Erin Hu is a junior in Branford College double-majoring in neuroscience and global affairs. Last summer, Erin was an Access to Care intern in her home state of Wisconsin at the Department of Health Services. Erin is drawn to the questions that sit at the intersection of medicine, economics, and politics. Her academic work focuses on understanding the American healthcare system from a historical and economic standpoint, and on how incentives, institutions, and regulations shape the patient experience. As a future physician committed to health policy, Erin hopes to translate both clinical perspective and rigorous analysis into reforms that expand access and improve quality.

This semester, she will be interning at the Brookings Institution’s Center on Health Policy. At Yale, Erin is a research assistant in the Health Policy Impact Lab and is also a member of the Bindra Lab at the School of Medicine. In addition, she serves as a referrals director at HAVEN Free Clinic, where she connects patients to specialty care and thinks about the practical barriers that make “coverage” feel very different from “care.” Outside of academics, Erin enjoys baking, crafting, and knitting.