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Dr. Katherine Baicker, also known as Kate, Ph.D., has been an Independent Director at Eli Lilly and Company since December 12, 2011. She served as Independent Director at HMS Holdings Corp since June 20, 2019 until April 01, 2021. Dr. Baicker has been Dean and the Emmett Dedmon Professor at Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago since 2017. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Social Insurance, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Baicker’s research focuses primarily on the factors that drive the distribution, generosity and effectiveness of public and private health insurance, with a particular focus on health insurance finance and the effect of reforms on the distribution and quality of care. Her research has been published in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Science, Health Affairs, the Journal of Public Economics and the Quarterly Journal of Economics and has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and on National Public Radio. She is one of the leaders of a research program investigating the many effects of expanding health insurance coverage in the context of a randomized Medicaid expansion in Oregon. Dr. Baicker is a leading researcher in the fields of health economics, public economics, and labor economics. As a valued adviser to numerous health care-related commissions and committees, her expertise in health policy and health care delivery is recognized in both academia and government. She served as Professor of Health Economics from 2007 to 2017, C. Boyden Gray Professor from 2014 to 2017 and Acting Chair of Department of Health Policy and Management from 2014 to 2016 at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. Baicker served as a Senate-confirmed Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2005 to 2007 and also Senior Economist from 2001 to 2002, where she played a leading role in the development of health policy. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Health Affairs, the Journal of Health Economics and the Forum for Health Economics and Policy; as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Academy Health; on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers; Chair of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission and as a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Dr. Baicker earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
Personal Details
Title: Dr
Surname: Baicker
DoB: 23/05/1971
Age: 55 years
M/F: Female
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
Qualification: BA in Economics , Ph.D.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | Board | Member | 01/01/2011 |
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