Molly Candon, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Molly Candon, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Mental Health (Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine) and the Department of Health Care Management (Wharton School) at the University of Pennsylvania. Molly is a health economist by training, with expertise in health care financing and program evaluation. Currently, she studies how insurance design and reimbursement can be leveraged to improve mental health care, substance use treatment, and pain management, particularly acupuncture. Through the Center for Mental Health’s longstanding relationship with the City of Philadelphia, Molly works closely with Community Behavioral Health, the sole behavioral health Medicaid managed care organization serving Philadelphians with Medicaid, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, where she is leading projects on data-driven suicide prevention and the differential effects of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder.