Erkmen G. Aslim is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont, with affiliate appointments in the Health and Society Program and the Osher Center for Integrative Health. He is an applied microeconomist whose research investigates how public health policies, immigration enforcement, and access to care shape individual behavior, family well-being, and economic outcomes. His work has been published in leading journals including The Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, Health Economics, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and has been featured in TIME, NPR, and Freakonomics, M.D. His current research spans the health consequences of immigration enforcement, the economic effects of reproductive health policy, the labor market impacts of medical innovation, and AI-driven productivity in healthcare.