The Center for Modern Health is a free-market health policy think tank. We envision a future in which every person has the freedom to pursue health and thrive. We believe that innovation flourishes when both patients and producers are free to make choices, experiment, and discover better ways of meeting human needs. The most dynamic and responsive health systems emerge not from centralized direction, but from voluntary exchange, entrepreneurship, competition, and individual initiative.

Our mission is to advance ideas that move health policy in that direction. Through research, education, and public engagement, we work to identify and remove the legal and regulatory barriers that prevent innovation and limit choice. We advocate policies that reduce the size and influence of government in healthcare, unwind distortionary policies, and prevent the rules of public programs from spilling over into and constraining private arrangements.

As an independent, nonpartisan educational and research organization, we are supported by gifts, grants, and private contributions. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We do not accept government funding. If you share our vision, we invite you to support our work.

Jared Rhoads, MPH, MS. Jared Rhoads is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Modern Health. His writings on health policy have appeared in a wide range of publications, including STAT First Opinion, Medical Economics, and Law & Liberty. He received his MPH degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and an MS degree from Bentley University. He also teaches health policy in the graduate public health program at Dartmouth, and advises graduate students on their independent research projects. Jared has published research with several think tanks, including the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the Center for Ethics in Society at St. Anselm University, and the Foundation for Government Accountability. Prior to teaching, he worked in healthcare consulting in a role that handled policy and emerging practices. Email: jared.rhoads@centerformodernhealth.org.

Reinier Schuur, PhD. Reinier Schuur is a Policy Analyst at the Center for Modern Health, and the host of the podcast The Pursuit of Health, where he interviews people about their experiences in the American healthcare industry and develops content on how to empower people to advocate for more freedom for themselves to protect and advance their values in the American healthcare system. Reinier holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, where he specialized in the philosophy of medicine, and a Masters of Science in Philosophy of Psychiatry from King's College London. A native of the Netherlands, Reinier was a visiting Fulbright scholar at New York University and at the University of Pittsburgh. Email: reinier.schuur@centerformodernhealth.org.

Colleen Smith, MD. Colleen Smith is a Clinical Policy Analyst at the Center for Modern Health. She is also an emergency medicine physician who currently practices in New York City. She completed medical school in Atlanta, Gerogia, at Emory University School of Medicine, residency in Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and a fellowship in Medical Simulation and Education at New York University and Bellevue Hospitals. In addition to contributing to our policy work, Colleen also writes about health policy, medical education, and her experiences of the American healthcare system on her personal Substack. Email: colleen.smith@centerformodernhealth.org.

Carrie-Ann Biondi, PhD. Carrie-Ann Biondi is formerly an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marymount Manhattan College. Currently she is an independent scholar, editor, and educator who works as Production Editor at Social Philosophy & Policy and serves as Book Review Editor at Reason Papers. She holds a BA (Hofstra University) and MA in American Studies (Bowling Green State University), and an MA and PhD in Philosophy (BGSU). Her research interests and publications range from Aristotle, Ayn Rand, citizenship, and virtue ethics to Socratic pedagogy and popular culture.

Peter Boettke, PhD. Peter Boettke is a Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University, as well as the Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He has written and contributed to many books, including The Struggle for a Better World, published in 2021.

Jeffrey Flier, MD. Jeffrey Flier is the former Dean of Harvard Medical School, where he served from 2007 to 2016. An internationally recognized endocrinologist and physician-scientist, his research has advanced the understanding of diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolism. He is the Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and George Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and writes frequently on issues affecting medical education, health policy, and the future of the medical profession.

Robert Graboyes, PhD. Robert Graboyes is an economist, journalist, and musician at RFG Counterpoint, LLC, in Alexandria, Virginia. Author of Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care and publisher of Bastiat's Window on Substack, he writes on the technology and politicization of healthcare. He earned his PhD in economics from Columbia University.

Charles Hacker, JD. Charles Hacker received his AB in Russian Studies from the University of Chicago, and his JD from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. Originally from Ohio, Charles moved to Vermont in the late 1990s and has worked in private practice, the Vermont Family Court, and most recently the Vermont Office of Child Support.

David Hyman, MD, JD. David Hyman is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy at Georgetown University. David focuses his research and writing on the regulation and financing of health care. He teaches or has taught health care regulation, civil procedure, insurance, medical malpractice, law & economics, professional responsibility, and tax policy. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

Malina Krotzer. Malina Krotzer is a PhD candidate in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences at Dartmouth College. As a researcher, Malina aspires to bridge her global upbringing with passions for mathematics and medicine to contribute to meaningful advances in healthcare that are global in scope. She has a BS in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Vermont, and experience in applied biostatistics from the NIH's Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science at UC Irvine.

Caspar Safarlou, PhD. Caspar holds a PhD in bioethics from Utrecht University and is a postdoctoral researcher at its academic hospital, the University Medical Center Utrecht. His research focuses on the ethical aspects of environmental epidemiology and data science. He is based in the Netherlands. Caspar's academic publications can be found here.

Sushant Sharma, MPH. Sushant Sharma is a medical student at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He earned his Master of Public Health from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and his BSc in Health Sciences from the University of Waterloo, Canada. His academic interests include mental health, addiction, health equity, and working at the intersection of public health and clinical care. He plans to specialize in psychiatry.

John Welborn, PhD. John Welborn is a Senior Lecturer in the Economics and Mathematics departments at Dartmouth College. He received his PhD in Economics from George Mason University, and his MA in Economics from the London School of Economics. He researches markets, regulation, and finance, and he advises public companies and law firms on matters related to short selling, options trading, and trade settlement.