In brief
Christina Hull Paxson is an American economist and academic administrator serving as the 19th president of Brown University since July 1, 2012.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College with a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University, Paxson specializes in health economics, examining how early-life conditions influence long-term health, employment, and socioeconomic outcomes. Before assuming the presidency at Brown, she chaired Princeton University's Department of Economics, dean of its School of Public and International Affairs, and founded research centers on aging, demography, and health and wellbeing.
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