The American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) is pleased to announce its 2023 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
Mark Satterthwaite
A.C. Buehler Professor in Hospital and Heath Services Management, Professor of Strategy, and Professor of Managerial Economics
Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management
ASHEcon Medal
David Chan
Associate Professor of Health Policy
Stanford University
The Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics
Amanda Kowalski
Gail Wilensky Professor of Applied Economics and Public Policy
University of Michigan Department of Economics
Student Paper Award
“Supplier Enforcement and the Opioid Crisis”
J. Travis Donahoe
Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy (Economics)
Harvard University
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 |
| Alcohol, Tobacco, Sugar and Illegal Substances | Excessive Sugar Intake in-Utero and in Early Childhood Leads to Earlier Onset of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension | Tadeja Gracner, Claire Boone, and Paul Gertler |
| Climate/Pollution/Environmental & Health | Saving Lives with Cooking Gas? Unintended Effects of Targeted LPG Subsidies in Peru | Thomas Thivillon |
| Competition in Health Care Markets and Insurer and Hospital Behaviors | How Does Rising Health Care Spending in the US Impact Labor Markets and Mortality? Evidence from Hospital Mergers | Zack Cooper, Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg, Stuart V. Craig, Lev Klarnet Klarnet, and Ithai Lurie |
| Consumer Decision Making in Healthcare | What’s in a Bill? a Model of Imperfect Moral Hazard in Healthcare | Alex Hoagland, David Anderson, and Ed Zhu |
| Crime and Health | Disrupting Drug Markets: The Effects of Crackdowns on Rogue Opioid Suppliers | Adam Soliman |
| Demand for and Effect of Health Insurance | Effects of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Disparities in Birth Outcomes of Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Mothers By Marital Status | Joanne Constantin and George L. Wehby |
| Health & Development | Paid Work for Women and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Rwandan Coffee Mills | Deniz Sanin |
| Health Equity | Bridging the Digital Divide: Do Community Center or Home-Based Telemedicine Delivery Models Offer More Equitable Access to Care? | Paul George |
| Health, Labor Markets, and the Economy | Minimum Wage Laws and the Design and Provision of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance | Mark Meiselbach and Jean Abraham |
| Long Term Care, Aging and Demography | Effects of Essential Caregiver Policies on COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Deaths in Nursing Homes | Mingyu Qi, Nadia Ghazali, and R. Tamara Konetzka |
| Maternal, Child, Sexual, and Reproductive Health | The Effects of Residential Segregation on Infant Health | Tiffany Green, Hoa Vu, and Laura Swan |
| Physician/Nurse Reimbursement, Training, and Behavior | How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians | Manasvini Singh and Stephen Schwab |
| Prescription Drugs | Evidence of Excessive Pricing of Pharmaceutical Ingredients for Medicines Speculatively Repurposed As COVID-19 Therapeutics | Melissa Barber |