Ryan D. Edwards

Ryan D. Edwards is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UCSF School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems, and a faculty member of the Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership (HAIL) Program. He is also a Lecturer in the Departments of Demography and Economics at UC Berkeley, and a Research Associate at the Berkeley Population Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley (2002) and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University (1996). Previously, he served as a tenured Associate Professor at Queens College (CUNY), a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford and RAND Corporation, and a visiting professor at UC Berkeley.

His research focuses on the economics of aging, health, mortality, immigration, macroeconomics, and national security. Notable work includes studies on activities of daily living among cognitively impaired elderly populations, behavioral responses to health biomarkers, and the economic impacts of immigration policies. He has contributed to National Academies reports on veterans' needs and immigration’s fiscal effects.

Ryan’s publications span health economics, demography, and public policy, with a focus on aging populations, socioeconomic disparities, and policy interventions. His work highlights issues like racial disparities in healthcare access, long-term fiscal impacts of wars, and the role of education timing on health outcomes.

His academic service includes roles at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Council of Economic Advisers. Though no explicit awards are listed, his contributions to policy-relevant research are widely recognized in academic and policy circles.