Bianca Frogner
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PhD, health economics, 2008, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Bianca Frogner | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) San Carlos, California, USA |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BS, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2001, University of California, Berkeley PhD, health economics, 2008, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Thesis | Long-run modeling of health care expenditure growth in industrialized countries (2008) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Washington Milken Institute School of Public Health |
Bianca Kiyoe Frogner (born 1979) is an American health economist. As an associate professor at the University of Washington (UW), she is the Director of the UW's Center for Health Workforce Studies and deputy director of the Primary Care Innovation Lab. Prior to joining UW, she was an assistant professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
Frogner was born in 1979[1] and raised in San Carlos, California.[2] She attended the University of California, Berkeley for her Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Cell Biology before enrolling at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for her PhD in health economics.[3] As a doctoral student, Frogner worked alongside Gerard Anderson to publish an annual series in journal Health Affairs using data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.[4] She also served as a consultant on health services delivery issues for the World Bank, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the South Africa National Education Health and Allied Workers Union.[5]