| Stan
N. Finkelstein
Senior
Research Scientist
Engineering Systems Division
and Harvard-MIT
Division of Health Sciences & Technology
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School
Stan
N. Finkelstein, M.D. is a Senior Research
Scientist at the MIT and Co-Director
of the Program on the Pharmaceutical
Industry (POPI). He also serves as
a Senior Lecturer in the Department
of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical
School and a member of the faculty
of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health
Sciences & Technology (HST) and
the MIT Engineering Systems Division
(ESD). He received his Masters of
Science and Bachelors of Science degrees
in Chemical Engineering from MIT in
1971, and an M.D. from Harvard Medical
School in 1975.
Since
1975, he has worked actively in the
field of medical technology assessment
and transfer at MIT. He conducts research
and teaches classes in the development
and evaluation of medical practice
and technology and in health economics
and policy, both at MIT and Harvard
Medical School.
An
active consultant to U.S. and international
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and
medical device firms, as well as to
health services organizations and
government agencies; Dr. Finkelstein
is an expert in outcomes research.
His areas of specialization extend
to the business-government interface
related to medical technology, especially
product development, clinical research
design and third-party reimbursement.
Dr. Finkelstein is author, editor,
or contributor to several books and
numerous articles on these subjects
Dr.
Finkelstein’s current research
interests include analyses relating
to the economics of illness and pharmaceutical
treatment. His publications include
studies of cost of illness and cost-effectiveness
of treatment. He is co-author of several
recent articles that address the link
between treatment of illness and productivity
at work, and the role of advancing
science and technology in changing
patterns of medical treatment.
Books Published:
Books
Published by Stan N. Finkelstein
Related News:
Research by Richard Larson and Stan Finkelstein on non-pharmaceutical interventions to help minimize the spread of flu: “How to stop the flu” – MIT News – December 7, 2011 (MIT homepage spotlight); Also picked up by: BostInno – December 7, 2011; Medical News Today – December 8, 2011; HealBlog.net – December 8th, 2011
Outsmarting
the Flu – October 22, 2007
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