Alan Garber | |
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![]() Garber in 2025 | |
31st President of Harvard University | |
Assumed office August 2, 2024 interim: January 2, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Claudine Gay |
Provost of Harvard University | |
In office September 1, 2011 – March 14, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Steven Hyman |
Succeeded by | John F. Manning |
Personal details | |
Born | Illinois, U.S. | May 7, 1955
Spouse | Anne Yahanda |
Children | 4 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) Stanford University (MD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Health economics |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Costs and control of antibiotic resistance (1982) |
Doctoral advisors | Martin Feldstein Zvi Griliches Richard Zeckhauser |
Alan Michael Garber (born May 7, 1955) is an American physician and health economist, currently serving as the 31st president of Harvard University since December 7, 2024. Previously, he served as provost of Harvard University from 2011 to March 2024.