2024 ASHEcon Award Winners

The American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) is pleased to announce its 2024 ASHEcon Award Recipients. ASHEcon’s awards honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of health economics. The awards given at the conference highlight both burgeoning and established leaders in the health economics field. This is a great opportunity to recognize an outstanding peer, colleague, or student. We hope that by recognizing the work of individuals working in health economics, we will not only help elevate the amazing people in the field, but will continue to enable excellent research and put a spotlight on the field of health economics.

Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics
Winner: Randall Ellis

ASHEcon Medal
Winner: Marika Cabral

The Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics
Winners: Irina Degtiar, Timothy Layton, Jacob Wallace, Sherri Rose

Student Paper Award
Winner: Anna Russo

ASHEcon Mentoring Award
Winner: Richard Lindrooth

American Journal of Health Economics Referee of the Year
Winner: Edward Norton

American Journal of Health Economics Best Paper

Winners: Jeff DeSimone, Daniel Grossman, Nicolas Ziebarth
“Regression Discontinuity Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Minimum Legal E-Cigarette Purchasing Age”

Program Chair Award

The ASHEcon Program Chair Award recognizes an exceptional abstract in each conference program area. Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Program Area	Abstract Title	Authors
Health Equity	Immigration Enforcement and Health Insurance Choices: Evidence from Secure Communities	Muazzam Toshmatova and Marina Lovchikova
Environmental and Health	Where There is Fire There is Smoke: Air Pollution and Mental Health in Canada	Soodeh Saberian and Janet Currie
Provider Workforce, Human Capital, Incentives, and Behavior	The Value of Continuity of Care: Evidence from Physicians’ Premature Deaths	Guanting Yi
Lessons from Developed Countries Outside the U.S.	Instrumental Variable Approaches for Estimating Time-Varying Treatments in Comparative Effectiveness Research	Manuel Gomes and Daniel Tompsett, University College London
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illegal Substances	The Impact of a Vape Ban on Cigarette Smoking and Life Expectancy	Kathleen Hui
Insurer and Hospital Behavior	Service-Level Selection and Access to Specialists in Medicaid Managed Care	Amanda Kreider
Health, Labor Markets, and the Economy	The Labor Market Effects of Having Children with Special Needs	Abigail Cormier
Effects of Health Insurance and Consumer Decision Making	Is Low-Value Care Really Low-Value? Evidence from Prostate Cancer Screening	Liam Rose
Child and Infant Health	The Effect of Stand-Your-Ground Laws on Student Achievement	Krista Ruffini
Health and Development	Hospitals, Maternal and Infant Health: Impact of the Opening of Public Hospitals in Mexico	Eduardo Fajnzylber, Sebastian Bauhoff and Julio Ramos
Maternal, Sexual, and Reproductive Health	The Impact of Intensive Nurse Home Visiting on Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health for Low-Income First-Time Mothers	Abigail Dow and Margaret McConnell
Mental Health	School’s out! Now What?	Zoey Chopra and Yeşim Orhun
Competition in Health Care Markets	Program Design and Quality Incentives in Medicare Advantage	Colleen Carey, Ying Fan and Yiyi Zhou
Long Term Care, Aging, and Demography	Live Longer and Healthier: Impact of Pension Income for Low-Income Retirees	Chiara Malavasi and Han Ye
Crime and Health	Calls and Conduct: The Impact of Free Communication on Prison Misconduct	Panka Bencsik
Food and Nutrition	Long-Term Impact of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Prescription Drug Use and Costs in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Overweight or Obesity	Ian Davis, Jeffrey Yu, Peter J. Huckfeldt, Ann Harada, Mark Espeland, Dana Goldman and Nick Pajewski
Health Systems and Health Care Financing	Hacked to Pieces? the Effects of Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals and Patients	Claire McGlave, Sayeh Nikpay & Hannah Neprash
Prescription Drug	Marketing Authorization, Patentability Standards, and Strategic Patenting: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals	Lucy Xiaolu Wang and Dennis Byrski