Kurt Sweat, M.A., Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School School of Public Health Department Public Health Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Kurt Sweat comes to UT Southwestern after finishing his postdoctoral fellowship joint between Carey Business School and the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to that he completed his PhD in Economics at Stanford University. His fields of research are market design, health economics, structural econometrics, and industrial organization. His research employs econometric models grounded in economic theory to study market design in healthcare settings. His recent research has focused on the design of the heart transplant waitlist in the United States. Education Graduate School Stanford University (2020) Graduate School Stanford University (2024) Research Interest health economics industrial organization market design structural econometrics Publications Featured Publications Contemporary Pediatric Heart Transplant Waitlist Mortality. Power A, Sweat KR, Roth A, Dykes JC, Kaufman B, Ma M, Chen S, Hollander SA, Profita E, Rosenthal DN, Barkoff L, Chen CY, Davies RR, Almond CS, J Am Coll Cardiol 2024 Aug 84 7 620-632 Results 1-1 of 1 1 Honors & Awards Leonard W. Ely and Shirley R. Ely Graduate Student Fellowship (2023-2024) Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (ECON 271) (2022-2023)
