J. Scott Ashwood

J. Scott Ashwood is a Policy Researcher and Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy, with over two decades of expertise in empirical health care policy research. His work spans behavioral health interventions, homelessness prevention, primary care accessibility, and telemedicine's financial impact.

Key research areas include

• Economics of behavioral health care
• Innovations in care delivery
• Individual health decision-making
• Health care quality assessment methods
• Applied microeconomics
• Network analysis

Recent publications focus on trauma-informed care, ACE screening, mental health program effectiveness, and homelessness interventions, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to policy analysis and public health.

His methodological strengths in econometric models, statistical analysis, and health economics underpin evaluations of state-level programs across California and New York.