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2026 Louisville Health Economics Workshop

November 15, 2026 at the University of Louisville College of Business

Registration

Registration is now open. There is no registration fee to attend the workshop. Register here. 

Registration deadline: November 30, 2026

Conference Details

November 15, 2026

Conference Program

Session Time  

Session

8:30  am

Breakfast

9:00 am

Agreeing to Disagree: Political Partisanship and Team Performance in Healthcare

  • Jia Xiang (Indiana University)

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

The Marginal Value of a Diagnosis: Evidence from Gestational Diabetes

  • Jaehyun Choi (Indiana University)

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Lightning Round

Pharmaceutical Sales Visits Increased Buprenorphine Prescribing but Were Concentrated Among Established Prescribers

  • Costas Lambros (Indiana University)


Buprenorphine Prescribing Trends and Practice Environment Associations with Clinician Adoption

  • Jiaen Wu (Indiana University)


Teachers as Detectors: Teacher Supply, Quality, and the Reporting of Child Maltreatment

  • Wei-Lun Lo (Indiana University)


Kinship Intensity and Rotavirus Vaccination

  • Per Fredriksson (University of Louisville)


Driving through Decline: Trade Exposure and Alcohol-Involved Fatal Crashes

  • Fatemeh Lashkaripour (University of Kentucky)

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:45 pm

The Effects of Peer Health Education on Student Outcomes

  • Chuanyi Guo (University of Kentucky)

Severe Food Allergies and Anxiety: Patient and Family Effects

  • Jennifer Mangano (Indiana University)

1:35 pm

Discussion / Coffee Break

2:00 pm

Attorney Advertising, Risk Beliefs, and Shared Decision Making: The Credibility Paradox in Regulating Drug-Risk Information

  • Jacob P. Byl (Western Kentucky University)

Regulatory Frictions, Prescribing Behavior, and Unintended Consequences: Evidence from Gabapentin Policies

  • Nicole Siegal (Indiana University)

2:50 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Physician Relocation and Technology Diffusion: The Case of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

  • Lenisa Chang (University of Cincinnati)

Time-Saving Technology and the Allocation of Specialist Work: Evidence from High-Skilled Physicians

  • Revathy Surya Narayana (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)

3:50 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Do GLP-1 Medications Pay for Themselves?

  • Coady Wing (Indiana University)

4:45 pm

Wrap Up and Adjourn

 

Sponsored by the UofL College of Business Economics Department