GSPP Faculty
Richard M. Scheffler
Other Homepages:
- Petris.org
- Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research
- UC Berkeley, Health Policy Research Program
- UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
Other Affiliations:
- Director of the Health Policy Training Program, School of Public Health
- Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare
- Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, School of Public Health
Curriculum Vitae:
, 62Kb)Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- Incentives and Mergers in Managed Care
- Organization and Financing of Mental Health Services
- Reforming Health Systems in Eastern Europe
- The Supply of Physicians in the 21st Century
Biographical Statement:
Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and holds the Chair in Healthcare Markets & Consumer Welfare endowed by the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California. He is Director of The Nicholas C. Petris Center On Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare. At Berkeley, he serves as Co-Director of the Scholars in Health Policy Research Program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; he is founding Co-Director of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) pre- and post-doctoral training programs. Co-directs the NIH-Fogarty Mental Health & Policy Research Training for Czech Post Doctoral Scholars program; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) pre and postdoctoral training program; and the Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program. He served as President and Program Chair of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) 4th World Congress San Francisco, June 2003. His research is on healthcare markets, health insurance, the health work force, mental health economics, and international health system reforms in Western and Eastern Europe. Professor Scheffler is the current recipient of the American Public Health Association’s Carl Taube Award, which honors distinguished contributions to the field of mental health services research. He is a recipient of a senior scientist award from NIMH for work on mental health parity, the economics of the public mental health system in California, managed care in mental health, and the mental health work force. Professor Scheffler has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Rockefeller Scholar and a Scholar in Residence at the Institute of Medicine–National Academy of Sciences. Professor Scheffler has published over a hundred papers and edited and written six books. His forthcoming book is on the future of the health work force –University of California Press.
