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Eric Apaydin

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Adjunct Policy Researcher
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Education

Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, admininstration, and analysis, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. in biology, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in physiology and neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

Overview

Eric Apaydin is an adjunct policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a postdoctoral fellow at the West Los Angeles VA. He is primarily interested in healthcare workforce research and systematic reviews. He conducts reviews with both the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center and the VA Evidence Synthesis Program.

Apaydin received his Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His dissertation consists of a mix of qualitative, quantitative, and systematic review work on physician satisfaction, job role, and income in the United States. He also earned an M.P.P. in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in biology and a B.S. in animal physiology and neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego. 

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

VA Advanced Fellow in Health Services Research and Development

Selected Publications

Apaydin E, Chen PG, and Friedberg MW, "Differences in Physician Income by Gender in a Multiregion Survey," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(9), 2018

Apaydin E, Maher AR, Raaen L, Motala A, Baxi S, Shanman R, and Hempel S, "The Use of Technology in the Clinical Care of Depression: An Evidence Map," Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 79(5), 2018

Apaydin E, Ruelaz A, Shanman AM, Booth M, Miles JNV, Sorbero ME, and Hempel S, "A Systematic Review of St. John's Wort for Major Depressive Disorder," Systematic Reviews, 5(1), 2016

Honors & Awards

  • Anne and James Rothenberg Dissertation Award, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Publications