William Dow

Professor of Economics

William H. Dow is a health economics professor with appointments in the School of Public Health’s Division of Health Policy and Management and in the Department of Demography. His research analyzes economic aspects of health behaviors as well as health and demographic outcomes. Dow directs UC Berkeley’s NIA-funded Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging, and is founding Associate Director of the NICHD-funded Berkeley Population Center. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has previously served as Interim Dean of the School of Public Health, and as Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Honors include the Kenneth J. Arrow Award given by the International Health Economics Association