Alexander C. Adia

I am a fourth year doctoral student in Health Policy (Population and Data Science Track) at the University of California, Berkeley. I plan to graduate in Spring 2027 and will be on the 2026-2027 academic job market.

I consider how policy and market changes impact patient welfare, especially affordability and quality of care. My doctoral research centers two important topics of interest in healthcare services and policy:

1) Commercialization of healthcare provision and impact on patients, with a focus on hospital ownership by for profit status, system affiliation, and private equity ownership

2) Affordability of healthcare and cost burden for patients, with a focus on medical debt and impact of health policy

I also hold a specific interest in how policies impact inequities in health by income, insurance coverage, and race/ethnicity, built off my extensive pre-doctoral research experience on topics related to health equity as well as doctoral training as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar.

You can contact me at a dot adia at berkeley dot edu.