Mark Nadel

Mark V. Nadel, Ph.D. is an adjunct professor at the McCourt School. Most recently, he was a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute, an affiliate part of the McCourt School Prior to that, he was Visiting Professor and Academic Director of the Master of Policy Management Program at the McCourt School from 2004-2010. He has also taught at Cornell and Johns Hopkins universities. Professor Nadel has also had a long career in government, most recently as the Associate Commissioner for the Office of Disability and Income Assistance Policy at the Social Security Administration. He was responsible for providing broad policy analysis and development for the Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Prior to coming to Social Security, Professor Nadel was Associate Director of the General Accounting Office's Income Security issue area where he was primarily responsible for GAO's work on welfare reform and child welfare issues. Previously, he directed GAO's work on public health and health insurance issues. He has testified numerous times before Congress on health policy and children's issues. Professor Nadel is primarily interested in policy issues at the intersection of income security and health programs.