Dr. Walton was a founding member of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research in 2002. Dr. Walton holds a BS in Economics from UCLA, and a Master's and Doctorate degree in Economics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in labor and health economics. He conducts quantitative research and has expertise in health services evaluation, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, and assessment of health care labor markets. Dr. Walton is also an active member of the ISPOR Scientific Interest Group on Personalized and Precision Medicine.