RIP: Behavioral Economics & Health with Kevin Volpp
Wednesday, March 14, 201812:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Second Floor, Central, C231
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Kevin Volpp is the founding Director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Division Chief of Health Policy for the Department of Medical Ethics and Policy, and the Founders President’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
His work focuses on developing and testing innovative ways of applying insights from behavioral economics in improving patient health behavior and affecting provider performance. He has competitively been awarded more than $60 million to lead projects with a variety of employers, insurers, health systems, and consumer companies in testing the impact of different behavioral economic strategies on behavior.
You can listen to one of his more recent podcasts here: How Behavioral Economics Could Solve America's Health Care Woes
Update (3/12/18): We are now at capacity. Thank you to those who submitted RSVPs.