Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2024 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
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2024 - Present
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
Socioeconomic status and access to mental health care: The case of psychiatric medications for children in Ontario Canada.
Journal Article Journal of health economics · January 2024 We examine differences in the prescribing of psychiatric medications to lower-income and higher-income children in the Canadian province of Ontario using rich administrative data that includes diagnosis codes and physician identifiers. Our most striking fi ... Full text Open Access CitePrimary care providers’ influence on opioid use and its adverse consequences
Journal Article Journal of Public Economics · January 1, 2023 Primary care is the most frequently utilized health service and is the source of nearly half of all opioids prescribed in the United States. This paper studies the impact of exposure to high prescribing primary care providers (PCP) on opioid use, opioid us ... Full text Open Access CiteMental health treatment and the role of tele-mental health at the veterans health administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal Article Psychological services · May 2022 To quantify overall trends in patients treated for mental health disorders and adverse events, including via tele-mental health (TMH) and psychopharmacology during pandemic-related health care transformation. Longitudinal observational study including vete ... Full text Open Access CiteRecent Grants
VA IPA for Jonathan Zhang
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VA Palo Alto Health Care System · 2024 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
2020
Ph.D.
University of British Columbia (Canada) ·
2014
B.S.