Dr. Anne Case

Biography

Anne Case is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus at Princeton University. She has written extensively on health and the life course, and her work has addressed the links between economic status and health status from childhood onwards. Case's research contributions have been recognized with several accolades, including the Kenneth J. Arrow Prize in Health Economics awarded by the International Health Economics Association and the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for her significant findings on midlife morbidity and mortality. As a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, she is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society and an affiliate of the Southern Africa Labour Development Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. In 2021, she was named a Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association, an honor that acknowledges lifetime contributions to the field of economics. Case's work has important implications for understanding the health disparities impacting America's working class, particularly in the context of 'deaths of despair'.

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