Alyssa Bilinski

Alyssa Bilinski serves as the Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Brown University's School of Public Health, where she develops advanced methodological frameworks for health policy evaluation.

Her research program centers on three interconnected pillars:

• Advancing data-driven approaches to observational causal inference in complex health systems
• Improving causal identification and interpretability within high-dimensional simulation models
• Integrating cost-effectiveness and affordability metrics into healthcare decision-making frameworks

Substantively, she investigates health insurance reform mechanisms, barriers to equitable dental care access, and infectious disease management strategies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she directly contributed to critical policy responses including hospital capacity forecasting, K-12 school transmission modeling, and excess mortality analysis through collaborations with federal and state policymakers.

Her publication record (2020-2022) demonstrates consistent focus on methodological innovation applied to urgent public health challenges, particularly SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in educational settings, diagnostic testing optimization, and real-time pandemic surveillance systems. This work bridges advanced statistical modeling with actionable policy recommendations through high-impact collaborations with institutions like the CDC and major research hospitals.