FAIR Health Elects Marcella Alsan to Board of Directors

June 17, 2021

The FAIR Health Board of Directors has elected Marcella Alsan, MD, MPH, PhD, a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, to the Board. A national, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information, FAIR Health is governed by a Board comprising leaders from all parts of the healthcare sector.

Dr. Alsan received a BA from Harvard University, a master’s in public health from Harvard School of Public Health, an MD from Loyola University and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Dr. Alsan trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Fellowship, then combined the PhD with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to returning to Harvard, she was on faculty at Stanford. She is an applied microeconomist studying health inequality.

Some recent papers include “Does Diversity Matter for Health: Experimental Evidence from Oakland” and “Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men,” published in the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, respectively. These papers have been cited in the New York Times and other major media outlets and findings have been presented to the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Alsan is currently on the Board of Editors for Science Magazine, Co-editor of the Journal of Health Economics and Co-chair of the Health Care Delivery Initiative of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab based out of MIT. She is a co-recipient of the 2019 Arrow Award for Best Paper in Health Economics.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Alsan to the FAIR Health Board,” said Sara Rosenbaum, Chair of FAIR Health’s Board of Directors. “Her expertise in health inequality will profoundly augment the Board’s conversations.”

“FAIR Health is honored to have Dr. Alsan join this esteemed assembly of healthcare leaders,” commented Robin Gelburd, President of FAIR Health. “Her background in medicine and microeconomics will make her a valuable addition to our Board.”