Eric R. Wright, PhD

Professor of Health Policy and Management
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, Center for Health Policy
714 N. Senate Avenue, EF 201
Indianapolis, IN
USA 46202

Biographical Sketch: Eric R. Wright is Director of the Center for Health Policy and Professor and Division Director for Health Policy and Management, Department of Public Health, IU School of Medicine. He holds a BA in sociology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and an MA and PhD in sociology from Indiana University Bloomington. As a medical sociologist, his research interests center on health policy, social responses to health problems, and the social organization and effectiveness of health services and public health programs. He is or has been the Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on several major funded research and evaluation projects and has published numerous policy briefs, technical reports, and peer-reviewed scientific papers which have appeared in sociology and interdisciplinary health and health policy journals.

Papers:
4183.0 How does availability of prescription opioids affect pain reliever abuse at the county level? an ecological study in Indiana