Opportunity for Health

Atheendar Venkataramani

Atheendar Venkataramani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and a staff physician at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Venkataramani is a health economist who studies the social and economic forces that impact health and socioeconomic inequality across the life-course. His research combines insights from economics, public health, and clinical medicine, spans both domestic and international settings. Dr. Venkataramani’s work has been published in leading academic journals and has covered widely in media outlets. More importantly, it has been cited by government agencies such as the White House, Department of Labor, and Department of Homeland Security; formed the basis of bills in Pennsylania Legislature and U.S. House and Senate; and referenced in multiple Supreme Court cases.

Dr. Venkataramani completed his MD at Washington University, his PhD in Health Policy (Economics) and Yale University, and his BS in Biology and Economics at Duke University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine–Global Primary Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Articles

Opportunity, Hope, and Health
Podcasts & Audio · Health & Veritas with Howard P. Forman Harlan M. Krumholz
Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Power
Research Article · Journal of the European Economic Association
Women's Fertility and Labor Market Responses to a Health Innovation
Research Article · Journal of the European Economic Association
Building Black Wealth — The Role of Health Systems in Closing the Gap
Research Article · New England Journal of Medicine
Economic Opportunity, Public Policy, and Population Health
Video · Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital Global Health Grand Rounds
The Ties Between Structural Racism, Voting Rights, and Health Equity
Video · Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Economic Opportunity, Drug Overdose Mortality, and Disability
Research Article · Center for Financial Security, University of Wisconsin, Working Paper
Economic Opportunity, Drug Overdose Mortality, and Disability
Research Article · Center for Financial Security, University of Wisconsin, Working Paper
Parsing the History and Health Effects of Structural Racism
Video · Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
US elections: treating the acute-on-chronic decompensation
Research Article · The Lancet Public Health
Housing, housing policy, and deaths of despair
Research Article · Health Services Research
Dreams Deferred — The Public Health Consequences of Rescinding DACA
Research Article · The New England Journal of Medicine
Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States
Research Article · American Public Health Association