LDI calendar of events

2010 - 2011 Calendar of Events

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held at Colonial Penn Center
Auditorium on Fridays, 12:00-1:30 pm.

For additional information, please contact Lissy Madden at 215-898-5611.

Note: Dates, times and locations are subject to change.
Please be certain to check back frequently for calendar updates.

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SEPTEMBER

September 13
12:00-1:30 pm
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.
Room 265

CPHI/LDI Co-sponsored Health Policy Seminar
Howard Kunreuther, PhD
Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at the Wharton School, Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response in Public Health

September 24
12:00-1:30 pm
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.
Room 360

CPHI/LDI Co-sponsored Health Policy Seminar
Moderator: Arnold Rosoff
Professor of Legal Studies and Health Care Management at the Wharton School
Nan Feyler
Chief of Staff of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Calvin Johnson
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Temple Univeristy Health System, former Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dalton Paxman
Regional Health Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region
The Local, State and Regional Impact of Health Care Reform

September 30
5:00-7:00 pm
Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center at the Thomas Eakins House
1727-29 Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, PA

From Trauma to Triumph Closing Reception
The exhibit showcases photographs and moving social commentary from Philadelphia residents. highlighting the causes and consequences of health dispartities in our city. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker and MacArthur "Genius Award" winner Gretchen Berland, MD will speak at 6:00 pm on the power of Narrative in Public Health

OCTOBER

October 1
12:00-1:30 pm
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk, Room 1203

Research Seminar
Vivian Ho, PhD
James A. Baker III Institute Chair, Institute of Public Policy; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University
Do Hospitals Shift Unreimbursed Costs to Private Payers?

October 22

Research Seminar
Martin Gaynor, PhD
E.J. Barone Professor of Economics and Public Policy,
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management,
Carnegie Mellon University
Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service

NOVEMBER

November 12

Research Seminar
Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics and the Hospitalist Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Copayments for cardiovascular drugs: is less more than enough?

DECEMBER

December 3
9:00-10:00 am
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1206

LDI/Division of General Internal Medicine Seminar
Thomas H. Lee, MD
Network President, Partners Healthcare System; Chief Executive Officer, Partners Community Healthcare, Inc; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Health Policy and Management,Harvard School of Public Health
Chaos and Organization in Healthcare

December 10
Houston Hall, Class of 1949 Auditorium
3417 Spruce Street

Charles C. Leighton, MD, Memorial Lecture
Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs
Challenges of Communicating with the Public about Health Reform

JANUARY

January 14

Health Policy Seminar
Lawrence R. Jacobs, PhD
Professor, Walter F. and Joan Mondale Chair for Political Studies; Director, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
From Situational Framing to Structural Framing: Health Care Reform and the Making of Public Opinion

January 20
3:00-4:30 pm
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1201

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Keith M. Marzilli Ericson
PhD Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
Market Design when Firms Interact with Inertial Consumers: Evidence from Medicare Part D.

January 26
10:30-12:00 pm
Huntsman Hall, Room F92

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Amanda Starc
PhD Candidate, Business Economics, Harvard University

January 28
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1203

Research Seminar
Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy,
NYU School of Medicine, NYU Wagner School of Public Service
Obesity, Calorie Labeling and Behavioral Economics

January 31
10:30-12:00 pm
Huntsman Hall, Room F92

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Julia Adler-Milstein
PhD Candidate, Health Policy (Management Track), Harvard University

FEBRUARY

February 1
3:00-4:30 pm
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1201

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Neale Mahoney
PhD Candidate, Economics, Stanford University

February 2
10:30-12:00 pm
Huntsman Hall, Room F92

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Jason Abaluck
PhD Candidate, Economics, MIT

February 3
3:00-4:30 pm
Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1201

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Lisa Kamran Bilir
PhD Candidate, Economics, Stanford University

February 4

Research Seminar
Michael E. Chernew, PhD
Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Evaluation of the Alternative Quality Contract

February 7
10:30-12:00 pm
Huntsman Hall, Room F92

HCMG/LDI Research Seminar
Marika Cabral
PhD Candidate, Economics, Stanford University

February 11

Research Seminar
Thomas Buchmueller, PhD
Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Stability of Children's Insurance Coverage and Implications for Access to Care: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation

February 18

Research Seminar
Ernst R. Berndt, PhD
Louis E. Seley Professor in Applied Economics, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan Management
The Diversity of Concentrated Prescribing Behavior: An Application to Antipsychotics

MARCH

March 18

Health Policy Seminar
Len Nichols, PhD
Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, Professor of Health Policy, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University

APRIL

April 1

Research Seminar
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Core Faculty Member, Center for Health Policy & Center for Primary Care and Research Outcomes, Stanford University

April 8

Health Policy Seminar
Joel Benenson
President, Benenson Strategy Group

April 15
Event has been canceled

Health Policy Seminar
Drew Altman, PhD
President & CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation

April 22

Research Seminar
Jill R. Horwitz, JD, PhD
Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law, University of Michigan Law School

April 29

Research Seminar
Michelle Heisler MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine;
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education,
School of Public Health, University of Michigan

MAY

May 13

Alumni-Faculty Exchange
Panelist TBA

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