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Rebecca Myerson, PhD, MPH

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Biography

Rebecca Myerson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Her research examines the impacts of public policies and information interventions on take-up of insurance coverage, health care access, and health outcomes. Myerson holds a doctorate in public policy from the University of Chicago, a master in public health from the University of Washington, and a bachelor degree from Harvard. Myerson’s policy research has been honored with the ISPOR Award for Excellence in Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research, funded by a Fulbright scholarship and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.