Evan V. Goldstein

Evan V. Goldstein, PhD, MPP

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Evan V. Goldstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. Evan joined the University of Utah in 2021 through the Transformative Excellence Program in Health Policy and Health Economics. His research and commentary have been published in Health Affairs, Health Affairs Scholar, Health Affairs Forefront, Psychiatric Services, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Medical Care, JAMA Network Open, and other high-impact journals. Evan has received funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and philanthropic organizations. In addition to his research, Evan is passionate about teaching at the University of Utah, and he was a member of the 2022-2023 VPCAT Research Scholars Program. In a previous career, Evan was an administrator in community health care settings, overseeing community engagement, government affairs, and non-clinical program operations for a Federally Qualified Health Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Evan has an undergraduate degree (Phi Beta Kappa) in economics and psychology from Tulane University; a Master of Public Policy degree from Queens’ College, Cambridge University; and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.

Research Statement

Evan is a health policy researcher and population health scientist. Much of Evan’s research seeks to understand the effects of public policy and socioeconomic factors on suicide death – especially suicide deaths involving firearms – for all Americans. His broader research interests include state-level public policy, health care utilization, and primary care.

Education History

Undergraduate Tulane University
 BA
Graduate Training University of Cambridge, Queens¿ College
 MPP
Doctoral Training Ohio State University
 PhD
Certification Harvard Business School Online
 Certificate
Certification University of Michigan
 Certificate

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Wickizer TM (2022). Preventing Adolescent and Young Adult Suicide: Do States With Greater Mental Health Treatment Capacity Have Lower Suicide Rates? J Adolesc Health, 70, 83-90. (Read full article)
  2. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Wickizer TM (2019). Behavioral Health Care And Firearm Suicide: Do States With Greater Treatment Capacity Have Lower Suicide Rates? Health Aff (Millwood), 38(10), 1711-1718. (Read full article)
  3. Goldstein EV (2021). Community Health Centers Maintained Initial Increases in Medicaid Covered Adult Patients at 5-Years Post-Medicaid-Expansion. Inquiry, 58.
  4. Bose-Brill S, Prater L, Goldstein EV, Xu W, Moss KO, Retchin SM, White (2020). Primary Care Physician and Beneficiary Characteristics Associated With Billing for Advance Care Planning. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(5), 1108-1110. (Read full article)
  5. Goldstein EV, Dick AW, Ross R, Stein BD, Kranz A (2021). Impact of state-level training requirements for medical providers on receipt of preventive oral health services for young children enrolled in Medicaid. Journal of public health dentistry, (Read full article)
  6. Benitez J, Williams T, Goldstein E, Seiber E (2021). The Relationship Between Unemployment and Health Insurance Coverage: Before and After the Affordable Care Act's Coverage Expansions. Medical care, 59(9), 768-777. (Read full article)
  7. Kranz AM, Opper IM, Estrada-Darley I, Goldstein E, Stein BD, Dick A (2021). Outcomes Associated With State Policies Enabling Provision of Oral Health Services in Medical Offices Among Medicaid-enrolled Children. Medical care, 59(6), 513-518. (Read full article)
  8. Goldstein E (2021). Examining the Relationship Between COVID-19 Prevalence and Depression Care at Community Health Centers: Assessing 2020 Data. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 73, appips202100478. (Read full article)
  9. Goldstein E (2019). Sophistry in American medicine? Platonic reflections on expertise, influence and the public's health in the democratic context. Medical humanities, 45(1), 45-51. (Read full article)
  10. Goldstein EV, Prater LC, Bose-Brill S, Wickizer T (2020). The Firearm Suicide Crisis: Physicians Can Make a Difference. Annals of family medicine, 18(3), 265-268. (Read full article)
  11. Seiber EE, Goldstein E (2019). Disappearing Medicaid Enrollment Disparities for US Citizen Children in Immigrant Families: State-Level Trends from 2008 to 2015. Academic pediatrics, 19(3), 333-341. (Read full article)
  12. Goldstein EV, Cai J, Liu (2018). Marketplace Coverage and Limited Access to Care Among Employed Beneficiaries? Evidence From Ohio. Health services insights, 11, 1178632918790880. (Read full article)
  13. Goldstein E (2017). Integrating Mental and Physical Health Care for Low-Income Americans: Assessing a Federal Program's Initial Impact on Access and Cost. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 5(3), (Read full article)
  14. Goldstein EV, Prater L (2022). Examining the policy effects of Arizona's 2016 pre-emption law on firearm suicide rates in the greater Tucson area: an observational study. BMJ open, 12(5), e058196. (Read full article)
  15. Krull H, Farmer CM, Rennane S, Goldstein E, Armour P, Ruder (2022). Trends in Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System Ratings and Awards for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002-2017. Rand health quarterly, 9(3), 22. (Read full article)
  16. Goldstein EV, Wilson F (2022). A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Higher COVID-19 Care Burden in the Primary Care Safety Net: Hispanic Patient Population Size a Key Factor. Health services research and managerial epidemiology, 9(1), 1-5. (Read full article)
  17. Goldstein EV, Bailey EV, Wilson F (2022). Discrimination and Suicidality Among Hispanic Mental Health Patients, 2010-2020: A Natural Language Processing Approach. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 73(11), 1313-1314. (Read full article)
  18. Goldstein EV,Bailey EV,Wilson F (2023). Poverty and Suicidal Ideation Among Hispanic Mental Health Care Patients Leading up to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hispanic health care international, (Read full article)
  19. Goldstein EV,Mooney SJ,Takagi-Stewart J,Agnew BF,Morgan ER,Haviland MJ,Zhou W,Prater L (2023). Characterizing Female Firearm Suicide Circumstances: A Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Approach. American journal of preventive medicine, 65(2), 278-285. (Read full article)
  20. Goldstein EV, Brenes F, Wilson F (2023). Critical Gaps in Understanding Firearm Suicide in Hispanic Communities: Demographics, Mental Health, and Access to Care. Health affairs scholar, 1(1),
  21. Sharareh N, Bybee S, Goldstein EV, Jones S, Hess R, Wallace A, Seligman H, Wilson (2023). Disparities in Food Insecurity between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adults-A Higher Burden on Bisexual Individuals. Frontiers in Public Health, 11,
  22. Prater L, Bulger E, Maier RV, Goldstein EV, Thomas P, Russo J, Wang J, Engstrom A, Abu K, Whiteside L, Knutzen T, Iles-Shih M, Heagerty P, Zatzick (2024). Emergency Department and Inpatient Utilization Reductions and Cost Savings Associated with Trauma Center Mental Health Intervention: Results from a 5-year Longitudinal Randomized Clinical Trial Analysis. Annals of surgery, 279(1), (Read full article)
  23. Zhou W, Prater LC, Goldstein EV, Mooney S (2023). Identifying Rare Circumstances Preceding Female Firearm Suicides: Validating A Large Language Model Approach. JMIR mental health, 10, e49359. (Read full article)
  24. Jasperson RA, Sullivan E, Goldstein E (2023). Employee attitudes toward suicide prevention and Counseling on Access to Lethal Means: initial findings from an academic medical center implementing the Zero Suicide framework. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1268300. (Read full article)
  25. Goldstein EV, Wilson F (2022). Hispanic Immigrants and Suicide: Overcoming Data Challenges in an Anti-immigrant Climate. AJPM focus, 1(2), 100038. (Read full article)
  26. Tharp D, Goldstein EV, Medina RM, Brewer SC, Bakian AV, Coon (2024). Latina/o/x Suicide Decedents Less Likely to Die By Firearm in Rural Utah: Examining Population-Wide Data from the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner. Frontiers in public health, 12(1),
  27. Brenes F, Goldstein EV, Sarduy EL, Lazarus R, Fernandez G, Henriquez F, Asgarali (2024). Botánicas Function as Health Care Safety Nets Among Hispanic American Immigrants: A Brief Report. Hispanic health care international, 15404153241247261. (Read full article)
  28. Prater LC, Noghrehchi P, Duan N, Takagi-Stewart J, Mooney SJ, Hefner JL, Goldstein E (2025). Mental and Physical Health-Related Risk Factors Among Females Who Died by Firearm Suicide. JAMA network open, 8(4), e255941. (Read full article)
  29. Wickizer TM, Goldstein EV, Mason R, Sharareh (2025). The American fentanyl epidemic: geographic variation in mortality and policy implications. Health affairs scholar, 3(7), qxaf124. (Read full article)
  30. Goldstein E (2025). Homicide-Suicide-From Epidemiology to Prevention. JAMA network open, 8(7), e2523704. (Read full article)
  31. Goldstein EV, Sanger A, Hill J (2025). Firearm experiences and safe storage challenges among a sample of Black adults: a rapid qualitative analysis. Injury epidemiology, 12(1), 79. (Read full article)
  32. Tharp D, Goldstein EV, Medina RM, Brewer SC, Bakian AV, Coon (2024). Utah Latina/o/x suicide decedents less likely to die by firearm, even in rural areas: examining population-wide data from the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner. Frontiers in public health, 12, 1358043. (Read full article)
  33. Goldstein EV, Bailey EV, Wilson F (2024). Poverty and Suicidal Ideation Among Hispanic Mental Health Care Patients Leading up to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hispanic health care international, 22(1), 6-10. (Read full article)
  34. Goldstein EV, Brenes F, Wilson F (2023). Critical gaps in understanding firearm suicide in Hispanic communities: demographics, mental health, and access to care. Health affairs scholar, 1(1), qxad016. (Read full article)
  35. Hansen EJ, Cizik AM, Goldstein EV, Kean J, Singer PM, Wilson F (2026). Changes to Depression-Related Health Care Encounters and Telehealth Adoption in the COVID-19 Era. Telemedicine journal and e-health, 32(2), 167-174. (Read full article)

Book

  1. Krull H, Farmer CM, Rennane S, Goldstein EV, Armour P, Ruder (2021). Trends in Department of Defense Disability Evaluation System Ratings and Awards for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, 2002–2017.

Commentary

  1. Goldstein EV, Prater L (2023). Firearm Violence And Policy: Inertia To Activation. Health Affairs Forefront,

Report

  1. Krull H, Farmer CM, Simmons MM, Rennane S, Cherney S, Armour P, Goldstein EV, Ruder (2021). Post 9/11 Trends in Medical Separation and Separation for Service Members with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.