Dr. Shishir Shakya

I am an applied economist. My work combines health economics, institutional economics, and teaching and education: I study how rules and markets shape health care providers’ labor markets, licensing and scope of practice, and health outcomes, using causal inference and policy evaluation. I also work on substance use disorder and related policy (treatment access, certificate-of-need and supply-side regulation, and opioid and prescription-monitoring systems), and on generative AI and assessment design for learning at scale.

I am a research fellow of the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at West Virginia University and a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute. Through the National Institutes of Health I contribute to AIM-AHEAD Bridge2AI: I was a research fellow in the Clinical Care Training Program, and I am a mentor for the AI-READI and CLINAQ fellowship programs.

Beyond journal articles, I write policy briefs and evidence products for foundations, policy institutes, and state audiences. Methods, tools, and software are summarized on the Technical expertise page of the CV. I pursue external funding and help convene collaborators through grants and conferences. Research and commentary have appeared in outlets such as Modern Healthcare and the Deseret News, among others.