Mitchell Doucette, PhD

Mitchell Doucette, PhD, served as Senior Director of Research at Leafwell until 2025. He is a trained public health scholar, earning his PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2018. His research interests include estimating the impact of policies, programs, and therapeutics on population-level health.

Dr. Doucette has published over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts, winning the Best Paper of the Year award from the American Journal of Public Health (2018) and the Journal of Urban Health (2022). His work has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the Associated Press, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times, and has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Leafwell, Dr. Doucette was the Director of Research Methods at the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He lives outside Hartford, Connecticut with his wife and two young daughters.

• Doucette ML, Hemraj D, Bruce D, Fisher E, Macfarlan DL. Medical Cannabis Patients Under the Age of 21 in the United States: Description of Demographics and Conditions from a Large Patient Database, 2019-2023. AHMT. 2024;15:63-72. doi:10.2147/AHMT.S460560
• Doucette ML, Hemraj D, Fisher E, Macfarlan DL. Measuring the Impact of Medical Cannabis Law Adoption on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis, 2003–2022. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. Published online September 17, 2024. doi:10.1007/s40258-024-00913-0
• Doucette ML, Casarett DJ, Hemraj D, Grelotti DJ, Macfarlan DL, Fisher E. Towards a comprehensive understanding of medical conditions among medical cannabis patients in a large database: A descriptive analysis. Popul Med. 2024;6(September). doi:10.18332/popmed/193943
• Doucette ML, Hemraj D, Casarett D, Macfarlan DL. Use of cannabis-based medical products for pediatric health conditions: A systematic review of the recent literature. Medical Cannabis & Cannabinoids (E-published December 10th, 2024)
• Boehnke KF, Kruger DJ, Cuttler C, Doucette ML, Wilson-Poe AR. Highs and Lows: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Impact of Adult Use Legalization on Medical Cannabis Patients. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2024;0(0):1-10. doi:10.1080/02791072.2024.2430608
• Doucette ML, Frattaroli S, Vernick JS. Oral fluid testing for marijuana intoxication: enhancing objectivity for roadside DUI testing. Injury Prevention. 2018;24(1):78-80. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042264
• Doucette ML, Kasabuski M, Chin J, Macfarlan DL, Fisher E. Impact of Medical Cannabis Treatment on Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Cannabis Research. MedRXiv