Louise B. Russell, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Rutgers University. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Russell’s research focuses on health policy, particularly cost-effectiveness analysis and related topics, including simulation modeling—a fundamental methodology in cost-effectiveness analysis; the time patients and their families spend undergoing medical care, which is a major and largely unrecognized cost of the health system; and applications of modeling and cost-effectiveness to chronic and infectious diseases.
She co-chaired the U.S. Public Health Service Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, which published recommendations for improving the quality and comparability of cost-effectiveness studies (Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, Oxford University Press, 1996) and three related articles in JAMA (October 1996). She also served on the leadership group for the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, which published a JAMA article and the second edition of the book in 2016.
Dr. Russell is an associate editor of Medical Decision Making.
