Helen Levy
Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the Department of Health Management and Policy
Helen Levy is a research professor at the Institute for Social Research, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the School of Public Health’s Department of Health Management and Policy. Her research focuses on economic aspects of health care reform both nationally and in the state of Michigan. She also studies the economics of aging, poverty, and material hardship among retirees. She is a co-Investigator on the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal study of older Americans’ health and economic well-being, and a Faculty Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She served from 2010-2011 as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, focusing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Ph.D. Princeton University; B.A. Yale University