Health Systems and Population Health

Research Interests

Children and families, economic and social policy and law, violence, crime, health risk behaviors

Bio

Dr. Alice M. Ellyson, MS, PhD, is an Assistant Professor (Department of Pediatrics), Adjunct Assistant Professor (Health Systems and Population Health), Research Affiliate (Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology), and Director of the Policy Core (Center for Firearm Injury Prevention) at the University of Washington. She is also a Principal Investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

Dr. Ellyson’s research focuses on how policies, incentives, and infrastructure shape individual and family well-being, providing rigorous empirical evidence to inform policies and decisions. Her work has primarily focused on interpersonal violence, particularly intimate partner and sexual violence, as well as health risk behaviors like alcohol and firearm use. Her interdisciplinary research has been funded by various federal and non-profit organizations, and her work has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals including economics journals (e.g., Contemporary Economic Policy, Health Economics), health/medicine journals (e.g., the Journal of Rural Health, Preventive Medicine, JAMA Network Open), and violence-specific journals (e.g., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Injury Prevention).

Education

PhD Economics, Florida State University, 2016
MS Economics, Florida State University, 2013
BBA Economics, Mercer, 2010