Dylan Roby, Ph.D.

Biographical Information

Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of health services in the UCLA School of Public Health and a research scientist with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Dr. Roby earned his Ph.D. in public policy from The George Washington University in 2006, and his B.A. in geography with a minor in public policy from UCLA in 1998. His research interests include health care affordability, access to care for the uninsured, impacts of managed care, use of safety net providers, and the effectiveness of disease management programs. Dr. Roby is currently working on a study of the characteristics of HMO enrollees for the Office of the Patient Advocate, as well as a study involving access to acute care for children in California's hospitals. He is also working on two projects evaluating state programs: a long-term evaluation of a chronic care disease management program for Medi-Cal and an evaluation of the Health Care Coverage Initiatives.

Dr. Roby also teaches courses on the U.S. healthcare system, quality, and health information technology in the Certificate Program in Health Care Management and Leadership for the School of Public Health and UCLA Extension.

Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, Roby worked for five years as a senior researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and for four years as a senior research associate at The George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy. At GW, he worked on safety net issues, including data analysis and research on community health centers and public hospitals. Dr. Roby was also an instructor at The George Washington University Department of Health Policy. While an undergraduate, he was a research assistant at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Selected Publications

Kominski GF, Pourat N, Roby DH, and Cameron ME. 2008. Return to work and degree of recovery among injured workers in California's Workers' Compensation system. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 50(3): 296-305.

Pourat N, Kominski GF, Roby DH, and Cameron ME. 2007. Satisfaction with care and perceptions of quality among injured workers in California's Workers' Compensation system. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 49(11): 1249-1256.

Pourat N, Roby DH, Wyn R, and Marcus M. 2007. Characteristics of dentists who provide dental care to publicly insured patients. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 67(4): 208-216.

Pourat N, Kominski G, Roby D, and Cameron M. 2007. Physician perceptions of access to quality care in California's Workers' Compensation System. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 49(6): 618-625.

Wilensky S and Roby DH. 2005. Health Centers and Health Insurance: Complements, Not Alternatives. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 28(4): 347-355.:

Jacobs K, Capozza K, Roby DH, Kominski GF, and Brown ER. 2007. Health Coverage Expansion in California: What Can Consumers Afford to Spend? UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Funded by The California Endowment.

Roby DH, Kominski GF, and Cameron ME. 2007. Improving Access through Health Insurance Coverage and Safety Net Expansion: A Review of the Literature. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Funded by The California Endowment.

Carroll D, Roby DH, Ross J, Snavely M, Brown ER, and Kominski GF. 2007. What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care? UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Budget Project: Funded by The California Endowment.

Kominski GF, Reifman C, Cameron ME, and Roby DH. 2006. Language Barriers Pose A Risk for California HMO Enrollees. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Funded by the California State Office of the Patient Advocate.

Kominski GF, Roby DH, and Mostovskaya N. 2005. Over Half of Californians in HMOs are Overweight or Obese. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Funded by the California State Office of the Patient Advocate.

Kominski GF, Roby DH, and Kincheloe J. 2005. Cost of Insuring California’s Uninsured. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Funded by the California Endowment.

Kominski GF and Roby DH. 2004. Estimating the Cost of Caring for California’s Uninsured. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Funded by the California Endowment.