Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa

University of Georgia

Health Policy & Management, Dean's Office, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

Associate Professor
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Director, Economic Evaluation Research Group
Director, Obesity and Weight Management Certificate

Curriculum Vitae

Health Policy & Management, Dean's Office, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,

Education

Ph.D. Applied Economics (2014), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

M.P.A. International Development (2011), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

M.S. Agricultural Economics (2007), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

B.S. Agricultural Economics (2005), Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Areas of Expertise

Research: childhood obesity, behavioral economics, policy evaluation

Teaching: obesity policy, health economics

Affiliations

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

American Society of Health Economists

Course Instruction

HPAM 7050 Obesity Policy

HPAM 8600 Health Economics

Research Interests

Dr. Thapa’s specialty is in policy oriented research primarily field and community based research, program planning and evaluation, and application of behavioral economics in addressing childhood obesity and food behavior.

Selected Publications

Please click here for up-to-date bibliography of publications – NIH NCBI