David Cutler

Professor David Cutler, PhD has developed an impressive record of achievement in both academia and the public sector. He served as Assistant Professor of Economics from 1991 to 1995, was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995 and received tenure at Harvard University in 1997. He is currently the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and was named Harvard College Professor in 2014 until 2019. Cutler holds secondary appointments at the Kennedy School of Government and the School of Public Health. Cutler was associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Social Sciences from 2003-2008. He also served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration and has advised the Presidential campaigns of Bill Bradley, John Kerry, and Barack Obama as well as being Senior Health Care Advisor for the Obama Presidential Campaign.

Currently, Cutler is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He advises many companies and groups on health care. He was a key advisor in the formulation of the recent cost control legislation in Massachusetts and is one of the members of the Health Policy Commission created to help reduce medical spending in that state. Cutler received an AB from Harvard University (1987) and a PhD in Economics from MIT (1991).