Danny Hughes, PhD

Danny Hughes, PhD
Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow, Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute
Reston, Va.

A professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Economics, Danny Hughes, PhD, also directs Georgia Tech’s Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL). His previous appointments include assistant director of research for the American College of Radiology, and he served the U.S. Army as a nuclear, biological and chemical operations specialist.

An economist by training, Hughes has as his primary research focus the economics of diagnostic imaging. He also investigates the roles of technology, innovation and incentives in the delivery and utilization of healthcare services.