José A. Pagán

Class of 2025-26

Professor
Department of Public Health Policy and Management
School of Global Public Health
New York University

Known for his research on the population effects of uninsurance, José A. Pagán has shown that expanding access to health insurance coverage in a community may benefit not only the uninsured population, but also the privately-insured population and the quality of health care services available to everyone in the same community.

His current research focuses on how identifying and addressing social needs within health care delivery systems may help optimize health care utilization.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico.

Pagán led the governing body of New York City Health and Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the country, through the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors for New York City Health and Hospitals.

Pagán is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and was the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. Pagán also received the Faculty Advisor of the Year Award from AcademyHealth and the Faculty of the Year Award from the New York University School of Global Public Health.

He has authored six books or book chapters and 202 peer-reviewed articles.

Pagán will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Medicine.