Assistant Professor
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Dr. Ellyson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW). She is also a faculty investigator in the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program (FIPRP) at UW, and a faculty investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute.
As a PhD trained economist, Dr. Ellyson's research focuses on how policies, incentives, and infrastructure shape individual health and well-being. She primarily investigates interpersonal violence, especially gender-based violence, and health risk behaviors like alcohol and firearm use among youth and young adults. Her research lies at the intersection of health, incentives and decision-making, the law, and economic, social, and public policies. The goal of her research program is to limit the negative consequences of health risk behaviors and reduce violence by providing rigorous empirical research to inform both policy and practice.
Dr. Ellyson's 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). Dr. Ellyson completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics Institute at the University of Washington which facilitated her professional transition to an interdisciplinary career in health and economic policy. She received her MS and PhD in economics from the Department of Economics in the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL where she was trained in applied microeconomics, econometrics, health economics, and law and public policy. As a PhD student, she was awarded the Irvin & Peggy Sobel Award, for outstanding achievement among students entering PhD candidacy, and she was selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences along with approximately 20 other students among all economics PhD students in the nation. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she attended Mercer University and graduated summa cum laude with a BBA in economics.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Dr. Ellyson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW). She is also a faculty investigator in the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program (FIPRP) at UW, and a faculty investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute.
As a PhD trained economist, Dr. Ellyson's research focuses on how policies, incentives, and infrastructure shape individual health and well-being. She primarily investigates interpersonal violence, especially gender-based violence, and health risk behaviors like alcohol and firearm use among youth and young adults. Her research lies at the intersection of health, incentives and decision-making, the law, and economic, social, and public policies. The goal of her research program is to limit the negative consequences of health risk behaviors and reduce violence by providing rigorous empirical research to inform both policy and practice.
Dr. Ellyson's 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). Dr. Ellyson completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics Institute at the University of Washington which facilitated her professional transition to an interdisciplinary career in health and economic policy. She received her MS and PhD in economics from the Department of Economics in the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL where she was trained in applied microeconomics, econometrics, health economics, and law and public policy. As a PhD student, she was awarded the Irvin & Peggy Sobel Award, for outstanding achievement among students entering PhD candidacy, and she was selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economic Sciences along with approximately 20 other students among all economics PhD students in the nation. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she attended Mercer University and graduated summa cum laude with a BBA in economics.
