Michael Schoenbaum, PhD

Michael Schoenbaum is Senior Advisor for Mental Health Services, Epidemiology, and Economics, Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Schoenbaum conducts analyses of mental health burden, service use and costs, intervention opportunities, and other policy-related issues; and he works with public and private stakeholders to help increase the public health impact of NIMH-supported research. Dr. Schoenbaum's research has focused particularly on the costs and benefits of interventions to improve health and health care, evaluated from the perspectives of patients, providers, payers, and society.