Mike Cassidy is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences and Policy in the Center for Child Health Services Research in the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

He is an applied microeconomist who uses the science of causal inference to study the social, economic, and environmental determinants of wellbeing across the lifespan. His current work focuses on housing, homelessness, education, and children’s health.

Prior to Mount Sinai, Mike was a postdoc and associate research scholar in the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He has also held positions at The Century Foundation and the NYC Office of Management and Budget.