Today, the Center for American Progress announced that Dr. David M. Cutler has joined CAP as a Senior Fellow. David Cutler has developed an impressive record of achievement in both academia and the public sector. He served as assistant professor of economics from 1991 to 1995, was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995, and received tenure in 1997. He is currently the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the department of economics and Kennedy School of Government and recently completed a five-year term as associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Social Sciences.
"David is an extremely talented scholar and policy expert,” said John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress. “He made a profound impact during his tenure in the Clinton Administration, and has made invaluable contributions to the fields of economics and health policy throughout his career. He has been a leading voice in health care reform policy, and I look forward to him continuing his important work with us.”
Honored for his scholarly work and singled out for outstanding mentorship of graduate students, Professor Cutler’s work in health economics and public economics has earned him significant academic and public acclaim. Professor Cutler served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration and was senior health care advisor to Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. Professor Cutler also advised the presidential campaign of Bill Bradley.
Among other affiliations, Professor Cutler has held positions with the National Institutes of Health and the National Academy of Sciences. Currently, Professor Cutler is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Institute of Medicine.
Professor Cutler is the author of Your Money Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America’s Health Care System, published by Oxford University Press. This book, and Professor Cutler’s ideas, were the subject of a feature article in the New York Times Magazine, "The Quality Cure," by Roger Lowenstein. Cutler was recently named one of the 30 people who could have a powerful impact on health care by Modern Healthcare magazine and one of the 50 most influential men aged 45 and younger by Details magazine.
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