Dylan Roby, PhD

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA
USA 90024

Biographical Sketch: Dylan H. Roby, PhD Research Scientist, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Assistant Professor of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health Associate Director of the MPH Program in Health Policy and Management Dr. Roby is a researcher and professor in the UCLA School of Public Health who focuses on access to care, disparities, and health care reform. Currently, he is working on a study predicting the impact of health reform on California's population with the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. He is also working on several projects evaluating state programs, including a long-term evaluation of a chronic care disease management program for Medi-Cal and an evaluation of the Health Care Coverage Initiatives and the new 1115 Waiver's Low-Income Health Program. He also conducts data analyses and policy research related to hospital financing, health insurance affordability, workers' compensation, managed care and provision of care to the uninsured. In addition to his research, Roby teaches several courses on the health care system, quality of care and health information technology, and the politics of health policy for the UCLA Department of Health Services and UCLA Extension. Before his current position at the Center, Roby worked for four years as a senior research associate at The George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy. He worked on safety net issues, including data analysis and research on community health centers and public hospitals. During his time in Washington, DC, he also worked for the National Association of Community Health Centers, the National Governors' Association's Center for Best Practices, and the Progressive Policy Institute. Roby was also an instructor at The George Washington University Department of Health Policy. Prior to that, he was a research assistant at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Roby graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in geography and a minor in public policy. He earned his doctoral degree in public policy from The George Washington University.

Papers:
3354.0 Demographics of hard to reach populations in California and outreach strategies 3454.1 Health care use among limited english proficiency enrollees with chronic conditions: Findings from California's low income health program 4236.0 Using microsimulation model to predict language barriers and access to health care under the affordable care act 4236.0 Racial and ethnic disparities in coverage after the affordable care act