Ryota Nakamura is an Associate Professor based in the Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIA). He also serves as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. He is an applied microeconomist specializing in health. He holds a BA and an MA in Economics from Kyoto University and a PhD in Economics from the University of York in the UK. Prior to joining Hitotsubashi University in 2016, he held positions at the University of East Anglia and the University of York. His research interests include empirical and theoretical investigations of health-related behavior as well as of healthcare systems to inform national and international public health policies, using a wide range of research methods including micro-econometric analysis of observational data（e.g. impact evaluation）, economic experiment, modelling, and evidence synthesis.