Molly Candon, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Mental Health and the Department of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Candon studies how insurance design and reimbursement can be leveraged to improve access to and the quality of chronic pain management and behavioral health care. She currently holds a K award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, focused on coverage and cost sharing for acupuncture therapy. She also Co-Directs the Evaluation Center—a joint venture among the Center for Mental Health, Community Behavioral Health, and Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services—where she leads projects on data-driven suicide prevention and the differential effects of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder.
Dr. Candon holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Georgia and a BA and MA in Economics from Northeastern University.
