Jim Burgdorf

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Assistant Policy Analyst
Off Site Office

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.A. in public policy, administration, and analysis, New College of Florida

Overview

Biography

Jim Burgdorf is a doctoral student at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an assistant policy analyst at RAND. His areas of interest include health care, health insurance, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis, substance use, and entrepreneurship. Previously, he served as a junior analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), where he was lead author of the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and a contributing author of the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). Burgdorf holds a B.A. in public policy analysis and economics from New College of Florida.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Cost, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis of an after-school substance use prevention program
  • Cost analysis of an open-air drug market intervention
  • Innovation in health care
  • Heterogeneity in the composition of marijuana seized in California
  • Cancer care for adolescents and young adults

Selected Publications

Beau Kilmer, James Burgdorf, Elizabeth D'Amico, Jeremy Miles, Joan Tucker, "A multi-site cost analysis of a school-based voluntary alcohol and drug prevention program," Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2011 (forthcoming)

Helen Nunberg, Beau Kilmer, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, James R. Burgdorf, "An analysis of applicants presenting to a medical marijuana specialty practice in California," Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, 4(1):1-16, 2011

James R. Burgdorf, Beau Kilmer, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, "Heterogeneity in the composition of marijuana seized in California," Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2011

Burgdorf SW, Clark CL, Burgdorf JR, Spector DH, "Mutation of glutamine to arginine at position 548 of IE2 86 in human cytomegalovirus leads to decreased expression of IE2 40, IE2 60, UL83, and UL84 and increased transcription of US8-9 and US29-32," Journal of Virology, 85(21), 2011

Susan M. Gates, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, James R. Burgdorf, Kanika Kapur, "Health savings accounts for small businesses and entrepreneurs: Shopping, take-up and implementation challenges," The Open Health Services and Policy Journal, 3:10-20, 2010

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Stijn Hoorens, Beau Kilmer, Peter H. Reuter, James R. Burgdorf, Priscillia Hunt, Issues in estimating the economic cost of drug abuse in consuming nations. Report 3, RAND Corporation (TR-709-EC), 2009

James R. Burgdorf, Health and Medical Research in Japan, RAND Corporation (DB-571-DH), 2008

Edward Kelley, Dwight McNeill, Ernest Moy, Daniel Stryer, James Burgdorf, Carolyn Clancy, "Balancing the Nation's health care scorecard: The First National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports," Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2005

Honors & Awards

  • RAND Impact Award