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Robert F. Graboyes, MSHA, PhD

Senior Fellow for Health and Economics

NFIB Research Foundation | 1201 F Street NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20004

202.314.2063 | bob.graboyes@nfib.org | www.NFIB.com/DrBob

Professor (health economics): VCU | UVa | GMU | GWU

Personal: rfgraboyes@gmail.com | www.robertgraboyes.com

 

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Dr. Bob Graboyes is Senior Fellow for Health and Economics at the NFIB Research Foundation in Washington, DC. In this role, he analyzes federal and state healthcare legislation from the perspective of small business. He also teaches health economics in master's and doctoral programs at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and the George Washington University. Previously, Dr. Graboyes was Chase Manhattan Bank's economist for sub-Saharan Africa, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and associate professor at the University of Richmond. In 2000 and 2007, he was Visiting Scholar at the Kazakhstan School of Public Health in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, master's degrees from the College of William and Mary, Columbia University, and Virginia Commonwealth University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. His recent writings can be found at www.NFIB.com/DrBob. Outside of work, he plays piano and guitar (jazz, classical, and Latin) and enjoys speaking foreign languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese and bits of a few others).