Michael Stein, MD

Recognized among the top one percent of NIH grant recipients over the past two decades, Dr. Michael Stein has worked at the intersection of behavioral medicine and primary care. His outcomes research has moved between substance use disorders and HIV/AIDS, sleep and pain, mental health disorders, and the determinants of risk-taking. He has published more than 425 scientific journal articles. Dr. Stein graduated from Harvard College and received his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. After medical residency at New England Medical Center, he completed a National Research Service Award Fellowship at Brown University. He was director of HIV Services at Rhode Island Hospital for two decades. He worked for years as a consultant to tech start-ups. He is also the award-winning author of six novels and seven books of non-fiction, and his writings have been noted in the Best American essay series, and appeared in many magazines and newspapers. His latest books, "Me vs. Us: A Health Divided" and "Accidental Kindness: A Doctor's Notes on Empathy," were published in 2022. HIs forthcoming book with Sandro Galea, "The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic" will be out in 2024. He is the former chair of the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health, and the former executive editor of the online magazine Public Health Post.