Sean Sylvia

Associate Professor • Health Policy and Management • UNC Gillings School

Co-PI of Digital Health Economics and Policy Lab • Co-Founder & CEO of CollectiveGood • Advancing global health equity through digital health innovations, AI applications in healthcare, and evidence-based policy research

Featured Research Areas

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AI in Healthcare

Developing and evaluating artificial intelligence applications for improving healthcare delivery, diagnostic accuracy, and patient outcomes in both high-resource and low-resource settings.

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Digital Health Policy

Researching the economics, quality, and access implications of telemedicine and digital health technologies through rigorous policy analysis and health systems research.

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Analyzing antibiotic use patterns and developing interventions to combat antimicrobial resistance through behavioral economics and implementation science approaches.

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Global Health

Implementing and evaluating early childhood development interventions in low- and middle-income countries using randomized controlled trials and innovative methodologies.

Leadership & Innovation

Digital Health Economics and Policy Lab

Leading interdisciplinary research at the intersection of digital health technology, health economics, and evidence-based policy to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities.

CollectiveGood

Co-founding and leading a social enterprise that develops technology solutions to advance global health equity, with a focus on scalable interventions for underserved populations.

Recent Highlights

Publications & Impact

With 89 peer-reviewed publications, my work spans digital health economics, AI applications in healthcare, antimicrobial resistance, and global health interventions. My research has been published in leading journals and has influenced policy discussions at national and international levels.

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Academic Excellence

Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, where I teach courses on health economics, policy analysis, and research methods.

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