What Victor Fuchs Taught About Curiosity, Mentorship, and Resilience
AcademyHealth member Joanne Spetz reflects on lessons learned from her mentor and health economist, Victor Fuchs, who passed away this month at the age of 99.
Joanne Spetz is Director and Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), University of California San Francisco. IHPS is a 50-year-old research unit that conducts innovative research to support, guide, and enable policymakers, communities, and clinicians in making evidence-informed decisions that improve health and health care for individuals and families. Dr. Spetz’s research focuses on the economics of the health care workforce, organization of health care services, and quality of health care.