Justin S. White, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

PhD, University of California, Berkeley
MA, University of California, Berkeley
MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, Bucknell University

Pronouns: he/him/his



Justin White, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. White is a health economist who conducts research to evaluate the effects of interventions and policies on behavioral risk factors for chronic disease and related health outcomes in underserved populations. Much of his recent work has focused on tobacco use and nutrition. In one stream of research, Dr. White applies quasi-experimental econometric techniques to evaluate the effects of social and economic policies on mitigating chronic disease risk. Recent and ongoing evaluation projects focus on: taxation of unhealthy products, cash and food assistance programs, and poverty alleviation programs. In a second stream, he designs and implements incentive-based interventions to change health behavior among low-income groups, evaluated through randomized trials and informed by insights from the field of behavioral economics. Recent and ongoing interventional studies focus on: smoking cessation and prevention, diet, and oral health.

Prior to coming to BU in 2023, Dr. White spent 8 years as a faculty member at the UCSF School of Medicine in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He maintains an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment at UCSF. He holds a PhD in health policy and a concurrent MA in economics from UC Berkeley and an MSPH in health policy from UNC Chapel Hill. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease prevention at Stanford University's Prevention Research Center.


Impact of a Healthy Checkout Policy on Healthfulness of Grocery Environments and Sales
07/01/2023 - 01/31/2027 (Subcontract PI)
University of California, Davis NIH NIDDK
1R01DK135099-01A1

Using a Natural Experiment to Evaluate the Long-Term Effects of Neighborhood Deprivation on Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Risk Factors
10/01/2023 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College dba Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health NIH NIA
7R01AG063385-06

Advancing health equity by alleviating poverty: A multi-level, evidence-based pilot trial to increase take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit
07/01/2023 - 09/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
The Regents of the University of California (University of California, Berkeley) Blue Shield of Cali


Leveraging a Natural Experiment to Estimate the Effects of School Racial Segregation on Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Youth and Young Adults
08/23/2023 - 07/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NHLBI
7R01HL151638-04

Economic Impact Analysis: Restricting the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products and Tobacco Endgame Policies
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024 (Subcontract PI)
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco California DPH




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  1. Wang G, White JS, Hamad R. The end of court-ordered desegregation and US children's health: quasi-experimental evidence. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1530-1540. PMID: 38775300; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae082;
     
  2. Foverskov E, White JS, Frøslev T, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT, Hamad R. Neighborhood Disadvantage and Birth Outcomes Among Refugees. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 01; 154(5).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39429017; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-065750;
     
  3. White JS, Toussaert S, Raiff BR, Salem MK, Chiang AY, Crane D, Warrender E, Lyles CR, Abroms LC, Westmaas JL, Thrul J. Evaluating the Impact of a Game (Inner Dragon) on User Engagement Within a Leading Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Oct 30; 26:e57839. PMID: 39475840; DOI: 10.2196/57839;
     
  4. Khadka A, Pacca L, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, White JS, Basu S, Jiang F, Vable AM. Impact of Vietnam-era G.I. Bill eligibility on later-life blood pressure distribution: evidence from the Vietnam draft lottery natural experiment. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 17.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39289172; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae357;
     
  5. White JS, Hamad R. Paid Family Leave and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Aug 26. PMID: 39186292; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3181;
     
  6. Mitnick M, Goodwin S, Bubna M, White JS, Raiff BR. Acceptability of heart rate-based remote monitoring of smoking status. Addict Behav Rep. 2024 Dec; 20:100561. PMID: 39184034; PMCID: PMC11342743; DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100561;
     
  7. Kim MH, Frøslev T, White JS, Glymour MM, Illango SD, Sørensen HT, Pedersen L, Hamad R. Kim et al. Respond to "Dispersal policies, neighborhood disadvantage, and refugee health in a Nordic context". Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jul 30.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39086093
     
  8. Wang G, Hamad R, White JS. Advances in Difference-in-differences Methods for Policy Evaluation Research. Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 01; 35(5):628-637. PMID: 38968376; PMCID: PMC11305929; DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001755;
     
  9. Kim MH, Frøslev T, White JS, Glymour MM, Illango SD, Sørensen HT, Pedersen L, Hamad R. Mediating pathways between neighborhood disadvantage and cardiovascular risk: Quasi-experimental evidence from a Danish refugee dispersal policy. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 26.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38932569; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae158;
     
  10. Schwartz GL, Wang G, Kim MH, Glymour MM, White JS, Collin D, Hamad R. Individual and regional differences in the effects of school racial segregation on Black students' health. SSM Popul Health. 2024 Jun; 26:101681.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38840850; PMCID: PMC11152755; DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101681;
     
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Bar chart showing 86 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 17 publications in 2020

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2018 UCSF: Hellman Fellowship for outstanding junior faculty
2015 American Heart Association: Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013-2015 Stanford University: NIH/NHLBI Postdoctoral Training Fellowship
2012 UC Berkeley: Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
2011 Center for Global Public Health, UC Berkeley: Fellowship
2010 SRNT: Tobacco-Related Disparities Scholarship
2009-2012 UC Berkeley: NIH/NIA Predoctoral Training Fellowship
2007-2009 UC Berkeley: Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study
2007-2009 UNC Chapel Hill: Jean G. Yates Health Policy Award
2005-2006 UNC Chapel Hill: Graduate School Merit Assistantship
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