Dr. Kao-Ping Chua is a primary care pediatrician and health policy researcher in the Department of Pediatrics and the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan Medical School. After completing his pediatrics residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center, he obtained a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University with a concentration in evaluative sciences and statistics. Dr. Chua’s research focuses on the opioid epidemic, out-of-pocket spending, and low-value care. He is the recipient of the 2017 Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Award and the Nemours Child Health Services Research Award. His studies have been published in high-impact journals such as NEJM, JAMA, and BMJ, and have been covered by national media outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, and NPR.