Associate Professor of Economics and Business Analytics
- PhD, Economics, University of California San Diego
- MA, Economics, University of California San Diego
- BA, Mathematics and Economics, University of California San Diego
Alison Sanchez is an associate professor of economics and business analytics at the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business. Her interdisciplinary research combines behavioral economics with techniques and insights from neuroscience, psychology, information theory and machine learning with a focus on consumer behavior.
A former National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Professor Sanchez has collaborated with institutions such as Kaiser Permanente, UCSD School of Medicine, and UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. Her research has been published in Economic Inquiry, Journal of Housing Research, International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, The Permanente Journal and currently has other articles under review.
Selected Publications
- Ma, A., Campbell, J., Sanchez, A., Sumner, S., Ma, M. (2025) Racial Disparities in Medication Adherence and the Patient-Provider Relationship: Does Racial/Ethnic Concordance Matter?, Health Services Research.
- Ma, A., Campbell, J., Sanchez, A., Sumner, S., Ma, M. (2024) Racial Concordance on Healthcare Use within Hispanic Population Subgroups, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
- Sanchez, A., Kull, A. (2022) Don't Put Me on the Spot: The Role of Perceived Intrusiveness in Public Donation Solicitations, Psychology & Marketing, 39(12), 2401–2412.
- Sanchez, A., Ma, A., Ma, M. (2021) Racial disparities in health care utilization, the affordable care act and racial concordance preference?, International Journal of Health Economics and Management .
- Ma, A., Sanchez, A., Adriano, F., Burchette, R., Ma, M. (2021) The Relationship Between Racial/Ethnic Concordance and Hypertension Control, The Permanente Journal, 25(3).