Episode 126 - Behavioral Economics w/ Dr. Derek Reed

Meet Your Podcast Guest

Dr. Derek Reed is a Scientist in the Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment and an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas where he directs the Applied Behavioral Economics Laboratory. He has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and The Psychological Record. Dr. Reed has over 150 publications, coauthored three edited books, and has won numerous awards for his scholarship, such as the American Psychological Association Division 25 B. F. Skinner Foundation New Applied Researcher Award and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Early Career Award. He is currently Coordinator of the ABAI Science Board and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, of which he was previously Executive Director. Dr. Reed’s research investigates quantitative models of choice and reinforcer efficacy, as well as the role of reinforcer pathologies of health and addictive behaviors. Toward this end, he specializes in the development of behavioral economic measures of substances of abuse and risky health decisions, with the aim of using these concepts and measures to inform treatment and public policy.