Matthew J. Commers, PhD, MPH

Founder and Principal

Matthew J. Commers is a public health author, researcher and entrepreneur. He is currently Assistant Professor of International Health at Maastricht University in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He maintains a joint appointment as Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota in the USA. His focus is on cross-border healthcare within the European Union, as well as broader issues of European health policy.

From 2001-2006, Commers built Commers Health Consulting full-time, securing an international presence for the consultancy with clients such as the Dutch Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health of Japan, and Plan International. In Summer of 2006, he joined Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and fulfilled director-level staff roles in Business Development and Government Relations over three years.

Dr. Commers received his Ph.D. from Maastricht University in May of 2001 for his research focusing on the role of the Dutch public in health policy formulation. He holds a Master’s degree in Health Policy and Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in English and History from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.