Catherine E Ishitani

Catherine Ishitani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Ishitani studies market failures among healthcare producers and providers and the role of policy in addressing them. Her work explores how procurement design and information disclosure shape quality and spending in pharmaceutical and insurance markets. Her research on healthcare providers studies the impact of competition among hospitals, physicians, and insurers. Dr. Ishitani received her Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was a postdoctoral associate at the Yale University Tobin Center for Economic Policy.