Dr. Martin Gaynor

Biography

Martin Gaynor is a University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College and an expert in health economics and antitrust policy. His research centers on competition and incentives within the health care sector, as well as broader issues related to antitrust policy. He served as the Director of the Bureau of Economics at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Gaynor has made significant contributions to the field, including the co-founding of the Health Care Cost Institute, an independent nonprofit focused on U.S. health care spending. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Social Insurance and has held positions as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an International Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. His extensive experience includes faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University and various universities, as well as visits to several prestigious institutions worldwide. A prolific writer, Gaynor has advised numerous governments on competition issues in health care and has received multiple awards for his research, including the Kenneth J. Arrow Award and the Victor R. Fuchs Research Award. He earned his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1977 and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1983.

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