Meredith B. Rosenthal

Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ph.D. is the C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the Faculty Chair of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Dr. Rosenthal received her Ph.D. in health policy at Harvard University in 1998.  Her research examines the design and impact of market-oriented health policy mechanisms, with a particular focus on the use of financial incentives to alter consumer and provider behavior. Past projects focused on the design and impacts of pay for performance, high-deductible and tiered network health plans, and payer-sponsored patient centered medical homes. Dr. Rosenthal’s recent research examines the structure and performance of health systems across the U.S., vertical integration of physician practices, and market factors driving cancer drug pricing trends. Dr. Rosenthal is a member of the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis oversight commission. Dr. Rosenthal received her B.A in International Relations from Brown University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University in 1998. Dr. Rosenthal was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2014.