Nancy Nicosia
20 Park Plaza Suite 920 Boston MA 02116
nicosia@rand.org
W: (617) 338-2059 x8627
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, 2002, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
B.A., Economics, 1992, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-Present
Senior Economist
RAND, Boston MA
2007-2011
Economist
RAND, Santa Monica CA and Boston MA
2002-2007
Associate Economist
RAND, Santa Monica CA
1998-2002
Graduate Student Researcher
Survey Research Center, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA
1995-2001
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Economics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley CA
1992-1995
Research Assistant
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington DC
SELECTED PAPERS, MONOGRAPHS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Nicosia, Nancy, John MacDonald, and Jeremy Arkes. “Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment
and Prison for Minority Men”. American Journal of Public Health (Forthcoming)
Datar, Ashlesha, Nancy Nicosia and Victoria Shier. “Parent Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety and Children’s
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Obesity: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study”. American
Journal of Epidemiology (Forthcoming)
Datar, Ashlesha and Nancy Nicosia. “Outsourcing Meals: Effects of Maternal Work on Children’s School Meal
Participation”. Social Service Review (Forthcoming)
Caulkins, Jonathan, Nancy Nicosia and Rosalie Pacula. “Economic Analysis and Policy Studies: Special Challenges
in the Prevention Sciences” in Advances in Prevention: Defining Prevention Science, edited by: Zili Sloboda.
Invited Book Chapter (Forthcoming)
Kilmer, Beau, Nancy Nicosia, Paul Heaton and Gregory Midgette. “Efficacy of Frequent Monitoring with Swift,
Certain, and Modest Sanctions for Violations: Insights from South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Project”. American
Journal of Public Health (Published online ahead of print, 2012)
Datar, Ashlesha and Nancy Nicosia. “Junk Food in Schools and Childhood Obesity”. Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management v. 31 no. 2 (2012)
Nicosia, Nancy. Barbara Wynn and John Romley. Assessing the performance of military treatment facilities. RAND
MG-803 (2011)
Caulkins, Jonathan and Nancy Nicosia. What Economics Can Do for the Addiction Sciences. Addiction, v. 105 no. 7
(2010)
Graser, John C., Daniel Blum, Kevin Brancato, James J. Burks, Edward W. Chan, Nancy Nicosia, Michael J.
Neumann, Hans V. Ritschard, and Benjamin F. Mundell The Economics of Air Force Medical Service Readiness,
RAND TR-859 (2010)
Dobkin, Carlos and Nancy Nicosia. The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime. American
Economic Review v. 99 no. 1 (2009)
Nicosia, Nancy, Elaine Reardon, Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn, and Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin The Medicare Hospice
Payment System: A Consideration of Potential Refinements. Health Care Financing Review v. 30 no. 4 (2009)
Nicosia, Nancy, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, and James Chiesa. The Economic Cost of
Methamphetamine in the U.S. - 2005. RAND MG-829 (2009)
Davis, Lois M., Nancy Nicosia, Adrian Overton, Lisa Miyashiro, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Terry Fain, Susan Turner,
Paul Steinberg, and Eugene Williams, III. Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in
California Phase I Report, RAND TR-687 (2009)
Shugarman, Lisa, Nancy Nicosia and Cynthia Schuster. Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Care
Providers. RAND WR-476 (2007)
Reardon, Elaine, Nancy Nicosia, Nancy Y. Moore. The Utilization of Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal
Contracting. RAND TR-442 (2007)
Shugarman, Lisa R. Elisa Eiseman, Arvind K. Jain, Nancy Nicosia, Stefanie Stern, Jeffrey Wasserman. Enhancing
Public Health Preparedness: Exercises, Exemplary Practices, and Lessons Learned: Assessing the Adequacy of
Extant Exercises for Addressing Local and State Readiness for Public Health Emergencies. RAND TR-249 (2005)
SELECTED FUNDING AWARDS (Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator)
National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (2012-2014)
National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (2011-2016)
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (2011-2014)
National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (2010-2012)
Centers for Disease Control (2009-2013)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2008-2010)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2006-2009)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (2005-2008)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Core Member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty (2012-2013)
NIH Study Section Committees - Ad Hoc Service
National Cancer Institute (2012)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (2012)
Health Services Organization and Delivery (2011)
Community Influences on Health Behaviors (2009, 2010)
Journal Reviewer
American Economic Review, Health Affairs, Addiction, Economic Inquiry, Forum for Health Economics and
Policy
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (2011, 2009, 2006)
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (2011, 2010, 2009)
American Society of Health Economists (2010)
American Psychological Association (2010)
Addiction Health Services Research (2009)
Western Economic Association (2009, 2006)
RWJF Substance Abuse Prevention Research Program (2007)
International Health Economics Association (2007)
Academy Health (2006)
Society of Labor Economics (2005)
OTHER FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
University of California Transportation Center Fellowship
Peggy Howard Fellowship for Graduate Study in Economics
Phi Beta Kappa