Dustin Tracy

Dustin Tracy, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Population Health Sciences within the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. His work focuses on identifying and testing policies that balance healthcare costs with health outcomes. Tracy employs behavioral economics principles, economic experiments, and meta-analysis to inform policy and ensure scientific validity.

Education:

• PhD in Economics from Georgia State University (2018)
• Graduate Program in Economic Development from Vanderbilt University
• Postdoctoral fellowship at Chapman University’s Economic Science Institute

Research Interests: Tracy’s work spans Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Design, Health Metrics, and Meta-Analysis. He examines how framing and behavioral principles influence stakeholders’ perceptions of policies, with a focus on cost containment and outcome maximization. His methods include randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and meta-analytic techniques.

Publications: Tracy has contributed to high-impact studies on incentive contracts, health insurance policy, and activity monitoring using accelerometry. His recent work explores telemedicine assessment tools and reputation effects in credence goods markets.

Background: Before academia, Tracy was a licensed mental health counselor and psychotherapist, bridging clinical experience with economic research. He teaches courses in Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Experimental Design.