Dr. Reich’s research addresses the political dimensions of public health policy. His research interests include health system strengthening and reform, access to medicines and pharmaceutical policy, and the political economy of policy-making processes.
On July 1, 2021, Dr. Reich became the Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, Emeritus. He will be in residence at Harvard during the fall semester of 2023-24, teaching GHP 200 on “Doing Health Reform Better” (see above); his Winter Session field course on the Mexican health system (GHP544, taught with Dr. Martin Lajous) is scheduled for January 2024. He will be working remotely during the spring semester 2024.
Education
Ph.D., 1981, Political Science, Yale University
M.A., 1975, East Asian Studies (Japan), Yale University
B.A., 1974, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale UniversityMichael R. Reich, PhD