Abraham named to president’s economic panel
The University of Minnesota's Jean Abraham has been selected to serve on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).
Abraham, an assistant professor of health policy in the School of Public Health, and her fellow staff economists will provide President Bush and other government departments and agencies with the best current academic thinking on a wide range of subjects.
“This appointment will enable Professor Abraham to have a lasting impact on economic policy and health care reform,” said University President Robert Bruininks.
Said Abraham: “This is a particularly exciting time, given renewed interest in health care reform at the federal level.”
Abraham’s research specialties include health economics and policy, with a specific focus on issues of health insurance access by families, affordability of insurance coverage and medical care, consumer use of health care information to support plan and provider decision-making, and the relationship between quality improvement and costs.
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