Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Effects of a proposed rural dental school on regional dental workforce and access to care

qualifications: PhD, JD

contribution: original concept

position: Asistant professor

United States

Tanya Wanchek is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine and in the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia. She received her B.A. in economics at the University of California, Davis, Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington in 2003, and J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006. She currently conducts economic and legal research projects related to mental health, oral health, advanced dementia treatment, and cleft lip and palate.