J. Felipe Montano-Campos, PhD

Biography

Felipe is a researcher at the intersection of economics, decision science, and health policy. His work examines how individuals perceive and respond to health risks, integrating economic behaviors such as risk compensation and health–wealth trade-offs into decision science to show how private choices, alongside broader social and institutional factors, shape health outcomes and the effectiveness of public policy. Building on this foundation, his current work extends these approaches to pharmaceutical policy, real-world evidence, and machine learning in healthcare, with the goal of advancing value, efficiency, and innovation in health systems.

He earned his PhD in Health Economics from the CHOICE Institute at the University of Washington, an MS in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University, and a BA in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Before joining USC, Felipe conducted academic and translational studies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, advanced ctDNA-based decision models in precision oncology at Guardant Health, and advised early-stage ventures in computational health as a Scientific Advisor at the Creative Destruction Lab (Foster School of Business, UW). He also contributed to large-scale policy evaluation at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, analyzing how financial reforms affect healthcare delivery and outcomes.