Upcoming Seminars
Date: January 18, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Rachel Margolis (University of Western Ontario)
Topic: Older Adult Family Structure and Mortality in the United States
Date: January 25, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Ahmed Bayoumi (University of Toronto, St Michael’s Hospital)
Topic: What I have learned from sitting on the Canadian Drug Expert Committee
Date: February 1, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Paul Grootendorst (University of Toronto, McMaster University)
Topic: Economics of Prescription Drug Insurance in Canada
Date: February 8, 2019 (Time: 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM, Room: HS108)
Speaker: Arjumand Siddiqi (University of Toronto)
Topic: The Impact of Societal Conditions on Health: Reflections on the State of the Evidence
Date: February 15, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk (University of Toronto)
Topic: Household Food Insecurity as Material Deprivation
Date: March 1, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Hiroaki Matsuura (Shoin University)
Topic: Constitutional social and environmental human rights and child health outcomes in 15 Latin American countries
Date: March 8, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Corneliu Bolbocean (University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
Topic: Useful Elements of Geometry in Applied Research
Date: March 22, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Emmanuelle Arpin (University of Toronto)
Topic: A Cost-Utility Analysis of a Postnatal Breastfeeding Intervention in Ontario: Examining the Short and Long-Term Costs and Effects for the Mother-Infant Dyad
Date: March 29, 2019 (Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Laura Rosella (University of Toronto)
Topic: A population perspective on high resource users in Ontario: Evidence from Ontario
Date: April 5, 2019 (Time: 10 AM – 12 PM, Room: HS412)
Speaker: Robert Kaestner (University of Chicago)
Topic: Education and Health Over the Life Cycle
Past Seminars
Friday, September 21: 10 AM – 12 PM, UC 44
Speaker:Adrian Rohit Dass (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to R
Friday, September 28: 10 AM – 12 PM, UC 44
Speaker: Jill Furzer (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to STATA®
Friday, October 19: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS 412
Speaker: Étienne Gaudette (Adjunct Research Professor, University of Southern California)
Title: The role of Education in Determining Post-Concussion Employment, Disability and Health: evidence from the Track-TBI Study
Friday, October 26: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS 412
Speaker: Meghan McMahon (University of Toronto)
Title: The Relationship between Organizational Structure and the Production of Quality: Evidence from the Nursing Home Sector in Ontario, Canada
Friday, November 2: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS 412
Speaker: Rosario Cartagena (ICES)
Title: Conflicts of Interest in Big Data
Friday, November 9: 9 AM – 10:30 PM, HS HS 106
Speaker: Sabina Nuti (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health)
Title: Improving performance in Healthcare: evaluation systems and governance tools
* Co-presented with the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Lecture Series
Monday, November 12: 4:30 PM, HS 610
Speaker: Thomas Rice (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Associate Director (United States), North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
Title: Improving Consumer Decision-Making in U.S. Health Insurance Markets: A Behavioral Economics Approach
* Co-presented with the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Lecture Series
Friday, November 16: 10 AM – 12 PM, UC 44
Speaker: Lady Bolongaita (University of Toronto)
Title: The impact of changes in education requirements on nurses’ labor market outcomes
Friday, November 23: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS 412
Speaker: Louise Grogan (University of Guelph)
Title: The labeling effect of a child benefits system: Evidence from Russia (1994-2015)
Paper: The labeling effect of a child benefits system: Evidence from Russia (1994-2015)
Friday, November 30: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS 412
Speaker: Laura Derksen (Amgen Canada Professor of Health Systems Strategy, University of Toronto)
Title: Knowledge as Prevention: The Effect of New Information on Stigma and HIV Testing