Education
| Carleton College |
B.S. |
1987 |
Biology |
| University of Florida |
M.S. |
1991 |
Zoology |
| University of Florida |
Ph.D. |
1996 |
Economics |
Professional Positions
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1996-2001 |
Health Economist, Houston VA
Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence |
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1996-1998 |
Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine
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1998-2001 |
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
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1999-2001 |
Director of Education Programs, Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence
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2002-2004 |
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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2002-2004 |
Faculty, Center of Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh
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2003-2004 |
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
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2005-present |
Research Assistant Professor, University of Miami
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2005-present |
Faculty, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Research Interests
Patient decision making, cancer screening and prevention, financial incentives, human subjects research, health services research, medical ethics, patient preferences
Selected Publications
Suarez-Almazor ME, Souchek J, Kelly PA, O’Malley K, Byrne M, Richardson M, Pak C. Ethnic variation in knee replacement: patient preferences or uninformed disparity? Forthcoming Archives of Internal Medicine.
Sugarman J, Getz K, Speckman JL, Byrne MM, Gerson J, Emanuel EJ, for the Consortium to Evaluate Clinical Research Ethics. The Cost of Institutional Review Boards in Academic Medical Centers. Forthcoming New England Journal of Medicine.
Souchek J, Byrne MM, Kelly A, O’Malley K, Richardson M, Pak C, Nelson H. Valuation of arthritis health states across ethnic groups and between patients and community members. Forthcoming, Medical Care.
Petersen LA, Pietz K, Woodard LD, Byrne MM. Comparison of the clinical validity of diagnosis-based risk adjusters used for clinical outcomes. Medical Care 2005; 43(1):61-67.
Mendeloff J, Ko K, Roberts MS, Byrne MM, Dew MA. Procuring organ donors as a health investment: How much should we be willing to spend? Transplantation 2004; 78(12): 1704-1710.
Byrne MM, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor M. Ethnic differences in health preferences: Analysis using willingness-to-pay. Journal of Rheumatology 2004; 31(9): 1811-8.
Byrne MM, Charns MP, Meterko M, Parker VA, Wray NP. The effects of organization on medical utilization: An analysis of service line organization. Medical Care 2004; 42(1):28-37.
Byrne MM, Thompson P. Screening and preventable illness. Journal of Health Economics 2001; 20(6): 1077-1088.
Cook KF, Ashton CM, Brody B, Byrne MM, Geraci J, Hanita M, Souchek J, Wray NP. A psychometric analysis of the measurement level of the rating scale, time trade-off, and standard gamble. Social Science and Medicine 2001; 53(10: 1275-1285.
Byrne MM, Thompson P. A positive analysis of financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation. Journal of Health Economics 2001; 20(1): 69-83.
Byrne MM, Thompson P. Death and Dignity: Terminal illness and the market for non-treatment. The Journal of Public Economics 2000; 76:263-294.
Giesler RB, Ashton CM, Brody B, Byrne MM, Cook K, Geraci J, Hanita M, Souchek J, Wray NP. Assessing the performance of utility elicitation techniques in the absence of a gold standard. Medical Care 1999; 37(6): 580-588.
Byrne MM, Ashton CM. Incentives for vertical integration in health care: The effect of payment system. The Journal of Healthcare Management, 1999; 44(1): 34-46.
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