Degrees: PHD, 2004, SUNY Univ Cntr Stony Brook; MS, 1983, Univ Florida; BA, 1978, Cornell Univ

Bio:

Specialization: Health Economics, Welfare Economics, Applied Econometrics.

Rachel Kreier returned to graduate school in 1999 after several decades working for a health rights organization, a public employees union, and as an editor and journalist specializing in the health care industry. She joined the Hofstra faculty in 2004. She is a health economist with a particular interest in disparities in health outcomes and health care utilization across economic and demographic groups. She lives in Port Jefferson with her husband Steve and their two teenaged sons, Simon and Michael.