Grant Miller

Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics

Academic Appointments

Professor, Health Policy
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Professor (By courtesy), Economics
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Administrative Appointments

Director, Stanford King Center on Global Development (2019 - 2019)
Director, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development (2017 - 2019)
Director, Stanford Center for International Development (2014 - 2017)
Executive Committee, Stanford Population Center (2011 - Present)
Faculty Advisory Board Member, Stanford Journal of Public Health (2011 - Present)
Co-Founder, Collaboration for Health System Improvement and Impact Evaluation in India (COHESIVE-India) (2010 - Present)
Faculty Affiliate, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2009 - Present)
Faculty Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (IPER), Stanford University (2007 - Present)
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Center for Latin American Studies (2005 - Present)
Faculty Fellow, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development (2005 - Present)

Honors & Awards

Dong Wei Faculty Fellow, Stanford King Center on Global Development (2020-2021)
Best Paper Prize, Essen Health Conference (2020)
Scientific Advisory Committee, Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES) (2018-2020)
Non Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development (2016)
Research Affiliate, International Growth Center (IGC) (2015-present)
Faculty Committee, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) (2015)
Global Advisory Board, Kolkata Public Health Institute (2015)
Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) (2014-present)
Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre for Micro-Social Change, Institute for Social and Economic, University of Essex (2013-present)
Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review (2013)
Member, Urban Services Initiative, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) (2012-present)
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (2012-present)
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) (2011-present)
Divisional Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (2011)
International Research Fellow, Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), University of Bristol (2010-2012)
Inter-American Prize for Research on Social Security, Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS) (2010)
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment (2009-present)
Divisional Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (2009)
Faculty Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University (IPER) (2007-present)
Best Student Paper Prize, American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) (2006)
Biennial Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Population Scholarship, American Sociological Association Section on Population (2006)
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Center for Latin American Studies (2005-present)
Faculty Fellow, Stanford Center for International Development (2005-present)
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (2005 to 2012)
Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (2002-2005)
Graduate Fellow, Harvard Center for International Development (2002-2004)
Doctoral Trainee, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (2000-2002)

Professional Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, Health Policy (Economics Track) (2005)
Master of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2000)
B.A., Yale University, Psychology (Intensive) (1995)

2022-23 Courses

Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries
ECON 127 (Win)
Health Policy Graduate Student Tutorial III
HRP 201C, MED 215C (Spr)

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading
  ECON 139D (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading
  ECON 239D (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading
  INTLPOL 299 (Aut)
- Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
  ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Health Research and Policy
  HRP 299 (Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading in Medicine
  MED 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research in Environment and Resources
  ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Medicine
  MED 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  HRP 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  MED 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Honors
  HUMBIO 194 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Honors Thesis Research
  ECON 199D (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Medical Scholars Research
  HRP 370 (Win, Spr)
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Practical Training
  ECON 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Research in Human Biology
  HUMBIO 193 (Aut, Win)
- Second Year Health Policy PHD Tutorial
  HRP 800 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  HRP 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2020-21 Courses

Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries
ECON 127 (Spr)
Health Policy Graduate Student Tutorial III
HRP 201C, MED 215C (Spr)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Suhani Jalota

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