As a professor of economics and health policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, Martin S. Gaynor's research focuses on competition and the role of incentive structures in health care markets. Gaynor is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and served as the chief economist of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Gaynor has consulted with the FTC, the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Department of Corporations on antitrust issues. He was the recipient of the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for best published paper in health economics worldwide and a Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship for research on antitrust and competition in health care markets.
Gaynor received his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at San Diego and his master's degree and Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University.
