Skip to main content

Jianhui (Frank)
Xu
,
PhD

Assistant Scientist

Contact Info

Hampton House/513A
Baltimore
Maryland
US        

Research Interests

Health insurance; Medicare Advantage; Medicare Part D; provider networks; health care pricing

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
University of Southern California
2021
MPP
University of Southern California
2015
BA
Peking University
2013
Overview

Frank Xu, PhD is a health economist and Assistant Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His current work focuses on health outcomes in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, hospital pricing across carriers and market segments, and preferred pharmacy networks in Medicare Part D.



He received his PhD in Public Policy and Management, with a concentration in Health Economics, and Master of Public Policy from University of Southern California. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in both International Political Economy and Economics from Peking University.

Honors & Awards

Oakley Endowed Fellowship, USC Graduate School (2020)

Price/Graduate School Fellowship, USC Price School of Public Policy (2016-2020)

Student Academic Exhibition Award, USC Price School of Public Policy (2014)

Dean’s Merit Scholarship, USC Price School of Public Policy (2013-2015)