The professor of health policy has been awarded the 2024 Bradley Foundation Award, which includes a $250,000 stipend. The foundation selected Bhattacharya for his work as a “visionary who stands for the integrity of scientific debate and the promotion of sound public policy.” Bhattacharya will donate the stipend for the award to the UK charity Collateral Global, which supports research on the lingering collateral harms of the COVID-19 lockdown on children, the poor and other vulnerable populations.
Professor of Health Policy, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Professor, by courtesy, of Economics and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Hoover Institution
Bio
Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute. He holds courtesy appointments as Professor in Economics and in Health Research and Policy. He directs the Stanford Center on the Demography of Health and Aging. Dr. Bhattacharya’s research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. Dr. Bhattacharya’s peer-reviewed research has been published in economics, statistics, legal, medical, public health, and health policy journals. He holds an MD and PhD in economics from Stanford University.
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