Mark Olfson, MD, MPH

Associate Member, Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, Columbia University Medical Center
Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center

Mark Olfson, MD, MPH seeks to identify gaps between clinical science and practice in behavioral health care including a focus on suicide prevention and improving the treatment of adults with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders. He has brought attention to problems in quality of assessment and treatment of children and adults with behavioral health disorders including an emphasis on neglected and underserved populations. He has characterized unmet need for mental health services, the flow of patients into mental health care, and evolving national practice patterns in the assessment and management of psychiatric disorders.