Monoclonal Antibody and Oral Antiviral Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in US Nursing Homes.
McGarry BE, Sommers BD, Wilcock AD, Grabowski DC, Barnett ML.
JAMA. 2023 08 08. 330(6):561-563. PMID: 37450293
Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics
Health Policy and Management
Professor of Medicine (on leave)
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Sommers is a health economist and a physician whose main research interests are health policy for vulnerable populations, the uninsured, and the health care safety net. He is the Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has received numerous awards for his research, including the Outstanding Dissertation Award, Alice Hersh New Investigator Award, the 2015 Article-of-the-Year Award, and the 2017 Health Services Research Impact Award from AcademyHealth, a preeminent national association of health policy researchers; and the Outstanding Junior Investigator Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019. His research has been published in leading journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Health Economics, and Health Affairs. His research has been profiled in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. He has testified before Congress and advised state Medicaid programs.
Dr. Sommers has served in the federal government in multiple leadership roles. In January 2021, he was appointed by President Biden as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and he served in that role until early 2023. From 2022-2023, he was appointed to lead ASPE as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary. Previously, he served as a Senior Advisor in ASPE from 2011-2016, and continues in 2023 to serve in a part-time capacity as a Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary.
He received a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard and an MD from Harvard Medical School.
National Dissertation Award
AcademyHealth
Robert Ebert Award in Primary Care Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Daniel E. Ford Award in Health Services Research
Johns Hopkins, Division of General Medicine
Best Residents and Fellows at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Resident Mentor Award
Brigham & Women’s Department of Medicine
Best Oral Presentation in Scientific Abstracts
Society for General Internal Medicine, New England Region
Faculty Mentor Award
Brigham & Women’s Department of Medicine
Hamolsky Award
Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
Teaching Citation
Harvard School of Public Health
Alice Hersh New Investigator Award
AcademyHealth
Article of the Year Award
AcademyHealth
Outstanding Junior Investigator
Society for General internal Medicine
Impact Award for Health Services Research
AcademyHealth
Member
National Academy of Medicine
McGarry BE, Sommers BD, Wilcock AD, Grabowski DC, Barnett ML.
JAMA. 2023 08 08. 330(6):561-563. PMID: 37450293
Alberto CK, Sommers BD.
Am J Public Health. 2022 Dec. 112(12):1732-1734. PMID: 36383947
Lynch-Smith M, Bleich SN, Sommers BD.
JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Nov 04. 3(11):e224914. PMID: 36355354
Zuckerman RB, Tarazi WW, Samson LW, Aysola V, Sheingold SH, De Lew N, Sommers BD.
Healthc (Amst). 2022 Dec. 10(4):100662. PMID: 36270180
Bush L, Sommers BD.
JAMA Health Forum. 2022 08 05. 3(8):e223180. PMID: 36218982
Branham DK, Finegold K, Chen L, Sorbero M, Euller R, Elliott MN, Sommers BD.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 06 01. 5(6):e2216715. PMID: 35687340
De Lew N, Sommers BD.
JAMA Health Forum. 2022 03 01. 3(3):e221064. PMID: 36218886
Khorrami P, Sinha MS, Bhanja A, Allen HL, Kesselheim AS, Sommers BD.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04. 5(1):e2140371. PMID: 35029667
Sommers BD, Haffajee RL.
JAMA Health Forum. 2021 11 02. 2(11):e214608. PMID: 36218849
Elani HW, Kawachi I, Sommers BD.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01. 4(9):e2124144. PMID: 34591107
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