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CURRICULUM VITAEYUBRAJ ACHARYAADDRESSDepartment of Health Policy and AdministrationCollege of Health and Human DevelopmentThe Pennsylvania State University601L Ford BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802United StatesE-mail: yua36@psu.eduPhone: 1 (814) 865 – 6898EDUCATION2017Ph.D., Health Services Organization and Policy (Economics track),University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIDissertation: Essays in Health EconomicsCommittee: Edward C. Norton (Chair), Dean Yang, Richard Hirth, Andrew Jones2008Master’s in Public Administration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY2005B.A. (with honors), Economics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PACURRENT POSITIONSMarch 2018-(Courtesy appointment) Assistant Professor of Public Health SciencesCollege of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State UniversityAugust 2017-(Courtesy appointment) Assistant Professor of DemographyCollege of Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State UniversityJuly 2017-Assistant Professor of Health Policy and AdministrationCollege of Health and Human DevelopmentThe Pennsylvania State UniversityAugust 2017-Research Affiliate, Center for Health Care and Policy ResearchThe Pennsylvania State UniversityAugust 2017-Research Affiliate. Population Research Institute.The Pennsylvania State University.August 2016-Research Affiliate. Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Nepal.1
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTSProgram evaluation, health disparities, global health policy, health economicsPREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL -20082005-2007Research Assistant. Institute for Healthcare Innovation and Policy, U. of Michigan.Graduate Student Instructor. Dept. of Health Management & Policy, U. of Michigan.Research Assistant. Dept. of Health Management & Policy, U. of Michigan.Economist. Asian Development Bank. Kathmandu, Nepal.Research Assistant. Dept. of Public Administration. Syracuse University, NY.Associate Economist. Moody’s Analytics, West Chester, PA.RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS 2014-20152014-2015201420142013Center for Global Studies Career Development Award, PSUSocial Science Research Institute Faculty Fellowship, PSUDonald M. and Virginia Miller Cook Teaching Endowment Award, PSUPRI Innovation, Collaboration and Leadership Grant, PSU (PI: Luke)Health and Human Environment Seed Grant, PSU (PI: Luke)Center for Global Studies Travel Support, PSUPopulation Association of America Travel Grant, PSURackham Conference Travel Award, U. of MichiganRackham Conference Travel Award, U. of MichiganRackham Summer Award, U. of Michigan.McNerney Award, U. of Michigan.Global Public Health Dissertation Award, U. of Michigan.Rackham Pre-Candidate Research Grant, U. of Michigan.Spring/Summer Research Grant, U. of Michigan. (PI: Jones)International Institute Individual Fellowship, U. of Michigan.RESEARCH GRANTS (EXTERNAL)2018Merck Company Foundation (Institutional PI; PI: Kaljee)OTHER AWARDS AND 20082007-2008Elsevier Atlas Award, October 2018 (with Galway LP & Jones AD)Honorable Mention, 2017 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation AwardsSecond Best Student Paper Award, International Health Policy Conference, LondonRackham Predoctoral Fellowship, U. of Michigan.Nominated for the Best Graduate Student Instructor Award, U of MichiganAvedis Donabedian Fellowship, U. of Michigan.Maxwell Dean’s Scholar Award, Syracuse University, Syracuse.Syracuse University Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse2
CONSULTING20162015-2016201320122012Asian Development Bank, Nepal Resident Mission.Asian Development Bank. Manila, the Philippines.World Bank. Washington, D.C.World Bank. Kathmandu, Nepal.CARE-Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal.PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSGoogle scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user 8E1JgdYAAAAJ&hl en[10] Acharya Y, Schilling AL, Hollenbeak CS. Readmissions attributable to skilled nursing facility use aftera colectomy: Evidence using propensity scores matching. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(4): 245[9] Hirth RA, Acharya Y, Levy HG, Langa KM. Does Home Equity Affect Decisions on Long-term CareInsurance Purchases? Evidence from the United States. Research on Aging 2019. Currently availableonline at 078[8] Acharya Y. The Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation in Childhood on Adult Outcomes: AnExploration of Mechanisms, Timing of Exposure, and Heterogeneous Effects. Social Science & Medicine2018 March; 201: 95-102. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.003[7] Acharya Y. Effects of a Community-Based Neonatal Care Package Program. Health Policy and Planning2018 May, 33(4): 592-601. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czy021.[6] Galway LP, Acharya Y, Jones AD. Deforestation and Child Diet Diversity: A Geospatial Analysis of 15Sub-Saharan African Countries. Health & Place 2018 May; 51: 3.002. (Winner of the Elsevier Atlas Award, October tions)[5] Chen LM, Acharya Y, Norton EC, Banerjee M, Birkmeyer JD. Readmission Rates and Skilled NursingFacility Utilization after Major Inpatient Surgery. Medical Care 2018 August; 56(8):679-685. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000941.[4] Kullgren JT, Krupka E, Schachter A, Linden A, Miller J, Acharya Y, Alford J, Duffy R, Adler-MilsteinJ. Precommitting to Choose Wisely about Low-Value Services: A Stepped Wedge Cluster RandomizedTrial. BMJ Quality & Safety 2017, 0: 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006699.[3] Acharya Y, Norton EC, Lumeng JC. The Effect of Financial Compensation on Willingness to Supply aChild’s Blood Sample: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evaluations & the Health Professions 2017, 40(3): 359-371. doi: 10.1177/0163278717709563.[2] Jones AD, Acharya Y, Galway LP. 2016. Urbanicity Gradients Are Associated with the Household- andIndividual-Level Double Burden of Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Nutrition 2016 June;146: 1257-67. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.226654.[1] Acharya Y. Education and Intra-household Autonomy of Women in Nepal. Journal of Development andSocial Transformation 2008; 5: 4-12.3
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEWAcharya Y, Kim J. Targeting Using Differential Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment.Acharya Y, Ghimire DJ, Bhandari P, Ghimire R, Jones AD. Household Migration and Children’s Diet: AnExploratory Study.Acharya Y, Naz S, Luke N, Sharma D. Exposure to Conflict-related Violence Adversely Affects NutritionalStatus of Children in Iraq.Acharya Y, Naz S, Galway LP, Jones AD. Deforestation and Household- and Individual-Level DoubleBurden of Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.Sharma A, Kjerulff K, Sznajder K, Acharya Y. Exploring Women’s Health Issues in Nepal: A NarrativeReview.Ghattas H, Acharya Y, Jamaluddine Z, Assi M, Asmar KE, Jones AD. Child-level Double Burden ofMalnutrition in the MENA and LAC Regions – Prevalence and Social Determinants.OTHER PUBLICATIONSEstrada G, Acharya Y, Batten A, Brimble P, Doung P, Gulamov MI, Hossain MZ, Mellor D, Park D,Rahman S. The service sector in lower-income Asian economies, ADB Economics Working Paper Series,2013; 347: 1–25.Acharya Y, Dhakal S. Political Economy of Rural Finance Reform in Nepal: ADB’s Experience. South AsiaWorking Paper Series 2012, 11.TEACHING2019(Confirmed)HPA 497: The Economics of Health in Developing Countries, PSUHPA 597: Foundations of Methods in Health Services Research, PSUGuest Lecturer, HPA 562: Economics Applications in Health Services Research, PSUGuest Lecturer, Honor 301: The Role of Knowledge and Critical Thinking in Policy, PSUGuest Lecturer, HPA 545: Introduction to Health EconomicsGuest Lecturer, Global Health Exchange Program, PSU2018HPA 497: The Economics of Health in Developing Countries, PSUHPA 597: Foundations of Methods in Health Services Research, PSUGuest Lecturer, HPA 525: Health and Health Services across the Lifecourse, PSUGuest Lecturer, HPA 854: Population Health and Quality Improvement, PSUGuest Lecturer, DEMOG 590: Demography Colloquium, PSU2017HPA 401: Comparative Health Systems (Undergraduate level), PSUHPA 597: Foundations of Methods in Health Services Research (Ph.D.-level), PSUGuest Lecturer, NUTR 633: Evaluation of Global Nutrition Programs, U. of Michigan2014-2015Graduate Student Instructor, School of Public Health, U. of MichiganHMP 660/663: Economics of Health Management & Policy (MPH; 2 semesters)4
2013Guest Lecturer, EHS 642: Community Nutrition, U. of Michigan2008-2012Visiting Instructor, Kathmandu University School of Management, NepalEconomics for Managers (MBA; six trimesters)ACADEMIC SERVICE2019Member, Ph.D. Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)Member, Masters in Health Administration Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)2018Discussant, Mini-PAA Conference (Pennsylvania State U.)Member, Ph.D. Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)Member, Undergraduate Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)2017Member, Ph.D. Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)Member, Undergraduate Committee (Pennsylvania State U.)2015-2017Member, Diversity Working Group (U of Michigan, Dept. of HMP)RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED SEMINARS2019(Confirmed)International Health Economics Association Meeting, SwitzerlandPopulation Association of America Meeting, TexasConsortium of Universities for Global Health, Chicago, ILPopulation Research Institute, PSUCollege of Medicine, PSU2018College of Medicine, PSUKirtipur Hospital, Kathmandu, NepalHelping Hands Community Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal2017International Health Policy Conference, London School of Economics, LondonErasmus U. Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the NetherlandsThe Pennsylvania State U., University Park, PATufts U., Boston, MAU. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC2016The Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Boston, MA89th Health Economists’ Study Group Meeting, Gran Canaria, SpainHenry Ford Health System, Detroit, MIDepartment of Economics, U of MichiganAD HOC REVIEWERDemographyHealth Services ResearchThe American Journal of Managed Care (2x)Current Developments in Nutrition5
Health Policy (2x)PLoS ONE (5x)Population StudiesGlobal Health Action (2x)Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (3x)International Journal of Preventive MedicinePROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPInternational Health Economics AssociationPopulation Association of AmericaConsortium of Universities for Global Health6
2016-2017 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, U. of Michigan. 2015 Nominated for the Best Graduate Student Instructor Award, U of Michigan 2012-2013 Avedis Donabedian Fellowship, U. of Michigan. 2007-2008 Maxwell Dean's Scholar Award, Syracuse University, Syracuse. 2007-2008 Syracuse University Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse
