Coleman Drake

PhD
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Drake is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as an affiliate faculty member at the Medicaid Research Center and the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing (CP3). Dr. Drake earned his PhD in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration with a focus in health economics from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. He also was a health economics fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago during his final year of doctoral studies. His research has been funded by the NIH (NIDA, AHRQ), the National Institute of Health Care Management, the Arnold Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Dr. Drake’s research focuses on access to care for vulnerable populations. His two current areas of interest are ongoing policy changes to the Health Insurance Marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, and policies affecting substance use, particular opioid use disorder and cannabis use. His research has been published in leading journals such as The Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, The Annals of Internal Medicine, and JAMA - Internal Medicine.

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Education

2018 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN | PhD, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration (Focus: Health Economics)
2010 | Capital University, Columbus, OH | BA Economics, Public Administration

Teaching

HPM 2028 | Microeconomics Applied to Health
HPM 3125 | Intermediate Health Economics

Selected Publications