Health Policy Research Seminar

The Health Policy Research Seminar, in the division of Health Policy and Administration at UIC, offers an opportunity every Friday at noon to share, learn and participate in discussions surrounding health policy research during the Spring academic semester. These research seminars will be presented by faculty at UIC and colleagues from other academic institutions. In addition to the research seminars, we offer a selection of Faculty Proseminars during these calendared sessions, designed to inform, advise and guide students on their careers in health policy research.

*Spring 2024 seminar is on hiatus and will resume in Spring 2025

Seminar Highlights Heading link

Our seminars are open to everyone.  To help identify which sessions meet your interests, we have grouped and entitled them as, external, internal and proseminars. External and internal sessions are intended for individuals interested in existing and developing health policy research. Proseminars are intended for graduate students pursuing a doctorate or comparable degree.  Additional distinctions are outlined in the following columns:

External Speakers

External speakers present cutting-edge work in health policy and are jointly co-hosted with the UIC Economics Department (https://econ.uic.edu/seminars/). HPA faculty and students have the opportunity to participate in coordinated individual one-on-one meetings.

Internal Presentations

Faculty and students present works in progress. After the presentation, attendees and presenters participate in conversations with the goal to provide feedback to the researchers and share ideas.

Proseminars

Faculty present information sessions and answer questions to assist students in their future research careers.

External Speakers Heading link

Brad Shapiro
Brad Shapiro, February 10
Professor of Marketing and True North Faculty Scholar Booth School of Business University of Chicago
Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller, March 10
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy Ross School of Business University of Michigan
Maria Polyakova
Maria Polyakova, March 16
Assistant Professor of Health Policy School of Medicine Stanford University
Matthew Notowidigdo
Matthew Notowidigdo, April 7
David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics Booth School of Business University of Chicago
Ashley Swanson
Ashley Swanson, May 1
Associate Professor, Douglas W. and Sherry A. Caves Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison

2023 Spring Schedule Heading link

Titles of presentations will be made available to subscribers of our listserv a week prior to the seminar.
February 10 External Speaker (joint with UIC Economics): Brad Shapiro, U Chicago Presentation Title: Preferences for Firearms and Their Implications for Regulation Location: East Campus, University Hall, room 850, 601 S. Morgan St. Time: 11am (CST)
February 27 Internal Presentation: Hye Myung The Effect of Baby Bonuses on Childbirth in Korea Location: West Campus, SPHPI, room 736, 1603 W Taylor St. Time: 12pm (CST)
March 10 External Speaker (joint with UIC Economics): Sarah Miller, U Michigan The Long-Term Effects of Income for At-Risk Infants: Evidence from Supplemental Security Income Location: East Campus, University Hall, room 850, 601 S. Morgan St. Time: 11am (CST)
March 16 External Speaker (joint with UIC Economics): Maria Polyakova, Stanford How do Humans Interact with Algorithms? Experimental Evidence from Health Insurance Location: West Campus, SPHPI, room 1136, 1603 W Taylor St. Time: 12pm (CST)
April 7 External Speaker (joint with UIC Economics): Matt Notowidigdo, U Chicago TBD Location: East Campus, University Hall, room 850, 601 S. Morgan St. Time: 11am (CST)
April 10 Internal Presentation: Jennifer Kwok How Much Do Patients Value Their Physicians? Evidence on Gender and Racial Disparities Location: West Campus, SPHPI, room 736, 1603 W Taylor St. Time: 12pm (CST)
April 24 Internal Presentation: Nick Tilipman TBD Location: West Campus, SPHPI, room 736, 1603 W Taylor St. Time: 12pm (CST)
May 1 External Speaker (joint with UIC Economics): Ashley Swanson, U Wisconsin-Madison TBD Location: West Campus, SPHPI, room 192, 1603 W Taylor St. Time: 12pm (CST)

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