蘑菇AV

Hi! My name is Catherine. I live in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of the District of Columbia in the States, with my husband and my dogs. I am an Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. I completed my PhD in Economics at Cornell University in 2012, I met my husband (also an Economist) during my graduate studies at Cornell. Prior to joining George Mason University in 2022, I was an Assistant Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (2012-2014) and then an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Temple University (2014-2022).

I am a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Affiliate at the Institute for Labor Economics, a Co-editor at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and an Associate Editor at the Journal of Health Economics. I have published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and my research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Much of my research focuses on substance use (i.e., alcohol, drugs, and tobacco) and mental health and labor market outcomes, and the extent to which public policies can shape these outcomes. I teach courses in health economics, substance use, and public policy at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels at George Mason University.

I am originally from Truro, Nova Scotia and completed my Undergraduate degree in Economics at Dal between 1998 and 2002, and then a Masters degree in Economics at Dal over the period 2002 to 2004. My education in the Dal Economics Department fundamentally influenced my career in myriad positive ways. The Economics Department inspired a deep interest and grounding in Economics, and an understanding that Economics plays a critical role in the development of policies that influence real people鈥檚 lives, that remains with me to this day. The rigorous coursework, access to high quality and generous faculty, and collegial and thoughtful classmates allowed me to develop a set of skills and experiences that supported my PhD work and my professional career. I have extremely fond memories of Economizer seminars, using restricted use Statistics Canada data in the Research Data Center, and courses in labor economics taught by Professor Shelley Phipps, econometrics taught by Professor Kuan Xu, and inequality taught by Professor Lars Osberg. You can learn more about my work at .