Qian (Eric) Luo, PhD, MPSA
Assistant Research Professor, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Dr. Luo joined the Mullan Institute in 2017 and received his PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration (Health Policy) from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. His current work focuses on examining the relationship between workforce configuration and quality of care in community health centers (CHC), the productivity of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in CHCs, the geographic variation and relationship between opioid use disorders and availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers and the attrition of MAT providers over time, the imprint of high-cost and low-cost practice patterns on National Health Service Corps participants and alumni, and assessing the incident-to-billing for nurse practitioners using Medicare Public Use Files. Mr. Luo holds a Master of Public Service and Administration from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China.
Assistant Research Professor, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Dr. Luo joined the Mullan Institute in 2017 and received his PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration (Health Policy) from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. His current work focuses on examining the relationship between workforce configuration and quality of care in community health centers (CHC), the productivity of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in CHCs, the geographic variation and relationship between opioid use disorders and availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers and the attrition of MAT providers over time, the imprint of high-cost and low-cost practice patterns on National Health Service Corps participants and alumni, and assessing the incident-to-billing for nurse practitioners using Medicare Public Use Files. Mr. Luo holds a Master of Public Service and Administration from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China.