Marcella Alsan

Marcella Alsan, MD, MPH, PhD, is a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. 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. For an interview with Ms. Alsan, please click here.

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