Health Policy Colloquium
Fall 2009
Mondays 12-1:30
60 College Street
Room 102
Faculty Contacts: 
Susan Busch
susan.busch@yale.edu
Jason Fletcher
jason.fletcher@yale.edu
Jody Sindelar
jody.sindelar@yale.edu

September 7
Labor Day

September 14*
"Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents"
Jason Fletcher
HPA
Yale University

September 21
Censored Quantile Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Price Elasticity of Expenditure on Medical Care
Amanda Kowalski
Economics
Yale University

September 28
"Impacts of new safety information: The case of pediatric antidepressant use and suicidality"
Susan Busch
HPA
Yale University

October 5
"Research Synthesis in the Real World: Assessing Safety After Market Release."
Sharon-Lise Normand
Harvard Medical School

October 12
"Opting out of the family? Social Change in Racial Inequality in Family Formation Patterns and Marriage Outcomes among Highly Educated Women."
Hannah Brueckner
Sociology
Yale University

October 19
"The Efficiency of Voluntarily Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients: Effects on Claims and Payments"
Lorens Helmchen
UIC (Visiting NBER)

October 26
"How Much is Choice Worth? The Cost of Restricting Choice in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans"
Katherine Ho
Economics
Columbia University (Visiting Yale)

November 2
"Bone Marrow Donor Matching for Patients of Mixed Race."
Damien Sheehan-Connor
Economics
Wesleyan University

November 9
"SMS Reminders and ART Adherence: Evidence from Kenya"
Cristian Pop-Eleches
Department of Economics
Columbia University

November 16
"Marketing Stoves to Combat Acute Respiratory Infections"
Mushfiq Mobarak
SOM
Yale

November 23
Fall Recess
No Meeting

November 30
Effects of High School Graduation Requirements on Health and Behavior
Jeremy Green
HPA
Yale

December 7
Reading Period

December 15
Final Exam Period
No Meeting

*NOTE: John Cawley will make his originally scheduled presentation in the Spring
Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
John Cawley
PAM
Cornell University

Past Seminar Schedules
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005