Rachel M. Werner
Rachel M. Werner | |
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| Spouse |
Andrew Siderowf (m. 1997) |
| Awards | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2011) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, political science, Macalester College MD, 1998, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania PhD, Health Economics, 2004, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | Testing theories of discrimination in health care: evidence from New York's CABG report card (2004) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
Rachel Michele Werner is an American physician-economist. She is the first woman and first physician-economist executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. In 2018, Werner was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine for her investigation into the unintended consequences of quality improvement incentives.