Archives

See below for a full list of past events and workshops hosted by CHeSS.

HEW Archives

Winter 2024 Schedule

February 22, 2024
Molly Schnell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
The Expansionary and Contractionary Supply-Side Effects of Health Insurance

Autumn 2023 Schedule

October 5, 2023
Jonathan Zhang, PhD
McMaster University
Invisible Wounds: Health and Well-Being Impacts of Mental Disorder Disability Compensation on Veterans

October 19, 2023
Manasvini Singh, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence From Physicians

November 2, 2023
Christopher Ruhm, PhD
University of Virginia
COVID-19 Policies and Pandemic Deaths

November 16, 2023
Juan Pablo Atal, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Centralizing Procurement: The Roles of Scale, Selection, and Variety Authors: Claudia Allende, Juan Pablo Atal, Rodrigo Carril, Jose Ignacia Cuesta and Andres Gonzalez-Lira

Winter 2023 Schedule

March 2, 2023
Chloe East, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Colorado, Denver
Caseworker Subjectivity, SNAP Benefit Receipt, and Work

Autumn 2022 Schedule

October 20, 2022
Christopher Stewart, PhD
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Booth, University of Chicago
Quality Transparency and Healthcare Competition

November 17, 2022
Paul Eliason, PhD
Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University
Comparing the Effects of Vertical Integration and Horizontal Consolidation: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry

December 1, 2022
Timothy Moore, PhD
Associate Professor, Purdue University
Importing the Opioid Crisis? The Relationship between Trade and Fentanyl Smuggling

Spring 2022 Schedule 

April 7, 2022
Guy David, PhD
Alan B. Miller Professor of Health Care Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
I Quit: Schedule Volatility as a Driver of Voluntary Employee Turnover

April 21, 2022
Sarah Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
The Long-Term Effects of Income for At-Risk Infants: Evidence from Supplemental Security Income

Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran, PhD
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Joint session with the Regis J. Fallon Lecture Series
Hospital Competition and Bargaining

May 19, 2022
Ashvin Gandhi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Bargaining and International Reference Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry

May 26, 2022
Joe Newhouse, PhD
John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University
Joint session with the Will Manning Lecture Series
Whither Health Care Costs?

June 2, 2022
Tom Vogl, PhD
Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Intergenerational Persistence in Child Mortality

Winter 2022 Schedule

February 10, 2022
Jetson Leder-Luis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Boston University
Ambulance Taxis: The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Health Care Fraud

February 17, 2022
Mark Shepard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Adverse Selection and Insurer Participation in Health Insurance Markets

March 3, 2022
Atul Gupta, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania
Selection and Casual Effects in Voluntary Programs: Bundled Payments in Medicare

March 31, 2022
Ryan McDevitt, PhD
Professor, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
The Effect of Bundled Payments on Provider Behavior and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry

Spring 2021 Schedule

Thursday, April 1, 2021
Ethan Lieber, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Training Caregivers: Experimental Evidence

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Timothy J. Layton, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Adverse Selection and Redistribution in Social Insurance Programs

Thursday, May 20, 2021
David Molitor, PhD
Assistant Professor of Finance, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A Causal Concentration-Response Function for Air Pollution: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Winter 2020 Schedule 

Thursday, February 20, 2020
Jonathan S Skinner, PhD
James O. Freedman Presidential Professor, Dartmouth College
Hospital Productivity and Healthcare Input Choices

Autumn 2019 Schedule

Thursday, October 17, 2019
Grant Gannaway, AHRQ T32
Predoctoral Fellows, Economics
Comparative Advantage in Healthcare Delivery: A Machine Learning Approach

Thursday, November 14, 2019 
Monica Aswani, PhD
Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions Department of Health Services Administration
Differential Impact of Hospital and Community Factors on Medicare Readmission Penalties

Spring 2019 Schedule 

Thursday, May 30, 2019
Danielle Adams & Hannah MacDougall, AHRQ T32
Predoctoral Fellows, SSA PhD students
Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefits Decision Making: An Organizational Approach in an Era of Reform

Thursday, May 23, 2019 
Neal Mahoney, PhD
Professor of Economics & David G. Booth Faculty Fellow, U of C Booth School of Business
TBA

Thursday, May 16, 2019
Amanda Starc, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University
TBA

Thursday, May 9, 2019
CANCELED

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Attend Will Manning Lecture 

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Attend Fallon Lecture

Thursday, April 18, 2019
Bikki Smith, AHRQ T32
Postdoctoral Fellow, SSA PhD student
TBA

Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Please join us for a special ORW in room M-137 sponsored jointly by the Center for Healthcare Delivery and Science Innovation (HDSI):

Kristen Miller, DrPH, CPPS
Scientific Director, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, MedStar Institute for Innovation
Don’t Just Try Harder: Applying Human Factors to Engineer the Future of Medicine

Please note: This special ORW offers CME credit 

Thursday, April 4, 2019
CANCELED

 

Winter 2018 Schedule

March 1, 2018
Wen Hu, PhD
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s research on road-safety policies

February 22, 2018
Grant Gannaway, PhD Candidate
University of Chicago Economics Department
Comparative Advantages in Health Care: Benefits and Risks

Albert Tan, PhD Candidate
University of Chicago Economics Department
The Impact of Public Healthcare Program on Hospital Hospitality: Evidence from Indonesia Healthcare Program

February 15, 2018
Arindam Nandi, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tata Centre for Development, University of Chicago
Long-Term Cognitive and Education Effects of Early Life Nutrition
NORC 344

February 8, 2018
Hiroaki Matsuura, Sc.D.
Provost and Vice President, Shoin University (Japan) Global Member, Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh
Constitutional Social and Environmental Human Rights and Child Health Outcomes in 15 Latin American Countries

February 1, 2018
CANCELLED

January 25, 2018
Nina Gao, PhD Candidate
Harris School of Public Policy
Where Have All the Inpatients Gone? Provider Discretion and Spillovers from Psychiatric Admitting
NORC 344

January 18, 2018
No Workshop

January 11, 2018
Ian Savage, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University
The Economics of Transportation Safety
NORC 344

January 4, 2018
No Workshop

 

Autumn 2017 Schedule

November 16, 2017
Kate Baicker, PhD
Dean, Harris School of Public Policy
The costs and benefits of Medicaid and implications for health reform
Saieh Hall 021

November 9, 2017
Ziad Obermeyer, MD, M. Phil
Assistant Professor, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Are we over-testing? Using machine learning to understand physician decision making
NORC 232/233

November 2, 2017 
Hari Sharma, PhD Candidate
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Does spending more on post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities improve patient outcomes?
NORC 232/233

October 26, 2017
Keith Green, PhD Candidate
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
“There’s no superhighway to PrEP”: Illuminating the incompatibilities between HIV prevention policy and the social safety net

October 19, 2017
Engy Ziedan, PhD Candidate
Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago
The intended and unintended consequences of the hospitals readmission reduction program

October 12, 2017
Cliff Bersamira, PhD Candidate
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Stakeholder perspectives on conceptualizing addiction recovery in the era of health reform

October 5, 2017
Jaeyoon Lee, PhD Candidate
Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Credit access and household bell-being: Evidence from payday lending

 

Winter 2017 Schedule

March 9, 2017
Martin Hackmann, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Medicaid and Financial Health

March 2, 2017
Rachel Sachs, JD, MPH
Associate Professor, Washington University School of Law
Innovative Contracting for Pharmaceuticals and Medicaid’s Best-Price Rule

February 23, 2017
Pierre Leger, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Physician Practice Style and Healthcare Costs: Evidence from Emergency Departments

February 16, 2017 *in KCBD Room 1101
Ann Geiger, MPH, PhD
Deputy Associate Director, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
Enhancing Healthcare Delivery Research at the National Cancer Institute

February 9, 2017
Diane Alexander
Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Check Up Before You Check Out: Retail Clinics, Preventive Care, and Emergency Room Use

February 2, 2017
Robert Nocon, PhD Student
Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Effects of Medicaid Managed Care on Health Services Use

January 26, 2017
Keith Green, PhD Student
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Exploring the Impact of Biomedical Prevention Approaches on the Institutional Logics of HIV Prevention

January 19, 2017
Jennifer Ghandhi, MD-PhD Candidate
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Unemployment and health: evidence from the Great Recession

January 12, 2017
Nina Gao, MD-PhD Candidate
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Specialist Interests and Medicare Reimbursement: Evidence from the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

January 5, 2017
CANCELLED

 

Autumn 2016 Schedule

November 17, 2016
Marisa Domino, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Do timely mental health services reduce recidivism among prison releasees with severe mental illness?

November 10, 2016
Zack Cooper, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and of Economics, Yale University
Politics, Medicare Payments, and Hospital Behavior

November 3, 2016
CANCELLED

October 27, 2016
Karl Bilimoria, MD/MS
Associate Professor of Surgery (Surgical Oncology) and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University
Are the Stars Aligned? Improving CMS Public Reporting and Pay-for-Performance Programs

October 20, 2016
CANCELLED

October 13, 2016
CANCELLED

October 6, 2016
Brian Tuohy, PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
‘If only I had those 9 digits’: On the Power of Undocumented Status in Healthcare

 

Spring 2016 Schedule

May 26, 2016
Brian Tuohy
University of Chicago
Healthcare in ‘Mexican Chicago’: On the Power of Undocumented Status

May 19, 2016
Robert Nocon
PhD student, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Healthcare Use and Spending in Medicaid: Comparing Health Center Patients to Other Settings

May 12, 2016
Heather Gold, PhD
Director of Population Health Research, NYU School of Medicine
Complication rates, costs, and policy implications of new radiotherapy technology for breast cancer

May 5, 2016
No Workshop

April 28, 2016
Fallon Lecture on Health & Law
Jill Horwitz, JD, PhD
UCLA School of Law
Technology Regulation Reconsidered: The Effects of Certificate of Need on MRI Access, Quality, and Cost
111 East 60th Street in Room V

April 21, 2016
Matthew Aaron Schmitt
Northwestern University
When Discounts Raise Costs: The Effect of Copay Coupons on Generic Utilization
Harris Room 140C

April 14, 2016
Howard Riady
PhD student in Economics, University of Chicago
Physician Response to Financial Incentives: Evidence from Administrative Data
Harris Room 140C

April 7, 2016
Chris Whaley, PhD
Berkeley Center for Health and Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Responses to Targeted Patient Incentives: Evidence from Reference Pricing
Harris Room 140C

March 31, 2016
Dan Blumenthal, MD
Harvard University
Access, Quality, and Cost of Care at U.S. Physician Owned Hospitals
Harris Room 140C

 

Winter 2016 Schedule

February 18, 2016
Kevin Stroupe, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Hines VA Hospital

February 11, 2016
Surrey Walton, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
Measuring Potential Substitutions Towards Generic Drug Use: A Method for Risk Adjustment in Incentive Payments

February 4, 2016
Manasi Deshpande, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from Disability Insurance
Harris Room 140B

January 28, 2016
NO HEW

January 21, 2016
NO HEW

January 14, 2016
Anushree Lalitha Subramaniam
University of Chicago
The Unaccounted Insurance Value of Medical Innovation

January 7, 2016
Heather Schofield, PhD
Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
The Economic Cost of Low Caloric Intake: Evidence from India
Harris Room 140B

 

Winter 2015 Schedule

December 3, 2015
Prashant Bharadwaj, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
Mental Health Stigma

November 19, 2015
Carrie Colla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Institute
Effects of ACO contracting on high cost, high need Medicare beneficiaries

November 12, 2015
Daniel Bennett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
The Marriage Market for Lemons: HIV Testing and Marriage in Rural Malawi

November 5, 2015
Jing Dong
PhD Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Effects of Long-Term Care Insurance on Financial Well-Being

October 29, 2015
No HEW Workshop

October 22, 2015
Michael Lovenheim, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
How Does Access to Health Care Affect Teen Fertility and High School Dropout Rates? Evidence from School-based Health Centers

October 15, 2015
Adam Sacarny, PhD
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, Harvard University
Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector

October 8, 2015
Britt Livak
PhD Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Network Viral Load: A Critical Metric for HIV Elimination

October 1, 2015
Rebecca Myerson
PhD Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Finding the missing patients: Does subsidizing screening result in more health care?

ORW Archives

Winter 2024 Schedule

January 10, 2024
Ethical Considerations in an Era of Engaged Patients: The (Delicate) Balance of Patient Autonomy and Physician Expertise in Medical Decisions
Alex Tate, PhD
Research Director, Hospital Medicine; Lecturer, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago

January 17, 2024
Using Time Motion Studies across UChicago Hospitalist Models
David Pavkovich, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago

January 24, 2024
The Impact of COVID-19 on Opioid Poisonings: Differential Causes and Effects by Age
Shelby Steuart, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago

February 7, 2024 – In-person H300
Treatment and Support for Older Adults with Substance Use Disorder: Perspectives of Low-income, Urban-dwelling, Ethnically Diverse Older Adults with a History of Substance Use
Mari Mackiewicz, PhD, MSN/CNS Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago

February 14, 2024
Equity-enhanced Discharge for Patients with Cancer
Abigail Irvine, MA Director, Quality & Network Integration, Cancer Services, UChicago Medicine
Emery Donovan, MDes Design Researcher and Strategist, Research Assistant, Equitable Healthcare Lab

Sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

*Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Community Based Research Network (CBRN) Social Network Analysis
Speakers: Elizabeth Lynch, PhD, Rush University and Elbert Huang, MD, University of Chicago
Sponsored by NorthShore

February 28, 2024
Pediatrics and PrEP
Jon Mannheim, MD Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago

Autumn 2023 Schedule 

September 19, 2023
Special Session: Northshore Joint Seminar

September 27, 2023
Ted Skolarus, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Urology Section, Director, Implementation & Health Services Research, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
Surgical Health Services Research to Advance Discovery & Practice At The Forefront and Beyond

October 4, 2023
Sean David, MD, SM, DPhil
Program Director for Translational Science, Outcomes Research, Clinical Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago
Integrative Analyses of Clinical Pharmacogenetic Data to Prevent Hospital Readmission in Real-World Health Systems

October 11, 2023
Canceled

October 18, 2023
Ashley La, MD
Internal Medicine Resident, University of Chicago
Impact of Urinary Biomarker TIMP2*IGFBP7 in AKI Care and Prevention
Sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

October 25, 2023 – In person, H300
Emily E. Anderson, PhD, MPH
Professor, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
Responsible Conduct of Research Case Discussions: Authorship, Collaboration, and Reporting Misconduct
Sponsored by the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM)

November 1, 2023
Sara Serritella
Director of Communications, Institute for Translational Medicine, Lecturer, University of Chicago
Transform Your Career and Life with These Science Communications Skills

November 8, 2023
Canceled

November 15, 2023 – In person, H300
Juan Pantano, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Economics University of Arizona
Selection into RCTs and Identification of Average Treatment Effects
Co-sponsored by Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations (CHABLIS)

November 29, 2023
Samuel Auger, MD
Otolaryngology Resident, The University of Chicago
Microbiome and Metabolomics of Oral Cavity Cancer

December 6, 2023
Rebecca Schut, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago
Immigration Policy and Racialized Legal Status Inequities in Well-Being among Precarious Workers

Summer 2023 Schedule

July 19, 2023
Shilpa Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago
Piloting Mind Over Matter in Chicago

July 26, 2023
Dedeepya Konuthula, MD
Internal Medicine, University of Chicago
Propensity Score Analysis of Cardiometabolic Risk due to Elevated Adolescent BMI

August 2, 2023
Sanjana Kareti, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Assessing Health and Burden Among Caregivers of Older Adults at High Risk for Hospitalization

August 9, 2023
Professor Sharese King, PhD + Health Lab
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago
African American English and The Consequences of Speaking a Stigmatized Variety

August 16, 2023
Parth Modi, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago
Improving integration of advanced practice providers in bladder cancer care

Spring 2023 Schedule

March 22, 2023
Marko Vujicic, PhD
Chief Economist & Vice President Health Policy Institute, American Dental Association

April 5, 2023
Laura Magda, MD
Researcher, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Former Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

April 12, 2023 – In Person in H300
Martin Shapiro, MD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Medicine Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

April 26, 2023
Career Development Session for Postdoctoral Fellows
Sponsored by the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM)

May 3, 2023
Netanel Zilberstein, MD
Research Fellow, Rush University

May 17, 2023
Camille Johnson, MD
Resident Physician, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Choosing Wisely: Creating a Discharge Greaseboard for OB Patients

Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

May 24, 2023
David Pavkovich, MD
Fellow of Medicine, University of Chicago

May 31, 2023
Jason Lerner, JD, MSW
Senior Director, 911 and Emergency Response at Health Lab at University of Chicago Urban Labs
What’s the 911?: Perspectives on the Challenges and Recent Innovations in the Nation’s Crisis Response Systems

Winter 2023 Schedule

January 4, 2023 – Cancelled

January 11, 2023
Ashley Brown, MD
Clinical Associate of Medicine, HRSA T32 PITCH Fellow, Former TL1 Fellow, University of Chicago
Can Health Confidence Help Predict Hospital Length of Stay or Readmission?

January 18, 2023
Nathaniel Glasser, MD
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, HRSA T32 PITCH Fellow, University of Chicago
The Way to a Man’s Heart (Disease): Exploring Connections between Male Adherence with Gendered Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

January 25, 2023
Teresa van Oort, MHA LCSW-S
Senior Quality Improvement Project Manager, University of Chicago
Advance Care Planning: Taking an Innovative Approach to Clinician Education
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

February 1, 2023 – Cancelled
Parth K. Modi, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

February 8, 2023
Claire Boone, PhD
NIA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Nudging Patients at Scale: Evidence from Text-message Appointment Reminders

February 15, 2023 – Cancelled

February 22, 2023
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD
Chief Clinical Informatics Innovation Officer, Medical Director of International Programs, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
and Priti Jani, MD, MPH
Faculty Director, UChicago Simulation Center, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Updates on the UCM Hospital at Home Program
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

March 1, 2023
Career Development Session for Postdoctoral Fellows
Sponsored by the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM)

March 8, 2023
Nabiel Mir, MD
Geriatric Oncology Fellow, University of Chicago
ProsGATE: Geriatric Assessment and Technology Evaluation for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Fall 2022 Schedule

September 28, 2022
Hui Zhang, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, CHeSS, University of Chicago
Andrea Flores, MA
Director of Methods Core, CHeSS, University of Chicago
Assessing Utilization & Patient Impact of the Comprehensive Care Physician Model Using BCBS Claims Data
Joint session with the Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations (CHABLIS)

October 5, 2022
Nathan Nowalk, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow, University of Chicago
Eliminating pre-operative positive airway pressure in bariatric surgery candidates with obstructive sleep apnea

October 12, 2022
Alexandra Tate, PhD
Medical Sociologist and Research Director, University of Chicago
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Code Status Orders at an Academic Hospital
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

October 26, 2022
Mazin Sabeh, MD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Machine Learning for Improved Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Moderate Risk Adults in the Emergency Department

November 2, 2022
Khanh (Tokhanh) Nguyen, MD
Director of Triage, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Direct Admission Handoff Optimization
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

November 9, 2022
Emily Dillon, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rush University
Social Communication Profiles in ASD: Implications for Individualized Interventions from a Clinical Trial

November 16, 2022
Kaitlin Siebert, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Chicago
Awareness, agreement or ability? What’s the barrier: Increasing Accessibility to Skilled Therapies for Persons with Dementia
Joint session with Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI)

December 7, 2022
Tom Best, PhD
Manager, Research and Analytics, CHeSS, University of Chicago
Kopal Mathur, MA
Program Director, Oral Health, CHeSS, University of Chicago
Oral Health, Dental Care, and Cardiovascular Health: Literature Review and UC Study Opportunities
Joint session with the Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations (CHABLIS)

Summer 2022 Schedule

July 13, 2022
Cancelled

July 20, 2022
Krista Knudson, PhD, MSN
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rush University
Development of a Digital ICU Diary Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes of Survivors of Critical Illness

July 27, 2022
Manish Shah, MD, MPH
Professor, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Discharge from the Emergency Department: A Transition to Nowhere?
Joint session with HDSI

August 3, 2022
Puneet Chehal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Enrollees with Complex Chronic Conditions in Medicaid

August 10, 2022
Tom Best, PhD
Manager, Research and Analytics, CHeSS, University of Chicago
SPORT fellows only
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

August 17, 2022
Cancelled

August 24, 2022
Maylyn Martinez, MD
Instructor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Hospital-Associated Disability and Physical Therapy Optimization During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joint session with CHABLIS

Spring 2022 Schedule

April 6, 2022
Erin Hanlon, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago; CHABLIS Pilot Project Awardee
The Endocannabinoid System and Aging
Joint Session with CHABLIS

April 13, 2022
Christine Soong, MD, MSc
Academic Hospitalist and Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
High-value Care Implementation

April 27, 2022
Cheng-Kai Kao, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Sean Bernstein, MD
Clinical Associate of Medicine/Clinical Informatics Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Sonya Makhni, MD, MBA
Clinical Informatics Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Hospital @ Home: An Acute Inpatient Care Program in the Home
Joint session with HDSI

May 4, 2022
Alaa Kassir, MD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
mHealth Self-Management Support for African American Adults with Inadequate BP Control

May 18, 2022
CANCELLED

May 25, 2022
Juan Rojas, MD
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
How We Can Use Predictive Analytics to Improve Patient Outcomes?

June 1, 2022
Zhiqiu (Qiuqiu) Ye, PhD
AcademyHealth Delivery System Science fellow, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, University of Chicago
Meredith Yang, MS3
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Quality of Care for Opioid and Substance Use Disorders in Urban Nursing Homes: Perspectives from Residents and Staff
Joint session with HDSI

Winter 2022 Schedule 

January 12, 2022
CANCELED

January 19, 2022
Jane Holl, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology, Scholar, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, University of Chicago
Joint session with HDSI
Application of Engineering Methods for Healthcare Delivery Research

January 19, 2022
CANCELED

February 2, 2022
Emily Dillon, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush
Social Communication Profiles in ASD: Implications for Treatment

February 9, 2022
Lucille Ray, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rush
Sex Hormone Recirculation in the Gut of Breast Cancer Patients

February 16, 2022
Michael Lourie, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago
Joint session with HDSI
Streamlined Process to Integrate HC-POA Document Completion into the Workflow of an Ambulatory Appointment

March 2, 2022
Natalie Munger, MD
PGY4 Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident, University of Chicago
Collin Hanson, MD
PGY3 Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident, University of Chicago
Joint session with HDSI
Integration of The Pause into the Clinical Settings throughout UChicago Medicine

March 9, 2022
Ishanu Chattopadhyay, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Predictive screening of Low-prevalence Disorders from Co-morbidity Footprints: Connecting Statistical Significance to Clinical Relevance

Autumn 2021 Schedule

September 29, 2021
Alexandra Tate, PhD
Research Director, The University of Chicago
Avoidance on End of Life Discussions in Cancer Care

October 6, 2021
Nicole Bohr (Pierce), PhD, RN
Manager, Nursing Research, The University of Chicago
Considering the Differential Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Patient Activation

Monday, October 11, 2021
Special TL1 Symposium: COVID-19: Innovation and Evolution of Research in the Pandemic

October 27, 2021
James Zhang, PhD
Director, Medicare Innovation Analysis, The University of Chicago
Longitudinal Follow-up of Cost-Related Medication Non-Adherence Among Medicare Patients with Diabetes at High Risk of Hospitalization: The Role of Dual Eligibility

November 3, 2021
Jennifer Caputo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Chicago
Under Different Roofs? Coresidence with Adult Children and Parents’ Mental Health Across Race and Ethnicity from 1998-2018

November 17, 2021
Sonya Makhni, MD, MBA
Clinical Informatics Fellow & Hospitalist, The University of Chicago
#WhatToFix: A Crowdsourced Campaign in IT Optimization for Improving Ease of Practice and Clinician Wellbeing

Summer 2021 Schedule

July 7, 2021
Alaa Kassir, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Predicting 30 Day Return Hospital Admissions in Patients with COVID-19 Discharged from the Emergency Department

July 14, 2021
David Meltzer, MD, PhD
Professor, The University of Chicago
Vitamin D & COVID-19

July 21, 2021
Matthew Dapas, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Mechanisms of Genetic Risk and Pollution Exposure on Lung Function in Urban Children

July 28, 2021
Krista Knudson, PhD, MSN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rush University
An Intervention to Improve Mental Health & Quality of Life in Adult ECMO Survivors

August 4, 2021
Kimberly Beiting, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Opioid Use in Older Adults: A Call for Investigation, Education, & Improvement in Care

August 11, 2021
Justin Porter, MD
Clinical Associate of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Revisiting The Time Needed to Provide Adult Primary Care

August 18, 2021
Moira McNulty, MD and Shannon Koch, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor of Medicine // Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacist, The University of Chicago
Evaluation of a Program to Reduce Financial Toxicity among Oncology Patients
Joint Session (HDSI)

Summer 2020 Schedule

July 8, 2020
Matt Dapas, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Genetics
Genetic heterogeneity of asthma in inner-city children

July 15, 2020
Anoop Mayampurath, PhD
Research Assistant Professor and Senior Statistician, Center For Research Informatics
Using Electronic Health Record Data to Predict Deterioration in Hospitalized Children

July 22, 2020
Pooja Gala, MD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital Medicine
Improving Care Coordination in Udupi district, India: utilizing the principles of the Comprehensive Care Program in a preliminary analysis

July 29, 2020
Alex Tate, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital Medicine
Machine learning approaches to measuring advance care planning documentation in the electronic health record

August 5, 2020
Loren Saulsberry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences
Pharmacogenomics-guided Prescribing and Opportunities for Promoting Health Equity

August 12, 2020
TBA

August 19, 2020
TBA

Winter 2020 Schedule

March 18, 2020
TBA

March 11, 2020
CANCELED

March 4, 2020
CANCELED

February 26, 2020
David Asch, MD, MBA
John Morgan Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Innovation as Discipline

February 19, 2020
CANCELED

February 12, 2020
HDSI
TBA

February 5, 2020
Don Hedeker, PhD
Professor, Public Health Sciences
Modeling of Between- and Within-Subject Variances Using Mixed Effects Location Scale Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data

January 29, 2020
John Fahrenbach, PhD
Data Scientist, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Hospital Quality Ratings in the Medicare Hospital Compare Program

January 22, 2020
CANCELED

January 15, 2020
CANCELED

January 8, 2020
CANCELED

Autumn 2019 Schedule

December 11, 2019
Michael Cui, MD
Inaugural Clinical Informatics Fellow, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation
Empowering Patients Through Proactive Outreach: Our Teams Journey, Insights, and Tools

December 4, 2019
Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University
Chronic Rhinosinusitis

November 20, 2019
Kristen Haut, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University
Sleep Quality, Sleep Dependent Learning and Episodic Memory Deficits in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

November 13, 2019
Suzanne Cox, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education
TL1 Seminar
TBA

November 6, 2019
Justin Cirone, MD
Fellow, Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
Violence Prevention and the Role of the Trauma Center

October 30, 2019
Dawn Bounds, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rush University
Reducing Risk Factors for Sexual Exploitation in Homeless Youth: The Chicago STRIVE Project.

October 23, 2019
TBA

October 16, 2019
Co-Sponsored by Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation
David Beiser, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Automated Messaging and Connected Devices for Improving the Management of Resistant Hypertension

October 9, 2019
Canceled

October 2, 2019
Canceled

 

Summer 2019 Schedule

August 14, 2019
Thomas Best, PhD
CHeSS Manager of Research Analytics
HSR Lecture (For SPORT participants only)
Simulation for Modeling Healthcare Processes and Systems

August 7, 2019
Tracy Weiner
Senior Associate Director, Writing Program
Academic and Professional Writing Workshop

July 31, 2019
Nirav Shah, MD
Attending Infectious Disease Physician &
Vice Chair, Quality, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Electronic Decision, Order and Communication Support (eDOCS): The Next Iteration of Clinical Decision Support Systems

July 24, 2019
Susan Rubin, MD
Director, Women’s Neurology Center at Glenbrook Hospital
Department of Neurology, NorthShore University Health System
The Benefits of Structured Clinical Documentation Support for Neurological Outcomes Research

July 17, 2019 
Seth Shaffer
Advanced IBD Fellow with Gastroenterology
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Establishing a Fecal Microbiota Transplant Centre for the Treatment of Recurrent Clostridiodes difficile Infection

July 10, 2019
John Fahrenbach, PhD and Louis Heelan, PhD
Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation
Use of Multi-method Simulations for Understanding Health System Operations

 

Spring 2019 Schedule 

June 12, 2019
TL1 Seminar 

June 5, 2019
TBA

May 29, 2019
Pooja Gala, MD
Clinical Associate of Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Implementation of a Non-Communicable Disease Continued Medical Education Curriculum for Health Care Providers in the Rural Kweneng East District of Botswana

May 22, 2019
Sarah Sobotka, MD, MSCP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
TBA

May 15, 2019 
Veena Sriram, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, CHeSS
TBA

May 8, 2019
HDSI Workshop

May 1, 2019
HDSI Quality and Safety Symposium

April 24, 2019
Liz Tung, MD, MS
Instructor of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Primary Care
Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Violence Exposure in Urban Adults

April 17, 2019
John Schneider, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Global Health Programs
TBA

April 10, 2019 
Please join us for a special ORW in room M-137 sponsored jointly by the Center for Healthcare Delivery and Science Innovation (HDSI):

Kristen Miller, DrPH, CPPS
Scientific Director, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, MedStar Institute for Innovation
Don’t Just Try Harder: Applying Human Factors to Engineer the Future of Medicine 

Please note: This special ORW offers CME credit

April 3, 2019
Tine Hanrieder, PhD
Head of Research Group, Global Humanitarian Medicine
Berlin Social Science Center
The Global South as a Laboratory of Compassion: US Medical Education and Global Health at Home

 

Winter 2019 Schedule 

March 13, 2019
No ORW
TL1 Seminar at Rush

March 6, 2019
Please join us for a special ORW sponsored jointly by the Center for Healthcare Delivery and Science Innovation (HDSI):

Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH
Professor of Ob/Gyn and Section Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
STAMPP-HTN?: Systematic Treatment And Management of PostPartum Hypertension

February 27, 2019
Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Improving Sleep and Safety with Systems & Learning Theories: From Residents to Patients

February 20, 2019
CANCELED

February 13, 2019 
CANCELED

February 6, 2019 
CANCELED

January 30, 2019
CANCELED

January 23, 2019
Emma Levine, PhD
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, Booth School of Economics
(Mis)communication in Medicine

January 16, 2019
Nell Compernolle, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology
The impact of relationship status and transitions on young women’s and men’s mental health: Evidence from Malawi

January 9, 2019 
NO ORW
TL1 Seminar at UChicago

 

Autumn 2018 Schedule 

December 5, 2018 
Timothy Anderson, MD
Primary Care Research Fellow, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Beyond the Guidelines: Leveraging observational data to understand variation in cardiovascular care delivered to older adults.

November 28, 2018
Thomas Lu, MD
Gastroenterology Fellow, University of Chicago Medicine
Spontaneous Colitis Induced by RNA Methylation Deficiency in T Cells

November 21, 2018 
CANCELED
THANKSGIVING BREAK

November 14, 2018 
TL1 Seminar
Rush University 

November 7, 2018 
Nicole Boyer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD, Hospital Medicine
Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Roots of Empathy school-based program for improving social and emotional wellbeing in children

October 31, 2018 
Dominika Winiarski, PhD
TL1 Fellow and Instructor, Psychiatry, Rush University
Using Technology-Based Interventions to Address Disparities in Access to Behavioral Health Treatment Among Homeless Youth

October 24, 2018 
Alexandra Tate, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital Medicine
Invoking Death: Physician Authority, Patient Agency, and Treatment Advocacy in Cancer Care 

October 17, 2018 
Kavi Bhalla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and the College
Reducing Road Traffic Deaths in Developing Countries: Estimates of Lives that can be Saved by Vehicle Safety Technologies

October 10, 2018 
TL1 Seminar 
University of Chicago 

October 2, 2018 
Special ORW presentation
Micah Prochaska, MD, MS
Instructor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Updates on the Effect of Transfusion on Fatigue, Activity, and Fatigability in Hospitalized Patients 

Methods Core Archives

Spring 2018 Schedule

April 30, 2018
Christopher Lyttle, MA
Director, CHeSS Methods Core
MarketScan: Procedure Codes
Room: M-214

Winter 2018 Schedule

March 26, 2018
Christopher Lyttle, MA
Director, CHeSS Methods Core
MarketScan: IDs and File Linkages

February 27, 2018
Tomas Best, PhD
Manager of Research Analytics
ICD Codes and Health Services Research (HSR), with emphasis on HSR at UCM and ICD-10

January 29, 2018
Christopher Lyttle, MA
Director, CHeSS Methods Core
The 2016 MarketScan Data: What’s New
Room: M-214

Regis J. Fallon Lecture Series Archives

May 11, 2023
“Firearm Ownership and Risks of Violence”
David M. Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPH

Professor of Law, Professor of Health Policy, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, Stanford University
3:30–5:00 pm in the Sky Suite at the Harris School

May 10, 2022
“Hospital Competition and Bargaining”
Gautam Gowrisankaran, PhD

Professor of Economics at Columbia University, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, and Professeur afilié at HEC Montréal.
3:30–5:00 pm in the Sky Suite at the Harris School

May 10, 2018
“Antitrust Enforcement in Health Care Markets—What is Happening, and What Isn’t?”
Leemore S. Dafny, PhD
Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
3:30-5:00 pm
Harris Room 140B

April 28, 2016
“Technology Regulation Reconsidered: The Effects of Certificate of Need on MRI Access, Quality, and Cost”
3:30-5:00 pm in Room V
1111 East 60th Street
Jill Horwitz, JD, PhD
Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

January 12, 2015
4:00-5:15 pm in P-117
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Daniel Carpenter, PhD
Professor of Government; Director, Center for American Political Studies; Director, Social Sciences Program, Harvard University

November 13, 2013
“Three Principles of Real Health Reform”
Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD
Professor, Stanford Law School

May 2, 2013
“Medical Liability Reform and Accountability for Safe Care: Looking Back, Looking Forward”
Michelle Mello, JD, PhD
Professor of Law and Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

October 12, 2012
“The Future of Health Care Reform in the United States”
A conference coordinated by the University of Chicago Law School and Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, supported in part by the Fallon Lecture endowment.

May 14, 2012
“Non-Consensual Access to Data for Research and Public Health”
Barbara Evans, JD, PhD
Professor of Law, University of HoustonCo-Director, Health Law & Policy InstituteDirector, Center on Biotechnology & Law

February 27, 2012
“Legal Solutions for Ensuring Decision Aid Quality”
Nadia Sawicki, JD
Assistant Professor of Law, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law

May 9, 2011
“The Histories of American Health Insurance: Three Narratives and the Affordable Care Act”
Timothy S. Jost, JD
Robert L. Willet Family Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law

February 28, 2011
“The Impact of Health Reform on Physicians and Hospitals”
Lawrence E. Singer, MA, JD
Director, Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy, Loyola University Chicago

May 26, 2010
“How Not to Do Medical Malpractice Reform”
David A. Hyman, BA, JD, MD
Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor, University of Illinois College of Law

2009
“From Evidence to Practice:  Can Coverage and Payment Policy Change Physician Behavior?”
Susan Foote 
Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

January 22, 2009
“Discussing End-of-Life Options: Are Statues the Solution?”
Alan Meisel
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Law and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

April 24, 2008
“Fairness in Health Care:  Who Pays?  Who Benefits?”
Clark Havighurst
William Neal Reynolds Professor Emeritus of Law

January 17, 2008
“The Abortion Wars and the Gonzales vs. Carhart Decision”
Bruce Patsner, MD, JD
Professor at the Health Law and Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center

April 19, 2007
“The Food and Drug Administration: How Safe? How Effective?”
David Kessler, MD, JD
Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for Medical Affairs
Richard Epstein, LLD, HC
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago

January 25, 2007
“The Law and Ethics of Medical Fees: A Brief Historical View”
Mark A. Hall, JD
Fred D. and Elizabeth L. Turnage Professor of Law at Wake Forest University

May 2, 2006
“Clinical Trials, Drug Marketing, Off-Label Prescribing, and the Law”
Sandra H. Johnson, JD, LLM
Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Law and Ethics in the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law

Will Manning Memorial Lecture Archives

Thursday, May 4, 2023

“Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials”

Marcella Alsan, MD, MPH, PhD
Program: 3:30-5:00 PMKeller Center 4th Floor Sky Suite (1307 E 60th St)

Thursday, May 26, 2022

“Whither Health Care Costs?”

Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD
Program: 3:30-5:00 pm
Keller Center 4th Floor Sky Suite (1307 E 60th St)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 

“Do Current Practices of Clinical Comparative Effectiveness Research and Evidence-based Medicine Breed Disparities?”

Anirban Basu, Ph.D., MS,
Program: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
860 E. 59th St. | KCBD Auditorium 1103

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

“Empirical Strategies for Models of Multidimensional Health Outcomes”

John Mullahy, PhD
Program: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
860 E. 59th St. | Medical Center CLI L107

Wednesday,  April 26,  2017

“Health Care Quality, Social Disparities, and Causality”

Alan M. Zaslavsky, PhD
Program: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
860 E. 59th Street | Dora De Lee Auditorium, Billings L168

Conference Archives

There is no scheduled conference for 2017. Please see below for information on past Annual Conferences.

2014 – Big Data and Health 

In 2014, the CHeSS Annual Conference focused on Big Data and Health. Watch the keynote address, “Big Data and Policy,” presented by speaker Bryan Sivak.

See the complete agenda, including all speakers and presentations, here.

2013 – Health in Cities 

Health in Cities, the first CHeSS Annual Conference, was held in May 2013. It featured partners from across the University of Chicago, and convened key thought leaders working on urban health issues.