Team directory: P
Team directory: P
A. David Paltiel, Professor of Public Health (Health Policy); Professor of Management; Co-Director, Public Health Modeling Concentration; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
The objective that guides Dr. Paltiel’s scholarly activities is to promote a reasoned approach to decision making and resource allocation in public health and medicine. Trained in the field of Operations Research, Dr. Paltiel designs and implements policy models and cost-effectiveness analyses. He has a special interest and expertise in HIV/AIDS and has published broadly on the cost-effectiveness of testing, prevention, treatment, and care, both in the United States and around the world.
Limor Peer, Associate Director for Research & Strategic Initiatives
Office Location: 24 Hillhouse Avenue
Phone: 203-432-0054
Email: limor.peer@yale.edu
Theophile Penigaud, External Postdoctoral Associate (Sciences Po, Paris)
Théophile Pénigaud is an external postdoctoral fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) at Yale University. Before joining Yale University in July 2023, Dr. Pénigaud earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France). His research focuses on democratic theory, with a particular interest in deliberative democracy, democratic innovations, political epistemology, and the political philosophy of AI.
Area of study: governance and democratic process
Danielle Petrafesa, Financial Assistant
Address: 24 Hillhouse Avenue
Phone: 203-432-9736
Email: danielle.petrafesa@yale.edu;
Benjamin Polak, William C Brainard Professor of Economics; Professor of Management
Professor Polak is an expert on decision theory, game theory, and economic history. His work explores economic agents whose goals are richer than those captured in traditional models. His work on game theory ranges from foundational theoretical work on common knowledge, to applied topics in corporate finance and law and economics. Most recently, he has made contributions to the theory of repeated games with asymmetric information. Other research interests include economic inequality and individuals’ responses to uncertainty.