Dear Health Care Program Members:
Jon Gruber, who has led the NBER's Health Care Program with great
distinction since 2009, has decided to step down from this role at the
end of the current academic year. Jon has been an outstanding leader,
selecting research on important and interesting topics to feature at
program meetings and helping to support researchers in the program. He
has brought energy, enthusiasm, and great managerial skill to this
task. I hope that you will make every effort to join me at the
upcoming meeting of the Health Care Program, on Friday December 6th in
Cambridge, when we take time during the luncheon to collectively thank
Jon for his extraordinary service to the health economics community.
Over the the next few weeks, I will reach out to a number of program
members to solicit advice on selecting the next program director. I
hope that you will not hesitate to contact me and to share your views
about what has made Jon's leadership so successful, what attributes are
most important in the next HC program director, and what directions in
research activity may bear on the succession plan. I would also welcome
your suggestions about candidates who might be well suited to this role.
I look forward to your input, and hope to see many of you at the program
meeting in December. All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
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