Michael Stein
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Michael D. Stein, MD

Dean ad interim - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-1956
mdstein@bu.edu
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Biography

Recognized among the top one percent of NIH grant recipients over the past two decades, Dr. 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 450 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 eight books of non-fiction, and his writings have been noted in the Best American essay series, and appeared in many magazines and newspapers. Recent books, "Me vs. Us: A Health Divided" and "Accidental Kindness: A Doctor's Notes on Empathy," were published in 2022. HIs newest book, with Sandro Galea, "The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic" was published in 2024. He is Executive Editor of the online magazine Public Health Post.

Other Positions

  • Chair and Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

Education

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Harvard College, BA Field of Study: Biology

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 4/3/2025

    Jayasinghe T, Drainoni ML, Walley A, Grella C, Majeski A, Rolles A, Cogan A, Venkatesan G, Stein MD, Larochelle M, Samet JH, Kimmel SD. "Every Time I Go in There, It Gives Me Time to Reflect": A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives on Substance Use, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, and Harm Reduction Following Hospitalization for Serious Injection-Related Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 May; 12(5):ofaf201. PMID: 40352630.

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  • Published on 3/19/2025

    Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Simpson TL, Marx BP, Hawn SE, Hyde J, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Roth CE, Sarpong AA, Davenport M, Meng F, Stein MD, Livingston NA. Sex Differences in Suicide, Lethal Means, and Years of Potential Life Lost Among Veterans With Substance Use Disorder. Womens Health Issues. 2025 Mar 19. PMID: 40113455.

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  • Published on 1/2/2025

    Auty SG, Frakt AB, Shafer PR, Stein MD, Gordon SH. Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Pregnant People With Opioid Use Disorder Enrolled in Medicaid. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 02; 8(1):e2453303. PMID: 39777443.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Dandurand J, Stein M, Surprenant B, Kim S, Sarles-Whittlesey H, Grimone K, Herman D, Abrantes AM, Sweet LH. Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network During Opioid Use and Cessation in Treatment-Seeking Persons. Eur J Neurosci. 2025 Jan; 61(1):e16656. PMID: 39779490.

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  • Published on 12/4/2024

    Lewis N, Eggleston B, Chandler RK, Goddard-Eckrich D, Luster JE, Beard DD, Rodgers E, Chahine R, Westgate PM, Benjamin SN, Holloway J, Clarke T, Lefebvre RC, Stein MD, Helme DW, Reynolds J, Walsh SL, Freedman D, El-Bassel N, Stephens K, Silwal A, Lofwall M, Childerhose JE, Surratt HL, Crockett BN, Farmer AL, David JL, Fanucchi L, Harness J, Wilburn B, Bursey K, Mattson K, Mann S, Jackson RD, Shadwick A, Calver K, Chassler D, Kimball J, Regan N, Samet JH, Sword-Cruz R, Slater MD. Stigma and efficacy beliefs regarding opioid use disorder treatment and naloxone in communities participating in the HEALing Communities Study intervention. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0308965. PMID: 39630633.

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  • Published on 11/15/2024

    Moitra E, Stein MD, Busch AM, Pinkston MM, Bray JW, Abrantes AM, Baker JV, Weisberg RB, Anderson BJ, Uebelacker LA. Health Care Service Utilization Among People with HIV, Chronic Pain, and Depression: Utilization and Cost Outcomes from the HIV-PASS Study. AIDS Behav. 2025 Mar; 29(3):725-732. PMID: 39546145.

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  • Published on 11/13/2024

    Browne J, Halverson TF, Battle CL, Stein MD, Bergeron A, Abrantes AM. A Novel Scale of Lifestyle Physical Activity: Measure Description and Intervention Responsiveness. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2024 Nov 13; 15598276241300473. PMID: 39554928.

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  • Published on 10/31/2024

    Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Loeffel LB, Hall RS, Maloney M, Roth CE, Fonda JR, Davenport M, Meng F, Hyde J, Stein M. Emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and non-fatal and fatal drug overdoses during COVID-19 among Veterans with opioid use disorder. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Oct 31. PMID: 39480692.

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  • Published on 10/24/2024

    Haley DF, Stein MD, Bendiks S, Karzhevsky S, Pierce C, Dunn A, Herman DS, Anderson B, Weisberg RB. Associations of discomfort intolerance, discomfort avoidance, and cannabis and alcohol use among persons with chronic pain receiving prescription buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Dec 01; 265:112472. PMID: 39488941.

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  • Published on 10/23/2024

    Vest N, Flesaker M, Bohler R, Timko C, Kelly J, Stein M, Humphreys K. Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the US and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2024 Oct 23. PMID: 39440655.

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