Melissa Garrido

Melissa Garrido is a health economist and Director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She is also a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Research Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. She received her PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and completed an NIMH postdoctoral traineeship in mental health services research at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University.