Ahmad Reshad Osmani is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University Shreveport. Prior to this role, he was a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Louisiana Monroe and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Economics at the University of Memphis. Dr. Osmani earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Memphis as a Fulbright Scholar, specializing in health and labor economics. His research focuses on healthcare access, hospital productivity, mental health disparities, and the socioeconomic effects of public policy in both U.S. and international contexts. He has published in peer-reviewed journals including Applied Economics, Health Services Research, Journal of Population Research, Economic Modelling, and Econometrics. He serves on the editorial boards of BMC Health Services Research and the Journal of Healthcare Organization and Management. Dr. Osmani is an active member of the American Economic Association (AEA), the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon), and the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), and he has received awards such as the ASHEcon Diversity Scholarship and the West Cancer Initiative Award.