Douglas Almond

Focus areas: Health economics, environmental economics, labor economics, public policy 

Douglas Almond''s primary research areas are health and applied microeconomics, with a particular interest in infant health and the environment. Almond previously served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration and studied the health effects of air pollution in China as a Fulbright scholar.

Almond received his BA in Economics from Carleton College in Minnesota and PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Education

• PhD in Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• BA, Carleton College

Honors & Awards

• Keynote Address at "Socioeconomic Causes and Consequences of Public Health," Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, June 2017
• Columbia University ISERP Seed Grant Award, 2017
• Grant from J-PAL North America
• National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award, 2009–2014
• Garfield Economic Impact Award, 2011
• HCUP Outstanding Article of the Year Award, 2011
• Fulbright Scholarship, 2005–2006
• University of California, Berkeley: Departmental award for research on public policy

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Professor Douglas Almond is among a group of economists to receive the 2011 Garfield Economic Impact Award, for their groundbreaking study on the economic benefits of advanced medical care for at-...