Prof. Ariel Dora Stern

Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Digital Health, Economics and Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute and a Full Professor at the University of Potsdam. Prior to joining the HPI, she spent ten years as faculty at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on technology management and innovation in health care, using methods from econometrics and data science to curate and analyze novel datasets. Her projects consider the regulation, strategy, and economics of health care, with a focus on emerging health care technologies and delivery modalities. She has published widely in top journals in medicine, economics, and health care policy and her research has been cited by Bloomberg, The New York Times, National Public Radio, STAT News, the Handlesblatt and the Tagesspiegel. Ariel received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, where she was a National Bureau of Economic Research Predoctoral Fellow in the Economics of Health and Aging. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Dartmouth College, where she was a Presidential Scholar and national collegiate figure skating champion. From 2020-2021 Ariel served as the Director for International Health Care Economics at the Health Innovation Hub, an independent think tank of the German Federal Ministry of Health focused on digital transformation projects. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Society for Digital Medicine and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and advises numerous health care startups.