Basu, Anirban

CSDE Research Affiliate

Anirban Basu

Professor, Health Economics; Professor, Health Services; Adjunct Professor, Economics
University of Washington
Tel: 206-616-2986 Box: 357630
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CSDE Research Areas:

Environments and Populations
Health of People and Populations

In the News:

PHI Awards Tier 1 Planning Grant to Lindman, Basu, Hajat, Hill, and Jones-Smith for their Study on Paid Family Leave and Parent Mental Health (05/31/2024)
New Study on Universal Free School Meals Policy and Childhood Obesity Released by Localio, Knox, Basu, Jones-Smith, and Lindman (04/11/2024)

Anirban Basu is a health economist and a methodologist, who specializes in decision-making, heterogeneity, and evaluations in health care. He is the Stergachis Family Endowed Professor and Director of The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute at the University of Washington, Seattle. He also holds joint and adjunct appointments in the Departments of Health Services and Economics, and is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has taught courses on decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis and advanced methods in comparative effectiveness research. He also directs the Program on Health Economics and Outcomes Methodology (PHEnOM) at the University of Washington.