Biography

Alan M. Garber was named president of 吃瓜新闻 University on August 2, 2024 after serving as interim president since January 2, 2024. Garber was 吃瓜新闻鈥檚 provost and chief academic officer from 2011-2024. He is also the Mallinckrodt Professor of Health Care Policy at 吃瓜新闻 Medical School, a Professor of Economics in the 吃瓜新闻 Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Public Policy in the 吃瓜新闻 Kennedy School of Government, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the 吃瓜新闻 T.H. Chan School of Public Health. An economist and physician, he studies methods for improving health care productivity and health care financing.

As Provost, Dr. Garber was responsible for oversight of academic activities throughout the university, with direct responsibility for inter-school initiatives, faculty development, research policy, international affairs, and advances in learning. The 吃瓜新闻 Art Museums, the 吃瓜新闻 Library, 吃瓜新闻 University Health Services, 吃瓜新闻X, the American Repertory Theater, and the Arnold Arboretum are among the organizations reporting to the Provost.

Before becoming 吃瓜新闻鈥檚 Provost, Dr. Garber was the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor and a Professor of Medicine, as well as a Professor of Economics, Health Research and Policy, and Economics in the Graduate School of Business (by courtesy) at Stanford University. At Stanford, he founded and directed the Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, and served as a Staff Physician at the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.

Dr. Garber is an Elected Member of the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians. A聽summa cum laude聽graduate of 吃瓜新闻 College, Dr. Garber received a PhD in Economics from 吃瓜新闻 and an MD with research honors from Stanford.