Dr. Phaedra Corso is Associate Vice President for Research at Indiana University and Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University Indianapolis. She is also a Professor of Health Policy in the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Corso is known both nationally and internationally for her research in economic evaluation and economic impact assessment, primarily in the areas of violence, substance abuse, and obesity prevention.

From 1991 to 2006, she conducted health economics research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, developing a primer on how to conduct economic evaluation for public health interventions. During her time at the CDC, she held a variety of positions, including senior health economist for the Guide to Community Preventive Services and senior health economist for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

From 2006 to 2018, Corso joined the faculty at the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health, where she served as the first founding head of the Department of Health Policy and Management and Associate Director for the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research.

As Vice President for Research at Kennesaw State University from 2018 to 2023, Corso created and managed a robust research infrastructure that resulted in a four-fold increase in external grant funding for the university during her tenure.

She holds a BA and MPA in Political Science and Public Finance from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in Health Policy, with a concentration in Decision Sciences, from Harvard University.