John A. Graves, PhD

Research Interests: Health Care Reform, Medicaid Expansion, Personalized Medicine

John A. Graves, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he holds appointments in the Department of Preventive Medicine and the Department of Medicine. He is also an affiliate of the Institute of Medicine and Public Health and the Center for Health Services Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Graves' research spans the intersection of health policy, health economics, statistics, and health services research.  His primary research focus is on developing, implementing, and evaluating health care reforms at the state and federal levels. In addition, his current research portfolio also includes projects on insurance dynamics, microsimulation methods for state and federal budgeting, and estimating the returns to medical spending in the United States.

Education

PhD, Harvard University 
B.A., Sewanee, University of the South