HPM Seminars

David Wallace, MD, MPH

Speakers: Coleman Drake, PhD and Marian Jarlenski, PhD, MPH

Speaker: Evan Cole, PhD

Speaker: Mara Hollander

Hayley Germack, PhD, MHS, RN

Richard Frank, professor of health economics and health care policy at Harvard, wil discuss drug pricing proposals relevant to the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election. Frank will draw upon his experience serving in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to discuss advantages and pitfalls of these proposals. Lunch will be served. 

Howard Degenholtz, PhD

Bradley Stein will examine some of the challenges in responding to the opioid crisis, review the effects of commonly implemented policies, describe challenges in implementing an evaluating policies addressing the opioid crisis, and discuss opportunities for future approaches to the evolving crisis. 

Speaker: Tumader Khouja, PhD candidate

Topic: “Spillover Effects of Adult Medicaid Dental Benefits on Children’s Use of Preventive Dental Services”