Tracy Lin, PhD
Dr. Lin is an Assoicate Professor of Health Economics in the Institute for Health & Aginig, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, in the School of Nursing at UCSF. She is a health economist and social scientist whose work leverages frameworks and methodologies in decision science, political science, medical science, economics, and network science. Her research examines structural factors that impact a) health system financing and resource allocation, b) care processes, and c) patient burden and healthcare disparities – domestically and internationally. She is especially interested in evaluating, and innovating solutions to ameliorate, challenges faced by health systems in conflict-affected, fragile, and low-resource settings. Currently, she is conducting studies to understand how violence affects healthcare seeking behavior and utilization, and exacerbate health disparities, in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and separately in rural Mail. Clinically, her research has directly informed the implementation of evidence-based policies, hospital regulations, and clinical decision support at UCSF. Dr. Lin works closely with non-governmental organizations and international organizations, such as the World Bank, to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses, health workforce projections, and translate research evidence into health polices in countries such as Mali, Saudi Arabia, Libya. Dr. Lin is also the co-director of the Health Economics and Policy Planning (HEPoP) Lab.
