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Sherry Glied

b. 1961

Canadian economist

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About Sherry Glied

Born 1961. Sherry Glied is a Canadian writer, economist and health economist.

Sherry A. Glied (born 1961) is a Canadian-American economist. Glied was Dean of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service from 2013 to 2025. From 2010 to 2012, she was Assistant Secretary at the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration.

Career From 1992 to 1993, Glied worked as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers where she specialized in healthcare and labor policy. Glied was also a member of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, a committee established by the Clinton health care plan of 1993.

Glied was a professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health where she was Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management from 1998 to 2009. Glied was also Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation from 2010 to 2012.

Glied has written dozens of academic articles and several books. She is a frequent national media commentator on public health issues.

Personal life In 1993, Glied married Richard Briffault, an attorney and professor at Columbia Law School.

Significant works Barbash, Gabriel I., and Sherry A. Glied. "New technology and health care costs—the case of robot-assisted surgery." New England Journal of Medicine 363.8 (2010): 701-704. Frank, Richard G., and Sherry A. Glied. Better but not well: Mental health policy in the United States since 1950. JHU Press, 2006. Glied, Sherry, and Joshua Graff Zivin. "How do doctors behave when some (but not all) of their patients are in managed care?." Journal of Health Economics 21.2 (2002): 337-353.

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Important facts

Born
1961, Toronto
Birth century
Nationality
Education
Harvard University, Yale University, University of Toronto
Employers
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York University
Awards
Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine; Member of the National Academy of Medicine; William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Also known as
Sherry A. Glied, PhD, Sharon Anne Miriam Glied

Family & relationships

Spouse
Richard Briffault

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sherry Glied?

Canadian economist

When was Sherry Glied born?

Sherry Glied was born in 1961 in Toronto.

What is Sherry Glied's occupation?

Sherry Glied is a writer, economist and health economist.

What nationality is Sherry Glied?

Sherry Glied is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sherry Glied

· Wikidata: Q57292219

· DBpedia: Sherry Glied

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