Michael Park

Michael Park studies the social determinants of mental health and disparities in mental health service utilization. Before joining Rutgers University as Assistant Professor he was at the Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis as a NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow. Michael received his PhD from the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago in 2020. He applies an interdisciplinary lens to his research, holding masters’ degrees in social work and biostatistics from the University of Chicago, and having completed advanced interdisciplinary coursework in public health, human development, and social inequality.