Dr. Winnie Yip’s research focuses on: 1) the design, implementation and evaluation of systemic health care interventions, for improving affordable and equitable access to and the efficiency and quality of health care delivery, especially for the poor; and 2) modeling and evaluating the effects of incentives on the behavior of providers (organization and individual) and patients. Dr. Yip’s research encompasses both why health systems fail and how to improve them…
Anuska Kalita has worked in healthcare for almost two decades in different capacities, ranging from grant-making and strategy to research and policy design. Her work is focused on undertaking practice-relevant research and translating research into policy and practice through collaborations with a range of regional and global stakeholders. She has been directly involved in some of India’s landmark health policies, and her work has spanned 12 countries across Asia, Africa,…
Dr. William Hsiao is the K.T. Li Research Professor of Economics and directed the Health Financing Program at Harvard University. Hsiao was elected to be a member of the US National Academy of Medicine. Hsiao received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is also a fully qualified actuary with extensive experience in private and social health insurance and pension. Hsiao has conducted health financing studies for more than…
Dr. Michael Reich’s research addresses the political dimensions of public health policy, including health system strengthening and reform, access to medicines and pharmaceutical policy, and the political economy of policy-making processes. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Health Systems & Reform, which has published since January 2015. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science; M.A. in East Asian Studies (Japan); and B.A. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; all from…
Dr. Annie Haakenstad completed her doctorate at Harvard in 2019. Annie’s research focuses on financial risk protection, resource allocation, and health financing in low- and middle-income countries. Previously, Annie worked at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and consulted for the World Bank, UNICEF, the UN Environment Programme, and the UN Offices at Geneva. Annie received her Bachelors in International Affairs from the George Washington University and her Masters…
Dr. Liana Woskie focuses on quality of care especially related to in-patient settings for the India Health Systems Project. Liana received her PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2023. Over the past 12 years she has managed large-scale academic projects on issues related to health financing, iatrogenic harm, pandemic response and aid accountability. She has experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research in over ten countries, including: Rwanda,…
Dr. Kevin Croke is Assistant Professor of Global Health in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the International Health Systems Program. He is a faculty affiliate of Harvard’s Center for International Development, Center for Population and Development Studies, and the Center for African Studies, and is an editorial board member for the journal Health Systems and Reform.…
Dr. Terence Cheng’s research focuses on the economics of health care systems, with a particular emphasis on how public and private health care systems interact. He has studied private health insurance markets, medical labor markets, and well-being. Prior to joining Harvard, Dr. Cheng held academic and research appointments at universities in Australia and Singapore. He was an Australian Endeavour Fellow in 2018. Terence received a M.Soc.Sci. from the National University…
Dr. Bijetri Bose obtained her Ph.D. in Economics in 2015 from the University of Washington. She has previously worked at Oberlin College, Ohio and at the University of California, Los Angeles where she focused on examining the impact of policies and social programs on education, health and welfare, particularly of girls and women, across various countries. Her research is in applied microeconomics and she is currently working on analyzing health…
Kai is an applied microeconomist studying health economics, development economics and industrial organization. His research focuses on the roles of the government and the private sector in health care, health insurance, and health systems broadly.