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Mark Schlesinger, PhD

Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Dr. Schlesinger is Professor of Health Policy and a fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University and past editor of the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law. Dr. Schlesinger’s research explores the determinants of public opinion about health and social policy, the influence of bounded rationality on medical consumers, the role of nonprofit organizations in American medicine. His recent research initiatives include (a) studying how the changing availability of information on clinicians’ practices alters patients’ choices among doctors, (b) assessing public perceptions of and responses to economic insecurity, (c) explaining the recent rapid expansion in the scope of newborn screening among American states, and (d) understanding why particular collective responses are seen as more or less legitimate for addressing the spread of obesity among Americans. He has consulted to a half dozen federal agencies, several dozen state and local governments, and more than a score of nonprofit organizations concerned with health and social policy. His favored sports include uncompetitive volleyball and unlighted table tennis.

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Education & Training

PhD
University of Wisconsin (1984)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Consumer Behavior; Health Policy; Ownership; Patient Advocacy; Policy Making; Public Opinion

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Mark Schlesinger's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    John M Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award

  • activity

    Consumer engagement in health care reform

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    DIPEx International

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    Health Policy and National Values: America and Canada

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Health Policy & Management

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Locations

  • 60 College Street

    Academic Office

    Ste 304

    New Haven, CT 06510