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Eric Finkelstein, PhD, is a health economist in RTI’s Public Health Economics Program. Prior to joining RTI, he was an Agency for Health Care Policy and Research fellow and research scientist with the University of Washington’s Department of Family Medicine. At RTI, Dr. Finkelstein focuses on the economic causes and consequences of health behaviors, with a primary emphasis on behaviors related to obesity. He has published several peer-reviewed papers on this subject. One paper, "National Medical Expenditures Attributable to Overweight and Obesity," appeared in Health Affairs and garnered national media attention. A follow-on paper, published in Obesity Research, quantifies the costs of obesity at the state level. Currently, Dr. Finkelstein is co-principal investigator and associate director for the RTI/UNC Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics. He leads several projects concerning the causes and consequences of obesity and evaluates several obesity prevention programs for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies. | 