William Hsiao, Co-Chair of Advisory Council

William Hsiao is the K.T. Li Professor of Economics, Emeritus, in Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Global Health and Population, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is also a fully qualified actuary with extensive experience in private and social insurance. Dr. Hsiao’s health economic and policy research program spans across developed and less developed nations. He is a leading global expert in universal health insurance, which he has studied for more than forty years. He has been actively engaged in designing health system reforms and universal health insurance programs for many countries and regions, including the USA, China, Colombia, Poland, Vietnam, Sweden, Cyprus, Uganda, Malaysia，South Africa, and Taiwan and Hong Kong. Hsiao was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine, US National Academy of Science, and also elected to be a Board member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and Society of Actuaries. He has published more than 180 papers and several books and served on several editorial boards of professional journals. He served as an advisor to three US presidents, the US Congress, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and International Labor Organization. He is a recipient of honorary professorships from several leading Chinese universities and several awards from his profession.