Welcome to my website. I am an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Science and Policy at the Center for Child Health Services Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

I am a health economist whose research examines how social and policy contexts shape the health and wellbeing of children and families. My current work focuses on:

• The effects of family and social support policies on child and family health

• Determinants and consequences of vaccine uptake

• Spatial modeling and applications of artificial intelligence in public health

• Access to public health insurance and its impact on maternal and child health

Working papers:

Eric Zhou. State Prekindergarten Expansion, Child Health Care Utilization, and Cognitive Development. Presented at ASHEcon 2025. [Under Review]

Eric Zhou, Brian Elbel, Amy Ellen Schwartz. The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on the Health and Educational Outcomes of Public School Students in New York City.

Eric Zhou, Brian Elbel, Sophia Day, Kira Argenio, Amy Ellen Schwartz. Factors Associated With COVID-19 Primary and Booster Vaccine Uptake Among New York City Public School Students. [Under Review]

Recent Publications:

Eric Zhou, John S. Brownstein, Benjamin Rader. Participatory Surveillance Reveals MMR Coverage Gaps in U.S. Children That Align with Outbreak Clusters: A Spatial Modeling Study. [Accepted and forthcoming at Nature Health].

Eric Zhou, Jonathan Cantor, Autumn Gertz, Brian Elbel, John S Brownstein, Benjamin Rader. (2025) Parental Factors Associated with Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination for US Children Under 5, American Journal of Public Health, 115(3), 369-373.

Eric Zhou, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Brian Elbel. (2023). Gentrification and Childhood Obesity: Evidence from New York City Public School Students in Public Housing, Obesity (Silver Spring), 1-8.

Elbel, Brian, Eric Zhou, David C. Lee, Willy Chen, Sophia E. Day, Kevin J. Konty, and Amy Ellen Schwartz. (2022). Analysis of School-Level Vaccination Rates by Race, Ethnicity, and Geography in New York City, JAMA network open 5, no. 9

Working in progress:

Eric Zhou, Ellerie Weber. The Effect of Postpartum Continuous Coverage Policy on Maternal and Infant Health and Wellbeing.