Tomas Philipson
Dr. Tomas Philipson is the Daniel Levin Chair of Public Policy at The University of Chicago and directs The Becker Friedman Institute's health care research program. He is an angel investor in the healthcare sector and sits on several boards of directors in the sector. He is also Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute. During the first Trump administration, Dr. Philipson served as Chairman and Vice Chair of The White House Council of Economic Advisers, leading a group of economists who advised the President on a wide range of economic policies. He was also Co-Founder of Precision Health Economics, a healthcare consulting firm that was headquartered in Los Angeles with locations throughout the US, Canada, and Europe before it was sold in 2015. Dr. Philipson is an expert in healthcare and health-related issues that affect the economy, and a recognized and valued liaison for major pharmaceutical, healthcare and regulatory entities. He is the recipient of numerous international and national research awards, and a frequent keynote speaker at many domestic and international health care events and conferences.
Tomas Philipson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy Studies Emeritus, and Co-Director of Health Economics
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Acting Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
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Opinion Columnist
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Visiting Fellow
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Political Appointee and Advisor, Bush Administration and McCain Presidential Campaign
Academic History
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M.A., Finance
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Ph.D., Economics
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M.A., Mathematics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Senior Fellow, Milken Institute
Chairman of Project FDA, Manhattan Institute
Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
Adjunct Staff, RAND Corporation
Research Fellow, The World Bank
Scientific Advisory Board, Alliance for Potato Research and Education
GOVERNMENT CAREER
Dr. Philipson has done executive consulting for both private corporations, including many US Fortune 100 companies, as well as government organizations domestically and internationally.
He served in the George W. Bush administration as a Senior Economic Adviser to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
He also served as a healthcare advisor to Senator McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
He was a scientific advisor to the House of Representatives initiative 21st Century Cures in 2015 and The Biden Cancer Initiative in 2017.
He served as a scientific advisor to Congress on the 21st Century Cures legislation and on the steering committee of then Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
SELECT RECOGNITIONS
2007 Research America's Garfield Award for Economic Research
2002, 2006 International Health Economics Association's Kenneth Arrow Award
2006 Brazilian Economic Association's Prêmio Haralambos Simeonidis
2003 Milken Institute's Distinguished Economic Research Award
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Philipson is a frequent contributor to major publications such as Forbes, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
He has made frequent appearances on networks such as CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, and CSPAN.
He has been on the editorial board of the journal Health Economics and The European Journal of Health Economics.
His research has been published widely in all leading academic journals of economics, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Health Economics, and Econometrica.