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Eric G. Zhou
Welcome to my website! I am a health economist at the Center for Child Health Services Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, with a joint appointment in the Department of Pediatrics and Population Health Science and Policy.
My research focuses on topics in Health Policy, Children's Health, Causal Inference, and Social Determinants of Health & Obesity.
Recent work:
Public Childcare Expansion and Early Childhood Outcomes: Evidence from 19 States, 2016–2023 (Presenting at Ashecon 2025)
Participatory Surveillance Reveals MMR Coverage Gaps in U.S. Children That Align with Outbreak Clusters: A Spatial Modeling Study, with John S. Brownstein and Benjamin Rader (under review)
The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on the Health and Educational Outcomes of Public School Students in New York City, with Brian Elbel, Amy Ellen Schwartz (Presented at APHA, APPAM, 2023, Ashecon 2024; Available upon request due to data restrictions)
The Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake of Public School Students in NYC, with Brian Elbel, Sophia Day, Kira Argenio, Amy Ellen Schwartz
The Delay of Routine Medical Care and Vaccinations Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Brian Elbel, Sophia Day, Kira Argenio, Amy Ellen Schwartz
Publications:
Parental Factors Associated With Measles–Mumps–Rubella Vaccination in US Children Younger Than 5 Years, American Journal of Public Health, 2024, with Jonathan Cantor, Autumn Gertz, Brian Elbel, John S. Brownstein, and Benjamin Rader
Gentrification and Childhood Obesity: Evidence from NYC Public School Students in Public Housing, Obesity (Silver Spring), 2023, with Brian Elbel and Amy Ellen Schwartz
Analysis of School-Level Vaccination Rates by Race, Ethnicity, and Geography in New York City, JAMA Network Open, 2022, with Brian Elbel, David Lee, Willy Chen, Sophia Day, Kevin Konty, and Amy Ellen Schwartz
Working in progress:
The Effect of Postpartum Continuous Coverage Policy on Maternal and Infant Health and Wellbeing, with Ellerie Weber
The Trends of Opioid-related Overdoses among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in New Jersey, with Ellerie Weber, and Teresa Janevic
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