Michael T French

Professor
Department Chair, Health Management and Policy

Phone:
(305) 284-2296
Locator Code:
2030

 
Career

Education

1986Ph.D. Economics, Boston College
1984M.A. Economics, Boston College
1982B.A. Economics,, James Madison University

Professional Experience

2021 - Department Chair, University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy
2015 - Professor, University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy
2020 - 2023Academic Director, Master of Health Administration (MHA), University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy
2019 - 2019Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University, School of Business
2019 - 2019Alcoa Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia, Business School
2003 - 2019Professor, University of Miami, Department of Sociology
2003 - Director, Health Economics Research Group (HERG), University of Miami, Department of Sociology
2007 - Research Director, University of Miami, Programs in Health Management and Policy
2013 - Senior Fellow, Center for Health Management and Policy
2012 - 2012Visiting Professor, Emory University, Department of Economics
1995 - 2007Director, University of Miami, Health Administration and Policy Program
2002 - 2003Professor, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, College of Health Professionals, Dept. of Health Admin. and Policy
2000 - 2002Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center
2000 - 2000Visiting Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Economics & Center for Health and Economics
1999 - 2000Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center
1995 - 1998Research Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center
1994 - 1995Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Graduate Public Policy Program
1991 - 1993Adjunct Assistant Professor , University of North Carolina, School of Public Health
1987 - 1992Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Economics
1984 - 1986Instructor, Boston College, Department of Economics

Honors & Acknowledgements

Excellence in Teaching Award. Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami., Master of Health Administration, Class of December 2019.
Excellence in Teaching Award. Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami., Master of Health Administration, Class of December 2018.
2016 Georgescu-Roegen Prize - “Tattoos and Labor Market Earnings: Is There a Link in the Ink?”
The Georgescu-Roegen Prize is awarded each year by the Southern Economic Association® to the author(s) of the best academic article published in the Southern Economic Journal®.

Conferences & Events

March 2022
French, M.T. | “Risky Behaviors and Traffic Fatalities.” | Cornell University
Invited Presentation at Virtual Seminar on the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors (VERB).  
March 2022
French, M.T. | “An Economic Evaluation Framework to Assess Potential Legal and Regulatory Changes.”  | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Invited Keynote Address at Virtual Workshop on Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Examining Federal Regulations and Laws.  
November 2021
French, M.T.  | “How to Increase Organ Donations.”  | Wake Forest University
 Invited presentation at the School of Business, Wake Forest University, Winton-Salem, NC.
September 2021
French, M.T. | “Healthcare Trends: Policies in Today’s Economy that Affect the Built Environment.” 
Invited virtual panel presentation with the Association of Medical Facility Professionals.
February 2021
French, M.T.  | “The Future of Education.” 
 Invited Statista Webinar.
November 2020
French, M.T. | “Economic Costs and Benefits of Alternative Pandemic Response Strategies.”  | Wake Forest University
Invited presentation at the School of Business, Wake Forest University, Winton-Salem, NC.
July 2019
French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming | “Unintended Consequences of the #MeToo Movement:  Are Male Managers Now Less Likely to Mentor Female Employees?” | Basel, Switzerland
 Presented at the International Health Economics Association conference.

Memberships

American Economic Association
International Health Economics Association
American Society of Health Economists
Academy Health
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Southern Economic Association
Western Economic Association
Research

Google Scholar

EDITORIAL BOARDS
  • Editor, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics (2015 to date)
  • Editorial Board, Evaluation and Program Planning (2011 to date)
  • Editorial Board, Health Services Research (2009 to date)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2001 to date)
  • Editorial Board. Implementation Research and Practice (2019 to date)
  • Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics (2012 to 2015)

LIST OF SPECIALTIES: health economics, health policy, program evaluation, transportation policy, substance abuse research, alternative health care delivery systems, pharmaco-economics, human resource economics, and the economics of crime.

Publications

French, M.T., J. Zukerberg, T.E. Lewandowski, K.B. Piccolo, and K. Mortensen. 2022. “Societal Costs and Outcomes of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Policies in the United States:  A Systematic Review.”  Medical Care Research and Review.  79(6):743-771.


French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming. 2022. “Changes in Self-Reported Health, Alcohol Consumption, and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.”  Applied Economics Letters.  29(3):219-225.


French, M.T., and G. Gumus. 2021. “Death on the Job: The Great Recession and Work-Related Traffic Fatalities.”  Social Science and Medicine.  Vol 280:113979.


French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and M. Alcala Kovalski. 2021. “The Relationships Between Marijuana Use and Exercise Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults.”  Preventive Medicine.  Vol 147(3):106518.


French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming.  2021. “A Multivariate Analysis of Workplace Mentoring and Socializing in the Wake of #MeToo.”  Applied Economics.  53(35):4040-4058.  DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1896673. [Link]


MMortensen, K., E. Boswell Dean, M.T. French, N. Wang, and J. Chen. 2021.  “Trends in Health Care Utilization and Spending in the United States across Five Decades: 1977 – 2017.”  Medical Care.  Vol 59(8):704-710.


Kuptsevych-Timmer, A., O. Antonaccio, and M.T. French.  2021.  “Hot or Cool Processing? Adolescent Decision Making and Delinquency.”  Justice Quarterly.  Vol. 38(6):961-994.  DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2020.1730424. [Link]


French, M.T., I. Popovici, and A.R. Timming.  2020.  “Analyzing the Effect of Commuting Time on Earnings among Young Adults:  Compensating Wage Differentials for Traveling to Work.”  Applied Economics.  52(48):5,282-5,297.


Dean, E.C.B, M.T. French, and K. Mortensen. 2020.  “Food Insecurity, Health Care Utilization, and Health Care Expenditures.”  Health Services Research.  55(Suppl. 2):883–893.


French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming.  2020.  “Psychological Distress and Coronavirus Fears During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.”  Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics.  23:93-100.


French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming.  2019.  “Are Tattoos Associated with Employment and Wage Discrimination?:  Analyzing the Relationships Between Body Art and Labor Market Outcomes.” Human Relations.  72(5):962–987. [Link]


Lubarsky, D.A., M.T. French, H.S Gitlow, L.F. Rosen, and S.G. Ullmann.  2019.  “Why Money Alone Can’t (Always) ‘Nudge’ Physicians: The Role of Behavioral Economics in the Design of Physician Incentives.”  Anesthesiology.  130:154-170.


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In the Media

Vaccination Rates and the Economy.

NBC6 Miami Interview

October 05, 2021



Valuing a Human Life in the Age of COVID-19.

Dom Giordano Program on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT

April 17, 2020









Why millennials are uncovering tattoos at work.

The Financial Times

August 12, 2018