Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics.

Tyrrell, who joined Heritage in 2007, focuses his research on the stock market, the growing national debt and budget deficits, and the negative effects of Americans’ increasing dependence on government.

The CDA team maintains scores of databases to support strategic research; provides confidential reviews of legislation for members of Congress and the White House; and supplies data and analysis for news organizations. 

Tyrrell holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and psychology from the University of Virginia. A native of Bloomington, Ind., he grew up in Washington, D.C., and currently resides in Alexandria, Va.