Dean Tecumseh Jamison (born c. 1943) is an American economist and leader in the study of global health.
Jamison was born in about 1943 and moved often as a child as his father was a pilot in the US Air Force.
As a child he loved mathematics and studied engineering at Stanford University before turning to economics at Harvard.
"[3] His first job in academia was as professor of education and public health at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1988 to 2006, at first while on extended leave from the bank.
He has been involved in a wide range of professional activities and served as Co-Chair and Study Director of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health which published their results in 2013.