Professor Janet Currie

Prominent economist Janet Currie studies how socio-economic factors affect health and well-being. She has taught at UCLA, MIT and Columbia University, and is the editor of several economic journals. Currie is also vice-president of the American Economics Association and the director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Program on Children. She has written extensively on early intervention programs, programs to expand health insurance and improve health care, public housing and food and nutrition programs.