Dr. Hughes is a Professor in Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions. An economist by training, his research examines how technology, innovation, and incentives shape the delivery, utilization, and value of health care services. His work integrates economic theory, econometric analysis, and operations research methods to address high-impact policy and management questions in health care systems. He has a passion for developing rigorous, policy-relevant models, including optimization and simulation approaches as well as applied micro-econometric analyses using large administrative and clinical datasets. Dr. Hughes has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and his externally funded research has supported interdisciplinary collaborations spanning health economics, health services research, and health policy.
Dr. Hughes’ previous experience includes serving on the faculties of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Economics, where he served as Director of the Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL); the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s Department of Health Administration and Policy; and the University of South Alabama’s Department of Economics and Finance. He has also held non-academic positions as Executive Director of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Assistant Director of Research for the American College of Radiology, a Research Fellow at the Logistics Management Institute, and as a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Operations Specialist in the United States Army. Dr. Hughes earned a B.S. in Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD in Economics from the University of Georgia.