David C. Grabowski

Class of 2025-26

Professor
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University

An expert in the economics of aging, David C. Grabowski is renowned for his contributions to the fields of long-term and post-acute care.

His work has advanced the understanding of novel trends in care quality, identified conflicting Medicare and Medicaid payment policies, and informed policy changes regarding the determinants of COVID-19 in nursing home deaths.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Grabowski is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is a recipient of the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.

He served as a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes, and the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on seven separate occasions.

He has authored six book chapters and more than 280 peer-reviewed articles. Grabowski is an associate editor of the journal “Forum for Health Economics and Policy” and serves on the editorial boards of the “American Journal of Health Economics” and the “Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.”

Grabowski will collaborate with faculty and students in the School of Public Health.