Dr Dana Goldman Explains Why Dr Erin Trish Is an Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research

As healthcare becomes an increasingly important issue in society, it’s necessary for researchers to be able to produce work that is digestible for broad audiences, which is something Erin Trish, PhD, an assistant research professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Price School of Public Policy and associate director of health policy at the USC Schaeffer Center, excels at, explained Dana Goldman, PhD, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair and director of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and USC School of Pharmacy.

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Why did you nominate Erin Trish, PhD, for the Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award?

We live in an era right now where healthcare has become an increasingly important issue in society. In fact, some people say in the next presidential election, it will be the most important issue. The problem is that healthcare is extremely complicated, and when it comes time to understand managed care and the impact it has on healthcare spending and health outcomes, it’s very important that we have access to the best quality research.

Erin Trish exemplifies exactly that type of activity. She produces some of the finest research, it’s carefully done, and summarized in ways that are digestible for important audiences.