan as the MacArthur Foundation Network on Transition to Adulthood Post-Doctoral Fellow where his research examined, among other things, parental financial support of young adult children and the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status.

Research Synopsis

His areas of interest include program and policy evaluation, and evaluation methodologies.

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