Harsha Thirumurthy 
 Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management 
 Health Policy and Management, CB#7411 
 (919) 966-9756 
 harsha@unc.edu 
 http://www.unc.edu/~hthirumu/
Appointed Year: | 2007
Tenured: | No
Education: | • PHD Economics, Yale University 2006

World Area of Focus:

• Africa 25%-49%
• South Asia Less than 10%

Languages:

• Swahili (professional proficiency)
• Tamil (native/bilingual proficiency)

Specialization:

Development economics;
Health economics;
Applied microeconomics

Relevant Experience:

2006 - Present: Assistant Professor of Health Economics
Department of Health Policy & Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2006 - 2007: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Global Development

Distinctions:

2007 - New Investigator in Global Health Award, Global Health Council
2005 - Yale University Dissertation Fellowship
2005 - John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University
2002-2003 - Sasakawa Fellowship, Yale University
2000-2004 - Yale University Fellowship
2000 - Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Fellowship Competition
1998 - Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
1998 - Joel Dean Prize in Economics, Oberlin College
1994-1998 - Oberlin College Scholarship

Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years: | 4
Relevant Courses Taught: | • HPM 715 Health Economics

Recent Publications:

• 2009  ARV treatment and time allocation to household tasks: evidence from Kenya (with Giovanna d’Adda, Markus Goldstein, Joshua Graff Zivin, and Mabel Nangami), African Development Review 2009; 21(1): 180-208.
• 2008  Health worker absence, HIV testing and behavioral change: evidence from western Kenya (with Markus Goldstein, Joshua Graff Zivin, James Habyarimana, and Cristian Pop-Eleches), August 2008. 
• 2008   The economic impact of AIDS treatment: labor supply in western Kenya (with Markus Goldstein and Joshua Graff Zivin), Journal of Human Resources 2008; 43(3): 511-552.
• 2007 “AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children’s Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya,” September 2007 (with Markus Goldstein and Joshua Graff Zivin). NBER Working Paper No. 12689.