Michael Stein

Michael D. Stein
Born	(1960-01-15) January 15, 1960 New Jersey
Alma mater	Harvard College Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Spouse	Hester Kaplan
Scientific career
Fields	Substance use disorders Public health Mental health HIV/AIDS
Institutions	Boston University School of Public Health
Website	www.michaelsteinbooks.com

Michael Stein is a physician, health policy researcher, and author. He currently serves as the Chair and Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. For the past three decades, Dr. Stein has produced work that has spanned the topics of sleep and pain, addiction and HIV/AIDS, mental health and behavioral risk-taking, health care access and quality.

Career

Stein's research expertise spans behavioral medicine, primary care, substance use disorders, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and the determinants of risk-taking behavior. Before joining Boston University, Stein spent 28 years at Brown University as a general internist and Professor of medicine. He directed HIV services at Rhode Island Hospital for two decades and then led behavioral medicine at Butler Hospital. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

Stein has authored numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction. His fiction has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His first nonfiction book "The Lonely Patient," won the Christopher Award. His recent books about public health topics have included "The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic" (2024), co-authored with Sandro Galea. Stein is also the executive editor of Public Health Post, Boston University's acclaimed population health online magazine. His writing has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The Hill.

In 2024, Stein was appointed interim dean of the SPH beginning in 2025.

Bibliography

Books

• ”Probabilities” (1995) ISBN 9781877946578
• ”The White Life” (1999) ISBN 9781579620257
• ”The Lynching Tree” (2000) ISBN 9781579620707
• ”This Room is Yours” (2004) ISBN 9781579621063
• ”In the Age of Love” (2007) ISBN 9781579621506
• ”The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness” (2008) ISBN 9780060847968
• ”The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year” (2010) ISBN 9780061368141
• ”The Rape of the Muse” (2011) ISBN 9781579622237
• ”Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations about the Public's Health” (2020) ISBN 9780197510384
• ”Broke: Patients Talk about Money with Their Doctor” (2020) ISBN 9781469661148
• ”Accidental Kindness: A Doctor's Notes on Empathy” (2022) ISBN 9781469671819
• ”Me vs. Us: A Health Divided” (2022) ISBN 9780197637562
• ”The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic” (2024) ISBN 9780197749685

Selected articles & essays

• "An Anatomy of Addiction" SFGate, (2011)
• "Ninety Days, by Bill Clegg: review" SFGate, (2012)
• "What makes coronavirus deaths acceptable?" The Boston Globe, (2020)
• "A Return to Reason" Public Health Post, (2020)
• "A straightforward solution to the newly uninsured" The Hill, (2020)
• "Uncomfortable conversations about COVID-19" The Hill, (2020)
• "The problem with hospitalizing opioid addicts against their will" The Washington Post, (2017)
• "The risks of ‘Medicare for all’" The Boston Globe, (2019)
• "We all want our doctors to be kind. But does kindness actually help us get well?" The Washington Post, (2016)
• "When medical care is delivered in 15-minute doses, there’s not much time for caring" The Washington Post, (2015)
• "The Secret Therapist" The New York Times, (2014)

Research

• Stein MD, Kraus C, Rogers E, Silwal A, Helme D, Slaer M, Beard D, Lewis N, Luster J, Stephens K, Lefebvre C. "Lessons learned from developing tailored community communication campaigns in the HEALing Communities Study." Journal of Health Communication. 2023; 28: 699-705.
• Stein MD, Phillips K, Herman D, Keosaian J, Stewart C, Anderson BJ, Weinstein Z, Leibschutz J. "Skin cleaning among hospitalized persons who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial." Addiction. 2021; 116: 1122-1130.
• Stein MD, Herman D, Conti M, Anderson B, Bailey G. "Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During Short-term Inpatient Detoxification: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Addiction. 2020; 115: 82-94.
• Roy P, Stein MD. "Offering emergency buprenorphine without a prescription." JAMA. 2019; 322: 501-502.
• Stein MD, Caviness CM, Morse EF, Grimone KR, Audet D, Herman DS, Moitra E, Anderson BJ. "A Developmental-based Motivational Intervention to Reduce Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Non-Treatment-Seeking Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Addiction. 2018; 113: 440-453.
• Stein MD, Caviness CM, Kurth ME, Audet D, Olson J, Anderson BJ. "Varenicline for smoking cessation among methadone-maintained smokers: a randomized clinical trial." Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013; 133: 486-493.
• Stein MD, Kurth ME, Sharkey KM, Anderson BJ, Corso RP, Millman RP. "Trazodone for sleep disturbance during methadone maintenance: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial." Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2012; 120: 65-73.
• Stein MD, Caviness CM, Anderson BA, Hebert M, Clarke JG. "A brief alcohol intervention for hazardously-drinking incarcerated women." Addiction. 2010; 105: 466-475.
• Stein MD, Anderson BJ. "Injection frequency mediates health service use among persons with a history of drug injection." Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2003; 70: 159-68.
• Stein MD, Crystal S, Cunningham WE, et al. "Delays in seeking HIV care due to competing caregiver responsibilities." American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90: 1138-40.
• Wachtel TJ, Stein MD. "Physician Payment: Fee for Time." JAMA. 1994; 271: 425-6.
• Stein MD, Rubenstein L, Wachtel T. "Who Pays for Published Research?" JAMA. 1993; 269: 781-2.

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