Marko Vujicic PhD

Marko Vujicic currently serves as Chief Economist and Vice President of the Health Policy Institute at the American Dental Association. Previously, he was Senior Economist with The World Bank in Washington D.C. where he focused on health systems reform in developing countries and directed the global health workforce policy program. He was also a Health Economist with the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In all of these roles, Dr. Vujicic led large-scale strategic initiatives focused on generating, synthesizing, and contextualizing cutting-edge data and research for policymakers. Bringing evidence to policymaking is where his professional passion lies.

Dr. Vujicic is the lead author of the book, Working in Health, which examines health workforce policy issues globally and has written several book chapters on health care financing, human resources for health, and service delivery. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Health Affairs, The New England Journal of Medicine, Health Services Research, Health Policy and Planning, Social Science and Medicine, and Medical Care. His work has been cited by CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fox News, and The Atlantic. He has been invited to provide testimony to federal and state legislative committees.

Dr. Vujicic is affiliate faculty at the Center for Health and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago and the Center for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto and a visiting assistant professor at Tufts University. Dr. Vujicic obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor’s degree in Business from McGill University in Montreal.