Biography
A leading expert in the field, Dylan H. Roby, PhD, chair and professor of health, society, and behavior at the University of California, Irvine Program in Public Health, has over 25 years of expertise in health policy research, reform, and capacity-building in settings from Capitol Hill to academia. He has dedicated his career to addressing disparities in health care outcomes and focuses his research primarily on the health policy impacts on underserved populations, namely those served by public hospitals, community health centers, and Medi-Cal.
Research Interests
Some of Dr. Roby's research interests are health reform, insurance markets, the Affordable Care Act passage and implementation, and more.
Current Projects/Studies
Outside of his role at UC Irvine, Roby co-founded and continues to conduct research at the UC Berkeley/UCLA California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM), an initiative dedicated to helping health policy stakeholders and Covered California understand how policy changes may affect different populations through modeling. Recently and most notably, his work at CalSim has been used to estimate the impact of state-based reforms to expand subsidies, reinstate the “individual mandate,” and expand eligibility for Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented young adults.
