Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Karen Eggleston

Bio

Karen Eggleston is Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, and Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program and Deputy Director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at FSI. She is also a Fellow with the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Eggleston earned her PhD in public policy from Harvard University and has MA degrees in economics and Asian studies from the University of Hawaii and a BA in Asian studies summa cum laude (valedictorian) from Dartmouth College. Eggleston studied in China for two years and was a Fulbright scholar in Korea. Her research focuses on government and market roles in the health sector and Asia health policy, especially in China, India, Japan, and Korea; healthcare productivity; and the economics of the demographic transition. She served on the Strategic Technical Advisory Committee for the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the WHO regarding health system reforms in the PRC.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • 2020 seed grant, “Comparative economic analysis of diabetes in South Asia”, Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) (March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021)
  • Faculty research award, “Organizational Innovation for Health and Elder Care: Conceptual Framework", Shorenstein APARC (February 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021)
  • FSI China Fund, “Using Machine Learning to Address Health Disparities in China,” with Stefan Wager, Graduate School of Business (2019-20)
  • “Adoption of New Technologies in Japan” with Yong S. Lee, FSI Japan Fund (2018-19)
  • Faculty research award, ‘Value for Money’ in Diabetes Control in South and Southeast Asia", Shorenstein APARC (March 1, 2017-February 28, 2018)

All Honors & Awards (26)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine (2015 - Present)
  • Adjunct Professor, China Center for Health Development Studies at Peking University (2015 - 2018)
  • Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (2012 - Present)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of the Economics of Aging, Elsevier (2012 - Present)
  • Advisory Board Member, Aging and Health Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China (2012 - Present)

All Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations (13)

Program Affiliations

  • Center for East Asian Studies
  • Public Policy

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, Public Policy (1999)
  • M.A., University of Hawaii, Economics (1995)
  • M.A., University of Hawaii, Asian Studies (1992)
  • B.A., Dartmouth College, Asian Studies (Valedictorian) (1988)