Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, FAAP

Contact : aaecarro@iu.edu

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Initiatives

Research Scientist, William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute
President & CEO, AcademyHealth

Dr. Carroll is President & CEO of AcademyHealth. A nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and health services researcher, he is a passionate advocate for the creation and use of evidence to improve health and health care for all. 

Before joining AcademyHealth, Dr. Carroll was a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Chief Health Officer at Indiana University, where he also served as Associate Dean for Research Mentoring and the director of the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Comparative Effectiveness Research at Indiana University School of Medicine. He earned a B.A. in chemistry from Amherst College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an M.S. in health services from the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was also a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.

Dr. Carroll’s research focused on the study of information technology to improve pediatric care, decision analysis, and areas of health policy including cost-effectiveness of care and health care financing reform. He is the author of The Bad Food Bible and the co-author of three additional books on medical myths. In addition to having been a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic, he has written for many other major media outlets and is co-Editor-in-Chief at The Incidental Economist, an evidence-based health policy blog. He also has a popular YouTube channel and podcast called Healthcare Triage, where he talks about health research and health policy.

Featured Projects

Podcasts to Address the Impact of the Culture of Science on Reproducibility of Research

(NIGMS)

Role: Principal Investigator

The aim of this project is to create a podcast series, where we will explore varying opinions on the underlying issues of reproducibility and the culture of science.

Leveraging Infrastructure to Train Investigators in Patient Centered Outcomes Research in the Learning Health System - LITI-PCORLHS

(AHRQ)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

The aim of this program is to train researchers to conduct patient-centered outcomes research within learning health systems.

Early Career Investigator Awards (KL2) - Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

(NIH)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

The Indiana CTSI provides funding for special research fellowships for early career investigators in clinical-translational research.

Highlighted Publications

Jun 1, 2021

Media Representation of the Benefits and Harms of Early Testing: Implications for Public Health

Publication: JAMA Internal Medicine

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.0275

Authors: Doherty TS, Carroll AE

Jan 2021

Infection Fatality Ratios for COVID-19 Among Noninstitutionalized Persons 12 and Older: Results of a Random-Sample Prevalence Study

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine

doi: 10.7326/M20-5352

Authors: Blackburn J, Yiannoutsos CT, Carroll AE, Halverson PK, Menachemi N

Jun 16, 2020

Asymptomatic Seroconversion of Immunoglobulins to SARS-CoV-2 in a Pediatric Dialysis Unit

Publication: JAMA

doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.8438

Authors: Hains DS, Schwaderer AL, Carroll AE, Starr MC, Wilson AC, Amanat F, Krammer F

Jul 1, 2020

Delaying School Start Times to Improve Population Health

Publication: JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0351

Authors: Cheng ER, Carroll AE

Oct 2019

Women's Preferences for Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Childbirth

Publication: Medical Decision Making

doi: 10.1177/0272989X19869910

Authors: Tucker Edmonds B, McKenzie F, Downs SM, Carroll AE

Jan 15, 2019

Medicaid as a Safeguard for Financial Health

Publication: JAMA

doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.20427

Authors: Carroll AE

Sep 1, 2018

Prevalence of Depression Among Fathers at the Pediatric Well-Child Care Visit

Publication: JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1505

Authors: Cheng ER, Downs SM, Carroll AE

Jun 1, 2018

The Role of Pediatricians in Reproductive Health Advocacy

Publication: JAMA Pediatrics

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0116

Authors: Wilkinson TA, Carroll AE

Jun 2018

The Effects of Medicaid Expansion Under The ACA: A Systematic Review. Health Aff (Millwood)

Publication: Health Affairs

doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1491

Authors: Mazurenko O, Balio CP, Agarwal R, Carroll AE, Menachemi N

Oct 2018

The Rewards and Challenges of Writing for a Mass Media Audience

Publication: Health Services Research

doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12858

Authors: Frakt AB, Carroll AE, Pollack HA, Humphreys K

Jan 1, 2018

Scientific Trials-In the Laboratories, Not the Courts

Publication: JAMA Internal Medicine

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5730

Authors: Bagley N, Carroll AE, Cohen PA

Jan 14, 2016

Dependent Coverage under the ACA and Medicaid Coverage for Childbirth

Publication: New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc1507847?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Authors: Akosa Antwi Y, Ma J, Simon K, Carroll A

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Aaron Carroll, MD, MS, FAAP

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