Bio
Michael T. French is a health economist and professor in the Department of Sociology and Department of Health Sector Management and Policy at the University of Miami, with secondary appointments in the Department of Economics and Department of Public Health Sciences. He has been principal investigator or project leader on numerous research grants with the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several state agencies. He is currently editor of the Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics; on the editorial boards for Health Services Research, Evaluation and Program Planning, and Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; and serves on several research advisory boards for universities, national and international companies, government agencies, and health care organizations. French has published over 180 peer-reviewed scholarly articles in a variety of multidisciplinary professional journals.