Dr. Justin Trogdon (AKA Trog) is a tenured Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Baylor University with a BS in Economics.  He went on to earn his Master’s Degree and PhD from Duke University.

As a health economist, his current research focuses on answering policy-relevant questions in three areas: the economic burden of cancer, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health related government policies, and development of methods to identify effects of government policies.

Prior to his faculty appointment, Dr. Trogdon was a Senior Research Health Economist in the Public Health Economics Program at Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) and a visiting instructor at Duke University.

Dr. Trogdon’s economic research has been published globally and cited over 44,500 times.  His work has been referenced globally including a  United States Supreme Court decision, BBC, and ESPN.