ERIN AUDREY TAYLOR
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407
(310) 393-0411 x7956; Business Fax: (310) 393-4818
Erin_Taylor@rand.org
SUBJECT AREA EXPERTISE
Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage, health insurance, prescription drug coverage
EDUCATION
2013
Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Managerial Science, University of Pennsylvania
2005
M.S.P.H. in Health Policy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2003
B.A. (Honors) in Economics, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
EXPERIENCE
2013 – Present
Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
2009-2013
Research Assistant, with Prof. Patricia Danzon, University of Pennsylvania
2005-2008
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2004-2005
Research Assistant, with Prof. Felicia Mebane, UNC-Chapel Hill
Summers 2002-03
Staff Assistant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
GRANTS
2012-2013
The Effect of Specialty Tier Placement on Enrollment and Utilization in Medicare Part D,
AHRQ Dissertation Grant (R36) (Erin Taylor, PI; 100% effort)
2008-2010
National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grant
PUBLICATIONS
Mattke, S., Taylor, E.A., Hunter, L.E., & Mulcahy, A. The new neglected diseases? Policy interventions are
needed to encourage CNS drug development, RAND, PE-117, Dec. 2013.
Danzon, P.M. & Taylor, E. (2010) Drug pricing and value in oncology. The Oncologist, 15(Suppl. 1), 24-31.
PRESENTATIONS
Taylor, E., Pacula, R.L., & Powell, D. Did Medicare Part D contribute to the rise in opioid overdose deaths
in the U.S.? Paper presented at the American Society of Health Economists Conference, Los Angeles, CA:
June 2014.
Taylor, E. The effect of specialty tier placement on utilization and expenditures in Medicare Part D. Paper
presented at the American Society of Health Economists Conference, Minneapolis, MN: June 2012.
Taylor, E. & Danzon, P.M. Insurance coverage for specialty drugs: effects of benefit design. Paper
presented at the American Society of Health Economists Conference, Ithaca, NY: June 2010.
Taylor, E. & Kimberly, J.R. The implementation of electronic medical records: what we know and what we
need to know. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA: June
2010.
Taylor, E. & Mebane, F. Expectations versus perceptions: how should news media have reported on the
Medicare Drug Discounts Card Program in 2003-2004? Paper presented at the American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: September 2005.
SKILLS
Data analysis, claims data, Medicare Program analysis, Stata
Proficient in Spanish
TEACHING
Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, Economics of the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries (Patricia
Danzon), Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. (Undergraduate / MBA)
2009-2012
Invited Lecturer (2 lectures/semester), Health Care Management 101, University of
Pennsylvania. “Introduction to Medicare and Medicaid.” (Undergraduate)
Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant, Comparative Healthcare Systems (Patricia Danzon), Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania. Lecture, “Introduction to the Chilean Health Care System.”
(Undergraduate / MBA)
Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant, Economics and Financing of Health Care Delivery (Jonathan Kolstad),
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Undergraduate)
2003-2004
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the American Health Care System, School of Public
Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Online)