Kris F. Wain, PhD, is an Investigator and Health Economist at the Institute for Health Research. Dr. Wain’s research focuses on health outcomes and healthcare costs across the cancer care continuum. He also evaluates and implements innovative healthcare models aimed at improving access to care, increasing use of high-value and preventive services, and improving health outcomes.

Dr. Wain earned his Master of Science degree in Health Economics from the University of Colorado Denver and completed his doctoral training in Health Economics at the Colorado School of Public Health . He is the principal investigator of a National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded study examining barriers to lung cancer screening and recently led an intervention to “nudge” patients toward cancer screening that has been incorporated into standard care at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. He has also worked extensively with the NCI-funded Lung PROSPR Research Center (Lung-PRC) to improve lung cancer screening.