Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research

Stanley Wallack Distinguished Memorial Lecture

This lecture series commemorates Stanley S. Wallack, a nationally known expert on health-policy issues and professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management for 36 years. An economist, professor and entrepreneur, he served as executive director and co-founder of the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy and Research at Brandeis. He taught graduate students in health economics, national health policy and health care financing. He founded two companies: Health Data Institute, specializing in health-data analytics, and LifePlans, specializing in long-term care benefit management. Much of his research was dedicated to analyzing problems in the financing and delivery of health care, and developing innovative solutions that became the industry standard, including at health maintenance organizations and accountable-care organizations. Stanley conducted extensive research on the development of comprehensive programs for insuring long-term care. Before coming to Brandeis, he served as an economic policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, and worked for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Congressional Budget Office.

Learn more about Stan Wallack's life and legacy at the Heller School.

2025 Wallack Lecture

2024 Wallack Lecture

2023 Wallack Lecture

2022 Wallack Lecture

2021 Wallack Lecture

2019 Wallack Lecture

2018 Wallack Lecture

Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, “The End of U.S. Health Policy,” December 10, 2018

2017 Wallack Lecture

2016 Wallack Lecture

William Crown, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, OptumLabs, “How Good Data and Analysis Helps Make Better Healthcare,” December 7, 2016