Justin White
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Justin White, PhD

Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2774
juswhite@bu.edu
Talbot (T Bldg)
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Biography

Justin White, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. White is a health economist who conducts research to evaluate the effects of interventions and policies on behavioral risk factors for chronic disease and related health outcomes in underserved populations. Much of his recent work has focused on tobacco use and nutrition. In one stream of research, Dr. White applies quasi-experimental econometric techniques to evaluate the effects of social and economic policies on mitigating chronic disease risk. Recent and ongoing evaluation projects focus on: taxation of unhealthy products, cash and food assistance programs, and poverty alleviation programs. In a second stream, he designs and implements incentive-based interventions to change health behavior among low-income groups, evaluated through randomized trials and informed by insights from the field of behavioral economics. Recent and ongoing interventional studies focus on: smoking cessation and prevention, diet, and oral health.

Prior to coming to BU in 2023, Dr. White spent 8 years as a faculty member at the UCSF School of Medicine in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He maintains an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment at UCSF. He holds a PhD in health policy and a concurrent MA in economics from UC Berkeley and an MSPH in health policy from UNC Chapel Hill. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease prevention at Stanford University's Prevention Research Center.

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, PhD Field of Study: Health Policy
  • University of California, Berkeley, MA Field of Study: Economics
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MSPH Field of Study: Health Policy
  • Bucknell University, BA Field of Study: Chemistry

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPM833

Publications

  • Published on 12/27/2024

    White JS, Atherwood S, Apollonio DE. Effect of a minimum floor price law for tobacco products on tobacco sales in Oakland, California, USA: a synthetic difference-in-differences analysis. Tob Control. 2024 Dec 27. PMID: 39732502.

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  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Wang G, White JS, Hamad R. The end of court-ordered desegregation and US children's health: quasi-experimental evidence. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1530-1540. PMID: 38775300.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Foverskov E, White JS, Frøslev T, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT, Hamad R. Neighborhood Disadvantage and Birth Outcomes Among Refugees. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 01; 154(5). PMID: 39429017.

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  • Published on 10/30/2024

    White JS, Toussaert S, Raiff BR, Salem MK, Chiang AY, Crane D, Warrender E, Lyles CR, Abroms LC, Westmaas JL, Thrul J. Evaluating the Impact of a Game (Inner Dragon) on User Engagement Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Oct 30; 26:e57839. PMID: 39475840.

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  • Published on 10/1/2024

    White JS, Hamad R. Paid Family Leave and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Oct 01; 178(10):973-975. PMID: 39186292.

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  • Published on 9/17/2024

    Khadka A, Pacca L, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, White JS, Basu S, Jiang F, Vable AM. Impact of Vietnam-era G.I. Bill eligibility on later-life blood pressure distribution: evidence from the Vietnam draft lottery natural experiment. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 17. PMID: 39289172.

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  • Published on 7/30/2024

    Mitnick M, Goodwin S, Bubna M, White JS, Raiff BR. Acceptability of heart rate-based remote monitoring of smoking status. Addict Behav Rep. 2024 Dec; 20:100561. PMID: 39184034.

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  • Published on 7/30/2024

    Kim MH, Frøslev T, White JS, Glymour MM, Illango SD, Sørensen HT, Pedersen L, Hamad R. Kim et al. Respond to "Dispersal policies, neighborhood disadvantage, and refugee health in a Nordic context". Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jul 30. PMID: 39086093.

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  • Published on 7/5/2024

    Wang G, Hamad R, White JS. Advances in Difference-in-differences Methods for Policy Evaluation Research. Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 01; 35(5):628-637. PMID: 38968376.

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  • Published on 6/26/2024

    Kim MH, Frøslev T, White JS, Glymour MM, Illango SD, Sørensen HT, Pedersen L, Hamad R. Mediating pathways between neighborhood disadvantage and cardiovascular risk: Quasi-experimental evidence from a Danish refugee dispersal policy. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 26. PMID: 38932569.

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