Dr. Robert Tyler Braun is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Health Policy and Economics in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. His current research focuses on the organization of the health care system with a particular interest in the evolution of changes in the organization and financing of physician practices and providers of end-of-life and long-term care.
Dr. Braun has extensive experience in leveraging large and complex claims databases to answer important questions related to health services research. He has published in prominent journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and Health Affairs. His work on the consolidation of physician practices and long-term care organizations received coverage from major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker, as well as substantial attention from policymakers, including the White House, Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee. Dr. Braun’s research has been supported by the National Institute on Aging and by Arnold Ventures.