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.