Facultad
Adjunct Professor - Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Healthcare Management
Miami
Correo electrónico: beftekhari@albizu.edu
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Adjunct Faculty– Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Healthcare Management
Miami Campus
As an Adjunct Faculty member with diverse teaching experience, Dr. Eftekhari has instructed graduate and undergraduate courses at Albizu University, Howard University, and Morgan State University. Proficient in various formats, including in-person, online, and hybrid classes, she specializes in Managerial Economics, Healthcare Project Leadership, and Principles of Economics.
Biografía
Dr. Eftekhari is a versatile economist with a Ph.D. in Economics from Howard University, specializing in Health Economics, Public Policy, and Urban Economics. With over a decade of experience, she actively contributed to numerous funded research projects during both her Ph.D. and master's studies. As the primary contributor, she excelled in data collection, aggregation, cleaning, and analysis, showcasing expertise in statistical and econometric techniques. Her professional journey includes roles as an economic consultant and data analyst in reputable public sectors and consulting firms.
Her noteworthy job market paper explored the impact of Medicaid expansion on the health wellbeing of Social Security beneficiaries. Dr. Eftekhari successfully secured grants from the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and the Center for Financial Security (CFS) at the University of Wisconsin Madison for this research.
Furthermore, her research extended to studying the effects of payday loans on the financial wellbeing of social security beneficiaries and the health conditions of their borrowers.
Investigación / Intereses de investigación
Dr. Eftekhari’s research interests are in (i) Health Economics (ii) Public Policy, and (iii) Urban Economics.
Académicos, Educación, Certificaciones
Dr. Bahar Eftekhari holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Howard University in Washington D.C. Additionally, she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees with a focus on Environmental Economics.
Publicaciones Recientes
Eftekhari, B. (2023). “The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on the Health Well-being of Social
Security Beneficiaries”. Job Market Paper
Kurban, H., Browne, N., and Eftekhari, B. (2019). “The impacts of payday loan use on the
financial wellbeing of the OASDI and SSI beneficiaries”. 21st Annual SSA Research Consortium
Meeting.
Eftekhari, B. and Peykani, G.R. (2013). “The Study of the Effect of Water Resource Limitation
on the Cropping Pattern in Razavi Khorasan Province”. International Journal of Agricultural
Management and Development 3:227-236.
