The NIH has announced a new Common Fund program in Health Economics, designed to inform health care reform:
http://commonfund.nih.gov/healtheconomics/
Two Requests for Applications have already been issued, dealing with the Economics of Prevention and the Science of Structure, Organization and Practice Design in the Efficient Delivery of Effective Healthcare.
Due date for applications to both announcements is October 26, 2010, and both solicit applications for R21 grants (Exploratory research; two-year maximum.)
More RFAs are expected in coming years, so members should watch the program website for details. Most NIH institutes are participating, so members can contact any of the NIH staff members listed on the Working Group with questions.
Many thanks to our plenary speakers and ASHEcon President Michael Grossman for their permission to post their slides online.
Sunday Opening Plenary:
"Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life" by W. Kip Viscusi [Powerpoint Slideshow]
Tuesday Closing Plenary:
"Now what? The Health Economics Agenda after Health Care Reform" by Sherry Glied [Powerpoint Slideshow]
Presidential Address:
"It’s Better to Be the First or One of the First Even if You’re Wrong (Especially If You Pick Interesting Problems To Work On)
" by Michael Grossman [Powerpoint Presentation]
The online schedule and abstract book is available online. Additional information about the conference can be found on the 2010 Conference page.
Submitting Presentations
If you need to submit your presentation (either as a presenter or discussant), email them to Patrick at admin@healtheconomics.org and include the Day, Session Title and the Room in the email message. We will try to acknowledge receipt as quickly as possible.
The ASHEcon Awards Committee has announced that the winner of the 2010 Victor Fuchs Lifetime Achievement Award is:
Willard G. Manning, Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago.
The ASHEcon Awards Committee has announced that the winner of the 2010 ASHEcon Medal is:
Mark G. Duggan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, and Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers.
The Third Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists is rapidly approaching. The conference will be June 20-23, 2010, at Cornell University with Syracuse and Rochester Universities serving as co-hosts.
You probably already know the first and second ASHEcon conferences were great successes. The number of papers presented orally approached 500 and the number in attendance was slightly under 700. Both conferences were given very high evaluations by those who responded to questionnaires. If you attended them, you already know this and will not want to miss this third conference. If you missed those conferences, then you have an even stronger reason to want to participate in the most highly acclaimed health economics conference in the US. The papers presented will represent the cutting edge research being conducted in virtually every area of health economics.
In addition, Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management at Vanderbilt University, and Sherry Glied, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services, will be the speakers at the plenary sessions.
Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, is a great place to be in June. This will be a great opportunity to present your most current research, listen to that of others and network with a large number of health economists.
Regards,
Randy Ellis, President Elect and Chair of the Program Committee
Richard J. Arnould, Executive Director
Location: Ithaca, New York
Dates: June 20-23, 2010
Venue: Cornell University
Sponsor: Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Sloan Program
Co-Sponsors: Syracuse University and University of Rochester
Find more information on the 3rd Biennial Conference ...
A Special Issue of "Journal of Family and Economic Issues" to be published in June, 2011 has issued a call for papers.
Manuscript Submission Due Date: March 1, 2010
This special issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues invites original empirical or theoretical research papers relevant to the role of individuals and families in improving the health of nation. While much of the policy debate on health care reform focuses on health care providers and the payers for health care, a large part of the health of individuals and the nation depends on the actions of individuals and families--in learning health skills and in living healthier lifestyles.
More information and submission details [PDF]
We’re pleased to post this transcript the remarks made by Victor Fuchs at the awarding of the 2008 Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics.
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Thank you to everyone who participated in ASHEcon’s 2nd Biennial Conference at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, in Durham from June 22-25.
Venue: The Fuqua School of Business
Durham, NC
Conference Website: http://healtheconomics.us/conference/2008/
Online Program: http://ashe2008.abstractbook.org/
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