• Olufunke Alaba, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Silvia Balia, Università di Cagliari, Italy
• Michele Belot, Cornell University, USA
• Nicole Black, Monash University, Australia
• David Bradford, University of Georgia, USA
• Kitt Carpenter, Vanderbilt University, USA
• Adriana Comacho Gonzalez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
• Joan Costa-i-Font, London School of Economics, UK
• Michael Darden, Johns Hopkins University
• Dhaval Dave, Bentley University, USA
• Edel Doherty, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• Davide Dragone, University of Bologna, Italy
• Fabrice Etile, Paris School of Economics, France
• Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin, USA
• Michael French, University of Miami, USA
• Martin Gonzalez Rozada, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina
• Euna Han, Yonsei University, South Korea
• Florence Jusot, Paris-Dauphine University, France
• Feng Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
• Petter Lundborg, Lund University, Sweden
• Catherine Maclean, Temple University, USA
• Jan Marcus, Universität Hamburg, Germany
• Sara Markowitz, Emory University, USA
• Toni Mora, International University of Catalonia, Spain
• Rosalie Pacula, University of Southern California, USA
• Guillermo Paraje, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
• Heather Royer, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
• Christopher Ruhm, University of Virginia, USA
• Enrique Seira Bejarano, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico
• Manisha Shah, UCLA, USA
• Jody Sindelar, Yale University, USA
• Erdal Tekin, American University, USA
• Patricia Triunfo, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
• Marjon van der Pol, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
• Jan Van Ours, Erasmus School of Economics, Netherlands
• Kevin Volpp, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Stephanie von Hinke, University of Bristol, UK
• Casey Warman, Dalhousie University, Canada
• Jenny Williams, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Myra Yazbeck, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Nicolas Ziebarth, Cornell University, USA

The VERB: Virtual Seminar on the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors will begin in September 2020.  It is an adaptation to the situation faced by our universities during the COVID-19 epidemic, and will allow researchers worldwide to share information about their research on the economics of health behaviors, including smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, poor diet, physical inactivity, obesity, risky sex, self-harm, and suicide.  Studies may examine causes of these behaviors, their consequences, or the effects of policies or interventions to prevent and reduce these behaviors.

Presentations in this seminar will mainly be of two types. First, there will be presentations of single research papers, as is common in most university seminars. These will largely be reserved for early-career scholars, including advanced graduate students, postdocs, and assistant professors. These will not be recorded unless the presenter requests.  Second, there will be “keynotes” by senior scholars, who will present an overview of an entire area of research related to the economics of health behaviors. These will be recorded and available for professors to assign to students as part of the curriculum of their health economics courses.

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This seminar is one of several virtual seminars being offered in health economics. You may also wish to check out:

• The Electronic Health Economics Colloquium
• Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS)