2008-2009 "On the Home Front" Series

April 16, 2009
David Grabowski, PhD
"Choosing a Nursing Home: the Role of Public Report Cards"
Introduction by: Ann Lovett, Program Manager

March 26, 2009
Ron Kessler, PhD
"The Societal Burden of Mental Disorders"
Introduction by: Ricardo Espada, IT Support Associate

February 26, 2009
John Ayanian, MD
"Uncovering the Health Consequences of Uninsurance"
Introduction by: Carina Martin, Research Assistant

January 22, 2009
Ellen Meara
"Life, death and school: How and why the educational gap in mortality has grown over time"
Introduction by: Katya Zelevinsky, Programmer/Analyst

December 18, 2008
Richard Frank, PhD
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: Consumer Choice of Health Plans"
Introduction by: Laura Cowieson, Administrative Coordinator

November 4, 2008
Mike Chernew
"Health Care Cost Growth and Value Based Insurance Design"
Introduction by: Chris Hoedt, Project Coordinator

October 2, 2008
James O’Malley, PhD
"Life as a Statistician at Health Care Policy and the (Famous) ‘Tennis Formula’"
Introduction by: Larry Woods, IT Manager and Unix Systems Administrator

2007-2008 "On the Home Front" Series

May 22, 2008
Yulei He, PhD
“Misreporting, Missing Data, and Multiple Imputation: Improving Accuracy of Cancer Registry Databases”
Introduction by: Daryl Caudry, MS, Project Director

April 15, 2008
Chris Afendulis, PhD
“Managed Care Adoption of Cardiac Care Technologies and Health Care”
Introduction by: Wilma Stahura, Administrative Assistant
 
March 10, 2008
Tom McGuire, PhD
“How Health Policy Affects Your Take Home Pay: Analysis of an HCP Paystub”
Introduction by: Evan Glover, Junior Grants Coordinator

February 13, 2008
Tom Sequist, MD, MPH
“Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care: Exploring Moderators and Implementing Solutions”
Introduction by: Garrett Kirk, Research Assistant

January 22, 2008
Nancy Keating, MD, MPH
“Physicians and Variations in Cancer Care”
Introduction by:  Matthew Cioffi, MS, Senior Data Manager

December 18, 2007
David Stevenson, SM, PhD
“Nursing Home Care and Private Equity Investment”
Introduction by: Kate Agnello, Former Human Resources Coordinator

October 22, 2007
Mary Beth Landrum, PhD
"What explains recent decline in disability among elderly Americans? A tale of 3 studies"
Introduction by: Hocine Azeni, Programmer/Analyst

November 29, 2007
Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH
“The Spread of Health Phenomena within Social Networks”
Introduction by: Lindsay Craw, Executive Coordinator