I’m so sorry, PhDs

I need to write this post so I don’t have to type the same words by email when I quote people with PhDs in Upshot posts. Henceforth, I will send people links to this post when I ask for a quote.

By Upshot editorial guidelines, only MDs will get the “Dr” prefix. PhDs and everyone else will be “Mr” or “Ms” as appropriate.

I do not endorse this practice. I can do nothing about it. Yes, I have asked. However, if you wish to write an editor about this, I can provide an email address.

All of this applies to Aaron too. He wrote a longer post about this and other stuff we don’t control.

Also, watch this video:

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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