Ryan K. McBain

Ryan K. McBain is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. He has particular interest in the design and evaluation of health policies and programs meant to reach vulnerable populations—including those coping with mental health conditions, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and poverty. To achieve this, McBain has utilized a wide range of methodologies, including econometric approaches to quasi-experimental analysis, cost-effectiveness, and decision analysis using Markovian and Monte Carlo methods, as well as person-centered and qualitative research methods. McBain's domestic work has focused on evaluating policies and programs intended to expand access and quality of care to vulnerable populations, such as those with opioid dependence in rural settings and homeless individuals who are HIV-positive. Internationally, McBain has worked at the World Bank, World Health Organization, Harvard University and Partners In Health, where he has focused on evaluating mental health, HIV, and primary care service delivery systems, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. McBain holds a Ph.D. and M.P.H. in global health with concentrations in health economics and health policy analysis from Harvard University, as well as a B.A. in psychology from Gordon College and Oxford University in the United Kingdom.