Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 13 March 2009
Venue: Sydney University Village, University of Sydney

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Enquiries: heconomics@med.usyd.edu.au

Overview:

Investing more in health promotion, prevention and early intervention is on the policy agenda of State and Federal Governments in Australia. There is a wide range of options for investment ranging from increasing expenditure on new pharmaceutical therapies such as the poly-pill or a vaccine for heart disease to health promotion strategies aimed at reducing childhood obesity. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss an economic framework to decide on the best way of allocating more resources to prevention and promotion.

Confirmed speakers include:

• David Meltzer, University of Chicago
• Louise Russell, Rutgers University
• Philip Clarke, University of Sydney
• Bob Gregory, Australian National University
• Deborah Schofield, University of Sydney
• Leonie Segal, University of South Australia

More information and to register for the conference

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date: 27 June 2009
Submission deadline: 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on December 1, 2008
Venue: In conjunction with 2009 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 28–30, 2008

The IG Meeting:

The meeting will be structured as a workshop, during which presenters will provide a detailed discussion of their motivation, methods, and results, and discussants will have the opportunity to comment on and critique papers. Audience participation also will be encouraged by giving attendees access to the manuscripts prior to the meeting. The goal is to offer researchers the opportunity to present their research in-depth in a setting that promotes a higher level of exchange. Presenters will be required to submit completed papers one month prior to the meeting in order to provide discussants and participants time to read the research and prepare thoughtful commentary during the meeting.

Criteria for Evaluating Submissions

Submissions will undergo blind peer review and be evaluated using the following criteria: (1) methodological rigor in economic theory or econometrics; (2) quality and originality; (3) potential significance to economic theory, policy, or practice; (4) clarity of writing and presentation; and (5) presence of preliminary findings and the likelihood of having a completed paper by the deadline. Priority will be given to new or previously unpublished research.

Submission of papers

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by a committee of volunteer reviewers. Authors of selected abstracts will be required to provide a full manuscript on or before May 27, 2009.

Check online for further information about the Interest Group

Location: Santa Monica, California
Dates: 6-9 July 2009
Application Deadline: 13 March 2009

The RSI consists of two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: a Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists (July 6-7) and a workshop on the Demography, Economics and Epidemiology of Aging (July 8-9). The primary aim of the RSI is to expose scholars interested in the study of aging to a wide range of research being conducted in fields beyond their own specialties.

The Mini-Med School focuses on biomedical issues relating to aging and should be of interest to all non-medically trained scholars regardless of background. Topics will be drawn from the diverse fields of biomedicine, including biology, genetics, patient care, psychiatry, and other areas. Expert clinicians and researchers will provide participants with insight into the science of aging and a greater understanding of relevant medical issues.

The Workshop on Aging is targeted to pre- and post-doctoral students and junior faculty, and to more senior researchers new to aging research. It will consist of four half-day sessions with topics drawn from research areas in the social sciences, including discussions of savings, disability, and quality of life issues. In each session, leading experts will discuss the state of the literature, integrating results from their own research and supplementing these overviews with more detailed analyses of specific topics.

We invite all interested researchers to apply to attend the 2009 RSI. Applicants may apply for fellowship support to pay for registration, travel, and accommodations. Both the Mini-Med School and the workshop are described more fully at our web site. For additional information, please contact Diana Malouf (malouf@rand.org).

RSI is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health.

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: November 7-11, 2009

For details please visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings/future_past.htm

Location: Ithaca, New York, USA
Dates: 20-23 June 2010

Sponsored by: College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Policy Analysis and Management and the Sloan Program in Health Administration, Cornell University
Co-sponsored by: Syracuse University and University of Rochester

The 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) is taking place on June 20-23 2010 in Ithaca, NY.