Milton C. Weinstein, Ph.D., is the Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Program on Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology.

He is best known for his research on cost-effectiveness of medical practices and for developing methods of economic evaluation and decision analysis in health care. He is a co-developer of the CEPAC (Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing AIDS Complications) computer simulation model, and has conducted studies on prevention and treatment of HIV infections. He is the co-developer of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model, which has been used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular prevention and treatment.

He is currently involved in research projects relating to testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, screening for lung cancer, and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in the U.S. and developing countries. He was a member of both Institute of Medicine Committees on Vaccine Priorities, and developed the methodology that was used in both reports to quantify the potential health and economic benefits of new vaccines. He is an author of four books: Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values; Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, the report of the Panel of Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine; Clinical Decision Analysis; and Hypertension: A Policy Perspective.

He has also published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed medical, public health, and economics journals.

He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Award for Career Achievement from the Society for Medical Decision Making.

Dr. Weinstein received his A.B. and A.M. in Applied Mathematics (1970), his M.P.P. (1972), and his Ph.D. in Public Policy (1973) from Harvard University.

A.B., 1970, Harvard University (summa cum laude, applied mathematics)
M.P.P., 1972, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Ph.D., 1973, Harvard University