received his PhD in political science from Harvard University in 2005. He currently is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington (on leave). His research interests in health politics and policy include the role of career trajectories and backgrounds in shaping the organization of health bureaucracies and their policies, the allocation of responsibility and funds for health services across national, state, and local governments, and the organization of health care interest groups, focusing in each case on the American and comparative political contexts. His other scholarly pursuits include comparative political economy and quantitative methodology.