
Nicholas J. Chong, MPH
Student Research Specialist, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
PhD Candidate, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Nicholas Chong is a PhD candidate at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration working towards a degree in Health Policy. His current work focuses on the relationship between workforce training and productivity in the healthcare industry. His other research interests include evaluating how value-based payment incentive programs influence physician and hospital behavior, in addition to examining the role of electronic health record systems in the movement towards VBP schemes. Before joining the Mullan Institute, he worked as a researcher on a variety of projects, including cost-benefit analyses of pharmacogenetic testing, an economic evaluation of a proposed hospital regulatory change by the California Department of Public Health, and a policy evaluation of recent changes to the DC Medicaid coverage of chemotherapy drugs. Nicholas holds an MPH degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University with a certificate in Health Policy Analysis and a BSc. (Hon) from the University of Toronto in Global Health.
Student Research Specialist, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
PhD Candidate, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Nicholas Chong is a PhD candidate at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration working towards a degree in Health Policy. His current work focuses on the relationship between workforce training and productivity in the healthcare industry. His other research interests include evaluating how value-based payment incentive programs influence physician and hospital behavior, in addition to examining the role of electronic health record systems in the movement towards VBP schemes. Before joining the Mullan Institute, he worked as a researcher on a variety of projects, including cost-benefit analyses of pharmacogenetic testing, an economic evaluation of a proposed hospital regulatory change by the California Department of Public Health, and a policy evaluation of recent changes to the DC Medicaid coverage of chemotherapy drugs. Nicholas holds an MPH degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University with a certificate in Health Policy Analysis and a BSc. (Hon) from the University of Toronto in Global Health.