Diane M. Dewar is an associate professor emerita of the University at Albany, State University of New York. She received her Ph.D. from the University at Albany with concentrations in health economics and econometrics. She is a recipient of the William Waters Research Award from the Association of Social Economists and received honorable mention for the Aetna Susan B. Anthony Award for Research on Older Women from the American Public Health Association. She was the chair of scientific review panels of NIH and AHRQ and is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and texts in health economics, policy, and aging.

