Doug Hough

Dr. Douglas Hough has joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, department of Health Policy and Management, as Associate Director of the MHA Program. He also holds a joint appointment in the Carey Business School, where he teaches economics to public health students, physicians, and other health care providers. Before joining the Carey Business School, where he was instrumental in the early development of the MPH/MBA program, Doug worked as a research economist at the American Medical Association, a manager in the health care consulting division of the former accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand, and a partner in two health care strategy consulting firms. His most recent book Irrationality in Health Care: What Behavioral Economics Reveals About What We Do and Why, will be published by Stanford University Press in May. The book looks at the state of American health care through the lens of behavioral economics and encourages patients, physicians, and policy makers to take a harder look at our actions and reactions so we can make better choices for our health and well-being.