Salpy Kanimian, Ph.D., is an applied microeconomist and Faculty Fellow in the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Her research combines quasi-experimental methods and structural modeling to study the design and regulation of health insurance markets and other markets, such as workers’ compensation, that combine public oversight with private provision. Her work examines how market structure, insurance design, and government policies affect health care access, affordability, spending, and provider and insurer behavior. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Health Affairs, JAMA, and INQUIRY, and has been featured in mainstream national media outlets such as Forbes, TIME, and The Hill. Salpy received a Ph.D. in Economics from Rice University in 2026, a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Economics from the American University of Beirut in 2019.
