Jeffrey E. Harris

Jeffrey Harris

Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Research Fields

Behavioral Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics

Contact Information

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Email Address jeffrey@mit.edu
Assistant Name Ruth Levitsky
Assistant Phone 617-253-3399
Links Personal website
Physician, Eisner Health, Los Angeles CA Eisner Health
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Featured Publications

Critical Role of the Subways in the Initial Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City

Jeffrey E. Harris
Frontiers of Public Health 9, 754767 (2021)
December 2021
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The repeated setbacks of HIV vaccine development laid the groundwork for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Jeffrey E. Harris
Health Policy and Technology 11(2), 100619 (2022)
March 2022

Geospatial analysis of a COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison: potential role of a cluster of local bars

Epidemiology and Infection, 150, E76 (2022)

COVID-19 Incidence and hospitalization during the delta surge were inversely related to vaccination coverage among the most populous U.S. Counties

Health Policy and Technology 11(2), 100583 (2002)

Mobility was a significant determinant of reported COVID-19 incidence during the Omicron Surge in the most populous U.S. Counties

BMC Infectious Diseases 22, 691 (2022)

Bio

Prof. Jeffrey E. Harris (AB summa Harvard 1969; MD Univ Pennsylvania 1974; PhD Econ Univ Pennsylvania 1975; Internal Med Residency & Fellowship, Mass Gen Hosp 1974-1977) assumed Emeritus status in the MIT Economics Department in July 2020. He currently practices medicine at Eisner Health, a federally qualified community health center in the heart of Los Angeles, where nearly all his patients come from underserved minority groups. Since the onset of the epidemic, he has published twelve papers on COVID-19 in peer-reviewed journals, with one more under review, and has contributed numerous opinion pieces on health policy and the law. His publications are available at http://mit.edu/jeffrey/harris

Featured Awards & Honors

1979 - 1996
Scientific editor and contributor, U.S. Surgeon General’s reports on smoking and health (1979–1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1996)
1980 - 2007
Appointed member of committees of the National Academy of Sciences on diesel emissions (1980-1981), low birthweight (1983-1985), AIDS (1986), risk characterization (1994-1996), and reducing tobacco use (2004-2007)
2008
Huésped Distinguido (Honorary Citizen), City of Salamanca, Spain
2011
Fulbright Specialist Award, Uruguay
2017 - 2020
Health economics commentator, CNN Español (2017-2020)