Michael Pesko, Ph.D., MA

Michael Pesko is a health economist and a professor in the Department of Economics at University of Missouri. Dr. Pesko's research identifies the effects of health policy changes by combining economics reasoning, causal research methods, and survey and administrative data sources. He has published 75+ peer-reviewed papers, including over 20 e-cigarette policy evaluation papers. He has been funded as PI of multiple R01s from the National Institutes of Health and Research Scholar Grants from the American Cancer Society. His research has been awarded approximately $10 million in funding. Current research funding supports evaluating e-cigarette policies and health insurance mandates for hearing aids and cancer prevention/detection services. Dr. Pesko is also the director of the Tobacco Online Policy Seminar, a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. He is also a member of the Canadian Scientific Advisory Board on Vaping Products. Prior to coming to University of Missouri, he was an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University and Weill Cornell Medical College.

Michael Pesko graduated with a Ph.D. in economics.