Michael T French
Professor
Department Chair, Health Management and Policy
Academic Director, Master of Health Administration Program
Education
| 1986 | Ph.D. Economics, Boston College |
| 1984 | Economics, Boston College |
| 1982 | B.A. Economics, James Madison University |
Economics | Quasi-experimental designs | Decision Analysis
Professional Experience
| 2021 - | Department Chair, University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy |
| 2015 - | Professor, University of Miami, Department of Health Management & Policy |
| 2020 - | 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
| 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.” | 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?” | Presented at the International Health Economics Association conference, Basel, Switzerland |
More Conferences | Below |
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- present
Editorial Board, Evaluation and Program Planning, 2011- present
Editorial Board, Health Services Research, 2009- present
Editorial Board, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2001- present
Health economics; health policy; alternative health care delivery systems; human resource economics; transportation policies; workplace discrimination; and behavioral health evaluations
Publications
Dean, E.C.B, M.T. French, and K. Mortensen. "Food Insecurity, Health Care Utilization, and Health Care Expenditures." Health Services Research. 55(Suppl. 2):883–893. (2020).
French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming. “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. (2020).
Hill, T.D., A.P. Davis, J.M. Roos, and M.T. French. “Limitations of Fixed-Effects Models for Panel Data.” Sociological Perspectives. 63(3):357-369. (2020).
Marcozzi, D.E., R. Pietrobon, J.V. Lawler, M.T. French, C. Mecher, J. Peffer, N.E. Baehr, and B.J. Browne. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. 20:60–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10742-020-00208-6. (2020). [Link]
French, M.T., and A.R. Timming. “Hormone Therapy and Discrimination in the Labor Market: Emerging Experimental Evidence on the Economics of Endocrinology.” Endocrine Research. 45(4):254-257. (2020).
Beulaygue, I., M.T. French, and P.K. Robins. “Early Initiation of Marijuana Use, Human Capital Formation, and Earnings of Young Adults.” Journal of Children and Poverty. 26(1):40-63. (2020).
Timming, A.R., M.T. French, and D. Fan. “Exploring the Fluid Boundary Between ‘Legitimate Performance Management’ and ‘Downward Bullying’: An Experimental Approach.” Industrial Relations Journal. 50(4):348-361. (2019).
Mortensen, K., M.T. French, and A.R. Timming. “Are Tattoos Associated with Negative Health-Related Outcomes and Risky Behaviors?” International Journal of Dermatology. 58(7):816-824. (2019).
French, M.T., K. Mortensen, and A.R. Timming. “Are Tattoos Associated with Employment and Wage Discrimination?: Analyzing the Relationships Between Body Art and Labor Market Outcomes.” Human Relations. 72(5):962–987. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0018726718782597. (2019). [Link]
Lubarsky, D.A., M.T. French, H.S Gitlow, L.F. Rosen, and S.G. Ullmann. "Why Money Alone Can’t (Always) ‘Nudge’ Physicians: The Roleof Behavioral Economics in the Design of Physician Incentives.” Anesthesiology. 130:154-170. (2019).
French, M.T., and G. Gumus. “Watch for Motorcycles! The Effects of Texting and Handheld Bans on Motorcyclist Fatalities.” Social Science and Medicine. 216:81-87. (2018).
Mortensen K., M.T. French, M. Alcala, and T. Hu. “Self-reported Health Status Differs for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Respondents Compared to Nationally Representative Surveys." Medical Care. 56(3):211-15. (2018).
Horn, B.P., X. Li, S. Mamun, B. McCrady, P. Guerrin, and M.T. French. “The Economic Costs of Jail-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment.” The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 44(6):611-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2018.1491048. (2018). [Link]
McCollister, K., X. Yang, B. Sayed, M.T. French, J.A. Leff, and B.R. Schackman "Monetary Conversion Factors for Economic Evaluations of Substance Use Disorders" Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 25-3481(October) (2017).
Mundt, M.P., O. Antonaccio, M.T. French, and L.I. Zakletskaia "The Role of Adolescent Friendship Group Integration and Cohesion in Weapon-Related Violent Crime as a Young Adult" Journal of Youth and Adolescence 1643-166046(8) (2017).
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