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Colleen Marie Carey serves as Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Cornell University, Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Co-Editor of the American Journal of Health Economics. Her research focuses on health care and health insurance market economics, with prior roles including Robert Wood Johnson Scholar at the University of Michigan, Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, and 2024-25 CMS Fellow.
Dr. Carey's research centers on disability insurance dynamics, Medicare/Medicaid policy analysis, and health disparities. She investigates how economic conditions affect Social Security Disability Insurance enrollment across racial groups, examines provider payment reforms' impact on low-income populations, and analyzes pharmaceutical marketing influences on physician behavior. Her work consistently leverages administrative data to assess policy impacts on vulnerable communities, with particular attention to opioid epidemic interventions and racial/ethnic health inequities.
Her publication trends reveal sustained focus on health insurance market design and vulnerable populations, with recent work expanding into pandemic response equity and pharmaceutical regulation. Articles increasingly integrate racial disparity analysis with economic modeling, demonstrating methodological evolution from single-program evaluations to cross-cutting policy assessments.
- Finalist for National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation’s 31st Annual Health Care Research Award
- Finalist for National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation’s 27th Annual Health Care Research Award
- Finalist for National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation’s 24th Annual Health Care Research Award
Dr. Carey directs significant research grants through the Retirement and Disability Research Center, including project NB20-01 on health variations among disability insurance recipients. Her work receives consistent federal funding with direct policy relevance, evidenced by CMS fellowship appointment and frequent citations in government reports. While student advising isn't documented in source materials, her NBER affiliation and journal editorship indicate active mentorship within the health economics community.
She contributes to the Retirement and Disability Research Center's collaborative framework, working with multi-institutional teams to analyze longitudinal administrative data from Medicare and Social Security systems.
