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E. Michael Foster
Professor of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rosenau Hall, CB# 7445
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445

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Send me e-mail--emfoster-at-unc.edu
Contact Me

Back in the days when

I had two eyes!

(I recently enlarged this picture.  I hope no one is frightened.)

 

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NEW FEATURE: WHERE  IS MIKE'S FOCUS?  IT'S RIGHT HERE See my mental map!  
Seriously, this actually does describe my research interests.  (Maybe not for the squeamish or excessively narrow!)

Arriving at UNC (again) in the fall of 2004, I am a professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health.  I also am appointed in the Department of Health Policy and Administration.  I work with students and faculty in both departments.

Personal

  • Wife: Mary (married 20 years) (Here's a picture of Mary when I proposed.) 

·         Children: Hannah (17), Evy (15), Gabriel (12) and Miriam (6)  More recent picture
- Halloween Picture (2001) (Lacking big cheese status in real life, you can see that.....)

  • My dog, Brother Cadfael (oh god, I'm middle aged--I'm putting my dog on my web page)  [He is wearing his Halloween costume, in case you're wondering.  It's a bit of a tribute to my favorite actor, George Clooney, in O Brother Where Art Thou ?] 

In case this professor gig doesn't work out, you can see that I have a second job on the weekends.

The rumor is indeed true.  I recently had brain enlargement.  Whether it worked is debatable.

Recent Travel Highlights
(About 6 years ago, I decided I'd been to Boston enough, so I stopped going to the same darn conferences/cities over and over again
and started using my money to visit foreign countries.)

·  Helsinki (Winter 2006)

·  Africa (Summer 2007)

·  Davos, Switzerland (Winter, 2007)

·  Barcelona (Winter, 2007)

·  Bucharest (Winter 2008)

 Vienna and Venice (Winter 2009)

·  Australia (Summer 2002)

·  London and Oxford (Fall 2002)

·  Venice (Winter 2003)

·  Glasgow (Fall 2004)

·  Berlin (Summer 2004)

·  Paris (Summer 2004)

·  Prague (Summer 2004)

Perhaps You're Searching for a Different Michael Foster.....

All of these Mike Foster's have talents I lack, to say the least. 

 

As a tribute to my lost eyeball, I salute these one-eyed wonders

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Famous One-Eye Persons

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

- Dickie V.

- Xiahou Dun

(Struck in eye by arrow; is said to have eaten his own eyeball

Now, that is one tough dude from the house of mo-fo)

- Sandy Duncan

And of course, we can indeed include fictional characters.

 

Rooster Cogburn

 


Courses I Teach
 

Course

As I keep changing jobs, I've taught a zillion other courses.  

Some of the most dreadful experiences:

  1. Economics for the Economically Impaired
    (1st course as an assistant professor at Vanderbilt--thanks alot)
  2. Economic Evaluation for the Mathematically Illiterate
    (MCH at UNC--meant for Phd students but loaded up with master's students trying to avoid Bios.  Lot's of fun.  Particularly endearing group of students who gave me crappy evaluations even though I showed and taught the class after having my eye removed and having the damn wound still bleeding.  Not that I'm bitter.)
  3. Dealing with MBA students at Penn State
    (most intellectually stultified students with whom I've ever had contact)

On the other hand, I've had some positive experiences.

 

NEW #1.  Causal inference!  Spring 08 and now 09.

How could the world’s most interesting topic not make for a good course?

Maybe the fact that I believe it is the most interesting topic (and it is) is what made the course good.  Anyway—it was just splendid.  Keep your fingers crossed!

09: The Critics Agree: Even Better Experience!  

And You'd Better Get READY!*

Multilevel Thinking and Analysis

FALL 09

  1. Research Methods in the School of Nursing at Georgia State
    (This was a night course, and I really appreciated the efforts the nurses put into the course.)
  2. Foster's Summer Econometrics Institute
    (At various places, I've walked students and faculty through an econometrics textbook.  Obviously, the group was self-selected and motivated.)
Note that I'm doing this on an overload basis--and No, the real Mike Foster has not been taken away by space aliens!!!

 

Working Papers http://www.unc.edu/~emfoster/warning.gif
 

Please note that draft paper papers included below are intended for review and comments only.
They are not intended for citation, quotation, or other use in any form. 
Please see the journal identified for the final copy.

 

§ Gifford, E., Foster, EM.  Provider-Level Effects on Psychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay for Youth with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders. Medical Care 2008. 46(3), 240-246.

 

Foster, EM, Kalil, A.  “New Methods for New Questions: Obstacles and Opportunities ”.  Developmental Psychology 2008

 

Foster EM,Jones DE. Conduct problems prevention research group. The economic analysis of prevention: An illustration involving the fast track project. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 2007: 10(4): 165-175.

 

Foster EM, Kalil A. Living arrangements and children’s development in low income Black, White and Latino families . Child Development 2007;78(6):1657-1674.

 

§Foster EM, Olchowski AE, Webster-Stratton C. Examining the differential cost-effectiveness of behavioral intervention components : An assessment of the Incredible Years Program. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(11):pp-pp.

 

Foster EM, Stephens R, Krivelyova A, Gamfi P.  Can system integration improve mental health outcomes for children and Youth? Children and Youth Services Review 2007;29(10):1301-1319.

 

Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. Fast track randomized controlled trial to prevent externalizing psychiatric disorders : Findings from grades 3 to 9. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;46(10):1250-1262.

 

Foster EM, Shelton-Johnson D, Taylor TK. Measuring time costs in interventions designed to reduce behavior problems among children and youth . Am J Community Psychol 2007;Sep;40(1-2):64-81.

 

Foster EM, Jenson PS, Schlander M, Pelham WE, Hechtman L, Arnold LE, et al. Treatment for ADHD: Is more complex treatment cost-effective for more complex case? Health Services Research 2007;42 (Pt 1):165-182.

 

 

 

Office: 407C Rosenau

Mailing Address:
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rosenau Hall, Campus Box# 7445
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445     

Home:    Phone: 919-370-9472

Map of 309 Old Larkspur Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3420

This map is now correct, but don't try to pass through on Hunter Hill rd!  The road is blocked.  Come around via Weaver Dairy Extension.

 

  


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