Working Group Members
Daniel Bauer
Credentials: Professor, Risk and Insurance
Position title: Hickman-Larson Chair in Actuarial Science
Joan Schmit
Credentials: Professor, Business
Position title: American Family Insurance Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance
Jeff Smith
Credentials: Professor Economics
Position title: Paul T. Heyne Distinguished Chair in Economics, Richard Meese Chair in Applied Econometrics
Justin Sydnor
Credentials: Associate Professor, Risk and Insurance
Position title: Leslie P. Schultz Professor, Risk and Insurance
Barbara L. Wolfe
Credentials: Professor Emerita, Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs
2020 Meetings & Events
October 21, 2020
2:30–4 pm, Virtual Meeting
“Discovering Treatment Effectiveness via Median Treatment Effects—Applications to COVID-19 Clinical Trials,” John Mullahy (UW–Madison)
October 7, 2020
2:30–4 pm, Virtual Meeting
“What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer’s Disease?” Corina Mommaerts (UW–Madison)
September 17–18, 2020
11th Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference (MHEC) (Virtual)
September 9, 2020
2:30–4 pm, Virtual Meeting
Updates and introductions from new UW–Madison group members: Christine Durrance, Jessica Cao, and Priya Mukherjee
February 28, 2020
3–5 pm, Memorial Union, Founder’s Room – 2nd Floor
“Disparities in Cancer,” Rebecca Myerson (UW–Madison)
“Place of Birth and Old Age Mortality,” Jason Fletcher (UW–Madison)
February 14, 2020
3–5 pm, Memorial Union, Room: Old Madison Room – 3rd Floor East
“Work Place Health Promotion RCT,” Marianne Simonsen (Aarhus University)
“Medicaid Dental Benefit Expansion in Wisconsin,” Gwyn Pauley (UW–Madison)
February 7, 2020
3–5 pm, Memorial Union, Room Old Madison – 3rd Floor East
“Cognitive Decline and Healthcare Utilization among Older Americans: Evidence from the HRS-Medicare Linked Data,” Xi Chen (Yale University)