O'Neill Institute Empirical Health Law Conference
Friday, 11/06/2009 9:15 AM (EST)
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GEORETOWN LAW
Empirical Health Law Conference
Georgetown University Law Center
November 5-6, 2009
McDonough 200, Georgetown University Law Center, 2nd Floor
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001
AGENDA
Friday, November 6, 2009
8:30 am: Continental Breakfast
9:25 am: Welcome and Introduction
Nan Hunter, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
9:30 am – 10:15 am: “Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?”
David Matsa, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Tamar Klaiman, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University Medical Center
10:15 am – 11:00 am: "Stark Contrasts: The Impact of Prohibiting Physician Self-Referrals on the Prevalence
of Overtreatment in Health Care."
Brian Chen, Shorenstein and Spogli Institutes, Stanford University
Jean Mitchell, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
11:00 am – 11:15 am: Break
11:15 am – 12:00 pm: “Malpractice Standards of Care and Regional Variations in Physician Practice Styles”
Michael D. Frakes, Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellow
William McGreevy, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University Medical Center
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Round Table Lunch in Gewirz, 12th floor
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: "An Empirical Study of HPV Vaccination Policy Making in the States"
Michelle Mello, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Kathryn Zeiler, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm: "Mental Health Care Consumption and Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies
Across Race and Class."
Barak D. Richman; Duke University School of Law
Brad Herring, PhD Program in Health Economics & Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Break
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm: “The Impact of Tort Reform on Intensity of Treatment: Evidence from the Heart Patients”
Ronen Avraham, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Randall R. Bovbjerg, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute
4:00 pm: Closing Remarks
Kathryn Zeiler, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Law Center