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Paul G. Farnham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics and Health Administration
Email: ecopgf@langate.gsu.edu
Room: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies building
Phone: 404-413-0156
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Biography
As an experienced, senior health economist, Dr. Farnham has been involved in many research projects which examine a diversity of economic and public policy issues stemming from the impact of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Farnham has served as an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University and Visiting Senior Health Economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His numerous research projects and publications on economics, public health policy, HIV/AIDS, and the impact on business include a study of the costs and effectiveness of interventions to prevent perinatal transmission of HIV; a study of the cost-effectiveness of rapid screening tests for HIV prevention; a study of the costs to business for an HIV-infected worker; and a study of the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behavior of the business community relative to HIV/AIDS. Dr. Farnham has published in the American Economic Review, Inquiry, New England Journal of Medicine, Pharmacoeconomics, Public Finance Review, Social Science Quarterly, Southern Economic Journal, Public Health Reports, and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. In addition to other publications published in edited works and presentations, Dr. Farnham coauthored the second edition of a textbook of collected cases in public policy analysis.
He teaches a variety of economics courses including Health Economics, Disease Prevention and Control, and Economics of the Public Sector. Dr. Farnham is a member of several professional associations including the American Economic Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Association for Health Services Research. Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- B.A., Economics, Union College, Schnectady, New York
Specializations
- Cost-benefit analysis of healthcare prevention strategies
- Economic analysis of the AIDS epidemic
- Impact of healthcare reforms and policies on business
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