Austin Tucker / Teaching

Econometrics,
taught through health

Four years of labs, problem sets, and case studies at Harvard — built so students estimate, not just read.

Featured / Interactive labs

Runs R
in browser

Econometrics for Health Policy — Interactive Modules

A module series that teaches econometrics through health problems — OLS, standard errors and clustering, inference, omitted variable bias, and panel data — with graded R exercises that run directly in the browser. No installation, no setup: open a module and start estimating.

ŷ = Xβ̂X — EXPOSUREY — OUTCOME

Fig_T01 · OLS — residuals minimized

Featured tool

Health System Control Knobs

An interactive teaching tool built around the 'control knobs' framework from Getting Health Reform Right: turn the dials of financing, payment, organization, regulation, and behavior, and watch how health system outcomes respond. Built to give students an intuition that static slides can't.

FINANCINGPAYMENTORGANIZATIONREGULATIONBEHAVIOR↓ HEALTH SYSTEM OUTCOMES ↓

Fig_T02 · Five knobs, one system

GHP 525 / 2021–2023

Teaching Fellow

Econometrics for Health Policy

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The core econometrics sequence for health policy students — regression, causal inference, and applied methods taught through health applications. I built and ran the R labs, wrote problem sets and exam materials, and translated the theory into code students could actually run.

  • R lab series: from R introduction through instrumental variables and regression discontinuity
  • Problem sets with worked solutions (including synthetic control methods)
  • Clustered standard errors simulation — why and when clustering matters, shown by simulation
  • Midterm and exam materials with elaborated solutions

PHS 2000B / 2022–2024

Teaching Fellow

Quantitative Methods for Population Health Sciences

Harvard University (doctoral core)

The doctoral methods core for population health PhD students. I taught the causal inference toolkit — instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, and interrupted time series — through hands-on labs.

  • Instrumental variables lab (R Markdown walkthrough)
  • Regression discontinuity problem set with solutions
  • Difference-in-differences and interrupted time series labs

GENED 1063 / 2022–2024

Teaching Fellow → TF hiring & coordination

World Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Harvard College (Sue Goldie)

Harvard College's flagship global health course. I led discussion sections — including case studies like tuberculosis control in China — built section guides and teaching scripts, and later coordinated TF recruitment and hiring for the course.

  • Section guides and slide decks (e.g., tuberculosis in China case study)
  • Health systems video teaching script
  • TF onboarding and hiring materials

Recognition

Students noticed. So did the Bok Center.

  • Certificates of Distinction in Teaching, 2022, 2023, and 2024
  • Media & Design Fellow, Derek Bok Center (2024–25)
  • Pedagogy Fellow (2023–24)
  • ID 100: Foundations for Public Health (~600 students)

3× Distinction
2022–24