Jennifer Kwok
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Schools
- Sauder School of Business
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Biography
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Jennifer H. Kwok, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and was an NBER Post-Doctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Research during the 2019-2020 academic year.
Dr. Kwok's research focuses on the roles of providers in healthcare markets, especially in specialties with ongoing provider-patient relationships. She is also interested in household health insurance and medical care decisions; physician behavior; drug innovation and use; and effects of government policies on healthcare disparities.
Primary Research Fields: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics
Education
- Bachelor of Science (SB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004 — 2008)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of California, Berkeley (2012 — 2019)
Companies
- Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health (2020)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Research National Bureau of Economic Research (2019 — 2020)
- Head Graduate Student Instructor UC Berkeley (2014 — 2015)
- Graduate Student Researcher UC Berkeley (2013 — 2014)
- Graduate Student Instructor UC Berkeley (2013 — 2014)
- Becker Center Research Professional University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2010 — 2012)
- Associate Consultant The Boston Consulting Group (2008 — 2010)
- Health Policy Intern U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2007 — 2007)
- Undergraduate Research Assistant Massachusetts General Hospital (2006 — 2007)
Videos
Jennifer Kwok: How Do Primary Care Physicians Influence Healthcare, MHEC
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