Education
| 1986 | Ph.D. Economics, Boston College |
| 1984 | M.A. Economics, Boston College |
| 1982 | B.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 - 2023 | Academic Director, Master of Health Administration (MHA), University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy |
| 2019 - 2019 | Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University, School of Business |
| 2019 - 2019 | Alcoa Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia, Business School |
| 2003 - 2019 | Professor, 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 - 2012 | Visiting Professor, Emory University, Department of Economics |
| 1995 - 2007 | Director, University of Miami, Health Administration and Policy Program |
| 2002 - 2003 | Professor, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, College of Health Professionals, Dept. of Health Admin. and Policy |
| 2000 - 2002 | Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center |
| 2000 - 2000 | Visiting Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Economics & Center for Health and Economics |
| 1999 - 2000 | Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center |
| 1995 - 1998 | Research Associate Professor, University of Miami, Dept. of Epi and Public Health, Department of Economics & Health Services Research Center |
| 1994 - 1995 | Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Graduate Public Policy Program |
| 1991 - 1993 | Adjunct Assistant Professor , University of North Carolina, School of Public Health |
| 1987 - 1992 | Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Economics |
| 1984 - 1986 | Instructor, 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?”
Conferences & Events
| March 2022 | French, M.T. | “Risky Behaviors and Traffic Fatalities.” | Cornell UniversityInvited 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 MedicineInvited 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 UniversityInvited 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 UniversityInvited 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, SwitzerlandPresented 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
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)
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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