Jean M Mitchell

Jean M Mitchell is a Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy and a member of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center. Her expertise spans health economics, health services research, and applied econometrics, with a focus on policy impacts in healthcare.

• Education
  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
  • M.A., Vanderbilt University
  • B.S., Wake Forest University

Her research addresses disparities in healthcare outcomes, including projects on cancer survivors' employment, low-quality breast cancer care expenditures in Medicare, and prostate cancer care effectiveness. She has secured multiple federal and nonprofit grants, and her work influenced the federal Stark II law prohibiting physician self-referrals. Beyond academia, she is a dedicated long-distance runner with 19 marathons completed, including five Boston Marathons.