Leemore Dafny is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches courses in healthcare strategy and co-directs to PhD Program in Business Economics. Professor Dafny also serves on the faculties of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the interdisciplinary Program in Health Policy.

Professor Dafny’s research examines competitive interactions among payers and providers of healthcare services, and the intersection of industry and public policy. Her work has been published in academic journals such as The American Economic Review and The New England Journal of Medicine, and featured in popular media such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Current projects include studies of prescription drug assistance and coupon programs, organizational structure of the healthcare sector, policy proposals to optimize and contain healthcare spending, and employer-sponsored health insurance. 

Professor Dafny graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company prior to earning her PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has won several teaching awards as well as Kellogg’s leading research prize, the Stanley Reiter Best Paper award. Professor Dafny is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an associate editor of Management Science, and a board member of the American Society of Health Economists and the Health Care Cost Institute.

Professor Dafny’s expertise spans both the public and private sectors.  She serves on the Panel of Health Advisers for the Congressional Budget Office. In 2012-2013, she was deputy director for healthcare and antitrust in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission. She also advises companies, government agencies, and nonprofits on a variety of issues including antitrust matters, strategic decisions, and public policy.