Jeremy Bray, PhD, is the director of RTI’s Behavioral Health Economics Program. His research focuses on the economics of substance abuse and mental health and on the cost-effectiveness of substance abuse treatment and prevention. Dr. Bray has examined the labor market effects of substance use, abuse, and dependence. Currently, Dr. Bray’s research focuses on the impact of alcohol use and abuse on educational attainment. In his research on the cost-effectiveness of substance abuse treatment and prevention, Dr. Bray serves as the cross-site evaluation director on the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention-funded Young Adults in the Workplace Initiative and is co-principal investigator on a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism study to determine the cost-effectiveness of combined behavioral- and pharmaco-therapies for alcohol dependence. Dr. Bray has published his research findings in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Labour Economics, Public Health Reports, and Health Economics. |