Tomas Philipson
Professor, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago; Senior Fellow, Milken Institute
Tomas Philipson is a Professor in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1990. He has also taught in the economics department and law school, taking leave to serve in the Bush administration as the senior economic advisor to the head of the Food and Drug Administration in 2003-2004 and as senior economic advisor to the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2004-2005. A Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute, Philipson has twice (in 2000 and 2006) been the recipient of the highest honor in his field, the Kenneth Arrow Award of the International Health Economics Association (for best paper in the field of health economics). He also received the Garfield Award from Research America in 2007 (for best paper in field of health economics). Born in Sweden, he received an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Uppsala University, and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania.
Panels:
An Unhealthy America: Obesity and the Economic Implications of Chronic Disease
Revolutionizing Health Care and Research in the Developing World
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