| Eric Andrew Finkelstein | |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1970 |
| Fields: | Health economics |
| Workplaces: | Duke-NUS Medical School |
| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan, University of Washington |
| Thesis Title: | Antitrust issues in hospital markets |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41307287 |
| Thesis Year: | 1998 |
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Eric Andrew Finkelstein is an American health economist. He is a Professor in the Health Services & Systems Research Program at Duke-NUS Medical School, where he is also the executive director of the Lien Centre for Palliative Care.[1] He is also a research professor at Duke University's Global Health Institute.[2]
Finkelstein received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1991 and his M.A., Ph.D., and M.H.A. from the University of Washington in 1996, 1998, and 1999, respectively.[3]
In 1999, Finkelstein joined RTI International as a senior health economist, and became the director of the Public Health Economics Program there in 2006.[3] He served as an associate professor at Duke-NUS from 2009 until he was appointed a full professor there in 2013.[3]
Finkelstein is known for his studies examining the economic costs of obesity.[4] [5] One study led by Finkelstein estimated that 42% of Americans would have obesity by 2030.[6] [7]
Finkelstein is the author of two books: "Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States" (2006) and "The Fattening of America" (2008).[3] [8]