Thomas Barnay

Thomas Barnay is Professor of Economics at the University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), currently on leave while serving as Visiting Professor at Northeastern University in Boston. Previously (2021-2022), he held a Visiting Professorship at Harvard University as French laureate of the Harkness Fellowship. At UPEC, he co-directs the Health Economics and Public Health pillar of EUR LIVE, was Head of ÉRUDITE (2018-2021), and founded its Master's in Health Economics program. He serves as Vice-President of the French Health Economics Association and was Scientific Advisor to the French Ministry of Health (2012-2015).

His research centers on health-labor market interactions with specific focus on how working conditions affect health status and disabilities, healthcare access disparities, retirement economics, aging dynamics, and pandemic policy impacts. He employs economic modeling to evaluate vulnerabilities across life trajectories, particularly examining causal relationships between occupational exposures and long-term health outcomes using French administrative datasets.

Recent publications (2023-2024) demonstrate concentrated analysis of cancer's labor market effects, work injury consequences on psychotropic drug use, elderly health during lockdowns, and physician distribution policies. His work consistently leverages longitudinal European cohort data with emphasis on econometric evaluation of health policies, reflecting deep engagement with French health system challenges.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Harkness Fellowship (2021-2022)

Academic leadership features founding UPEC's Master's in Health Economics and directing ÉRUDITE. His policy advisory role at the French Ministry of Health indicates significant government engagement. While specific grants aren't detailed, his Harkness Fellowship and EUR LIVE pillar leadership suggest sustained research funding for health economics projects.

He actively leads EUR LIVE's Health Economics series for remote teachings on vulnerability analysis and remains embedded in ÉRUDITE's research ecosystem despite stepping down as head in 2021. His current work bridges Northeastern University's resources with French health policy frameworks through the EUR LIVE consortium.