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Vivek Nandur
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
About
Dr. Vivek Nandur is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business investigating the intersection of marketing, economics, and healthcare. His research explores many settings with a fundamental premise – patients lack perfect information to make informed decisions about their health, and firms can exploit this, creating perverse incentives. This dilemma arises in the in the modern US healthcare system, creating the largest market failure in our economy. His research focuses on nutrition, mental health and substance abuse disorders.
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Using econometric models and large-scale datasets, Dr. Nandur analyzes how market power, policy decisions, and economic incentives interact with these inherent market failures to impact the accessibility and affordability of care.
His work aims to understand and address the structural dynamics that make healthcare the largest broken market in the US, ultimately informing policies that can help overcome these challenges and promote more equitable access to care for marginalized populations.
Education
2024 - Present
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Postdoctoral Researcher
2016 - 2023
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Mangement
PhD in Quantitative Marketing
2014 - 2016
University of South Florida, Muma College of Business
MS in Information Systems
2008 - 2012
University of Florida
BA in Economics, Minor in Mathematics
Experience
2024 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Chicago
2023 - Present
Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist, Lumiya Inc.
2023
Senior Data Scientist, Edge
2016 - 2022
Quantitative Researcher, Rotman School of Business
Research
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The General Equilibrium Effects of Telehealth (with Jason Gibbons, Neda Laiteerapong, and Jacob Kannarkat)
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Improving Measurement In Mental Health (with Robert Gibbons)
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Valuing Mental Health Care in Pregnancy (with Catherine Monk)
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Has Mass Commercialization Made Alcohol More Toxic?
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Can Government Policies Alleviate Smog from Stubble Burning? (with Shreshti Dawat)
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WORKING PAPERS
Testing Different Models of Obesity (with Leonard Epstein)
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The Complexity of Monetary Incentives: Evidence from the Vaccine Uptake for Covid-19 (Doctoral Thesis)
Media Production and the Attention Economy (Doctoral Thesis)
PUBLICATIONS
Vaccine Hesitancy and Monetary Incentives - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, (Previously Palgrave Communications) with Ganesh Iyer and David Soberman, 2022 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01074-y
Awards
Interests
OUT OF OFFICE
AMA-Sheth Foundation
Selected as one of the top marketing doctoral students globally for the prestigious AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, recognizing exceptional research potential and innovative thinking in the field.
Analogue Music
Tennis
Wild Fermentation