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Spring 2022

Spring 2022 Schedule
Date	Presenter	Title	Institution	Paper Title
2022-02-21	Darwin Cortes	Professor	Universidad del Rosario, Colombia	Contraception, Intrahousehold Behaviour and Epidemic: Evidence from the Zika Virus epidemic in Colombia
2022-03-07	Michael French	Professor	University of Miami, USA	Risky Behaviors and Traffic Fatalities
2022-03-21	Meltem Daysal	Associate Professor	University of Copenhagen, Denmark	Do antidepressants improve academic achievement?
2022-04-04	Markus Gehrsitz	Senior Lecturer in Economics	University of Strathclyde, Scotland	Does a Spoonful of Sugar Levy Help the Calories Go Down? An Analysis of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (with Alex Dickson and Jonathan Kemp)
2022-04-25	Michele Belot	Professor	Cornell University, USA	Economics of dietary habits
2022-05-02	Rosalie Pacula	Professor	University of Southern California, USA	The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Laws on Cannabis Related Health Encounters in Colorado (view Prof. Pacula’s recording here)
2022-05-16	Erdal Tekin	Professor	American University, USA	Random Incidents of Gun Violence and Wellbeing of Individuals and Communities
2022-05-30	Ludovica Giua	Assistant Professor	University of Cagliari, Italy	Intimate partner violence and help-seeking: The role of femicide news

Fall 2021

Fall 2021 Schedule
Date	Presenter	Title	Institution	Paper Title
2021-09-20	Anandi Mani	Professor	Oxford University, UK	Stigma, Discrimination and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels
2021-10-04	Scott Cunningham	Professor	Baylor University, USA	Mental Illness, Social Workers and Suicidality in Jail
2021-10-18	Ashley Bradford	Ph.D. Student	Indiana University, USA	City Nuisance Property Ordinances and Drug Mortality
2021-10-25	Kitt Carpenter	Professor	Vanderbilt University, USA	An Overview of LGBTQ Health Economics View Prof. Carpenter’s Recording Here View Prof. Carpenter’s PowerPoint slides
2021-11-01	Jorge Aguero	Associate Professor	University of Connecticut, USA	Big Sisters and Risky Sexual Behaviors
2021-11-08	Arantxa Colchero	Associate Professor	National Institute of Public Health, Mexico	The economics of nutrition in Mexico: the case of taxes View Prof. Colchero’s Recording Here
2021-11-15	Fabrice Etile	Professor	Paris School of Economics, France	Effects of alcohol price policies on alcohol markets and cancer incidence in France
2021-11-22	Diarmaid O Ceallaigh	Ph.D. Candidate	Erasmus School of Economics, the Netherlands	Skipping your workout, again? Measuring and understanding time inconsistency in physical activity
2021-11-29	Cecilia Noboa	Ph.D. Candidate	Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay	Nudging healthy food choices

Spring 2021

Spring 2021 Schedule
Date	Presenter	Title	Institution	Paper Title
2021-02-01	Manisha Shah	Professor	University of California, Los Angeles	Regulating Sex Markets: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications View Prof. Shah’s Recording Here View Prof. Shah’s PowerPoint slides
2020-02-08	Ben Harrell	Ph.D. candidate	Georgia State	Public Health Insurance and Prescription Medications for Sexually Transmitted Infections
2021-02-15	Karen Ugarte Bravo	Ph.D. candidate	McMaster University	The Impact of Mandatory Universal Pharmaceutical Insurance on Prescription Opioid Use: Evidence from Canada
2021-02-22	Cass Sunstein	Robert Walmsley University Professor	Harvard Law School	FEAST: A Framework for Behavioral Change View Prof. Sunstein’s Recording Here
2021-03-01	Nano Barahona	Ph.D. candidate	Stanford University	Equilibrium Effects of Food Labeling Policies
2021-03-08	Catherine Maclean	Associate Professor	Temple University	Economic Studies on the Opioid Crisis: A Review View Prof. Maclean’s Recording Here View Prof. Maclean’s PowerPoint slides Here
2021-03-15	Alexander Ahammer	Assistant Professor	Johannes Kepler University	Minimum Legal Drinking Age and the Social Gradient in Binge Drinking
2021-03-22	Davide Dragone	Associate Professor	University of Bologna	Theoretical models of risky health behaviors View Prof. Dragone’s Recording Here View Prof. Dragone’s Slides Here
2021-03-29	Melissa Spencer	Ph.D. candidate	University of Virginia	Safer Sex? The Effect of AIDS Risk on Birth Rates
2021-04-05	Paul Gertler	Professor	University of California at Berkeley	The Sweet Life: Long Term Consequences of a Sugar Rich Diet in Early Childhood View Prof. Gertler’s Recording Here
2021-04-12	Christopher J. Ruhm	Professor	University of Virginia	Understanding 21st Century Mortality Trends in the United States View Prof. Ruhm’s Recording Here View Prof. Ruhm’s Slides Here
2021-04-19	Jody Sindelar	Professor	Yale University	Assessment of vaping control policies in the US View Prof. Sindelar’s Recording Here
2021-04-26	Rhys Thomas	Postdoctoral fellow	University of Southampton	The direct and spillover effects of diabetes diagnosis on health-related behaviours
2021-05-03	Anandi Mani	Professor	Oxford University	Stigma, Discrimination and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels
2021-05-10	Emilio Gutierrez	Professor	ITAM	Taxing to Reduce Obesity
2021-05-17	Ariel Zucker	Postdoctoral fellow	University of California at Berkeley	Can price discrimination incentivize behavioral change? Evidence from a randomized field experiment
2021-05-24	Stephanie von Hinke	Professor	University of Bristol	Genetic data and risky health behaviors View Prof von Hinke’s Recording Here
2021-05-31	Tom Zohar	Ph.D. candidate	Stanford University	Out of Labor and into the Labor Force? The Role of Abortion Access, Social Stigma, and Financial

Fall 2020

Fall 2020 Schedule
Date	Presenter	Institution	Paper Title
2020-09-14	Pietro Biroli	University of Zurich	Genes, Pubs, and Drinks: Gene-environment interplay and alcohol licensing policy in the United Kingdom
2020-09-21	Eva Rye Johansen	Aarhus University	Relative Age for Grade and Adolescent Risky Health Behavior: Evidence on Abortions and Alcohol Poisonings
2020-09-28	Patricia Ritter	University of Connecticut	The Effect of Piped Water at Home on Childhood Overweight Rate. Experimental Evidence from Urban Morocco
2020-10-05	Mariana Gerstenbluth	Universidad de la República	Repugnant Warnings, Addiction, and Rational Choice
2020-10-12	Anne Burton	Cornell University	The Impact of Smoking Bans in Bars and Restaurants on Alcohol Consumption, Smoking, and Social Welfare
2020-10-19	Augustine Denteh	Tulane University	The Effect of SNAP on Obesity in the Presence of Endogenous Misreporting
2020-10-26	Mirjam Reutter	European University Institute (EUI)	The Morning After: Prescription-Free Access to Emergency Contraceptive Pills
2020-11-02	Claudio Deiana	University of Cagliari	Opium Price Shocks and Prescription Opioids in the US
2020-11-09	Abby Alpert	University of Pennsylvania	Origins of the Opioid Crisis and Its Enduring Impacts
2020-11-16	Francesco Principe	Erasmus School of Economics	Health’s Kitchen: TV, Edutainment and Nutrition
2020-11-23	Eleonora Patacchini	Cornell University	Dynamic Social Interactions and Health Risk Behavior
2020-11-30	Pablo Celhay	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	When a Strike Strikes Twice: Massive Student Mobilizations and Teenage Pregnancy in Chile
2020-12-7	Monica Deza	Hunter College, City University of New York	The Intergenerational Effects of the Vietnam Draft on Risky Behaviors
2020-12-14	Federico Crudu	University of Siena	Family Ties and Child Obesity in Italy