Matthew Eisenberg

Matthew Eisenberg is a health economist and associate professor of health policy and management and mental health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. At Johns Hopkins, he serves as Vice Chair for Faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Director of the PhD Program in Health Economics and Policy, the Director of the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy, and the Director of Research for the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative.

Much of his research has been focused on analyzing the impact of federal, insurer and employer level health care policies, specifically with applications to mental health and substance use disorder. In his work, he brings econometric research designs and economic theory to important policy questions with the goal of improving the functioning of health care markets and improving health. He has published 70 peer-reviewed papers in top economics, medical and policy journals including Journal of Health Economics, American Journal of Health Economics, JAMA, and Health Affairs. He has received more than $10 million in funding in grants as principal investigator from the National Institutes for Health and several prominent foundations.