Amitabh Chandra

Amitabh Chandra is a distinguished economist and professor holding multiple prestigious positions at Harvard University. He is the McCance Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, as well as the Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.12

Academic Roles and Responsibilities

At Harvard Business School, Professor Chandra serves in several key roles:

• Faculty Chair of the joint MS/MBA program in the life sciences
• Faculty Chair of the executive education program in the life sciences
• Chair of the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab committee
• Board member for the Blavatnik Fellows program1

Research Focus

Professor Chandra's research primarily concentrates on:

• Innovation, pricing, and capital allocation in the biopharmaceutical industry
• Value in health care
• Medical malpractice
• Racial disparities in healthcare
• Discovering new methods for treating Alzheimer's1

His research has been published in prestigious journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Science.1

Honors and Recognition

Amitabh Chandra has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the field of health economics:

• Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine
• Recipient of the Kenneth Arrow Award for best paper in health economics
• Recipient of the Eugene Garfield Award for the impact of medical research
• Recipient of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) medal1

Advisory Roles

Professor Chandra's expertise is sought after by various organizations:

• Serves on the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Health Advisors
• Has testified to the United States Senate and the United States Commission on Civil Rights
• Served as Massachusetts' Special Commissioner on Provider Price Reform
• Has advised federal and state governments on health care reform1

Through his research, teaching, and advisory roles, Amitabh Chandra continues to make significant contributions to the fields of health economics, public policy, and business administration.