Thursday, May 15

6:30pm

Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, May 16

8:15am

Breakfast

8:45am

Welcome

8:50am

The Geography of Health Disparities

Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Graeme P. Peterson, Harvard University

Discussant:
Steven Woolf, VCU Health

9:30am

Effects of Neighborhood Labeling on Children

Hans Grönqvist, Linnaeus University
Magdalena Dominguez, Uppsala University
Torsten O. Santavirta, Helsinki School of Economics

Discussant:
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER

10:10am

Break

10:30am

Drivers of Mental Health Disparities in American Indian Youth: The Effect of Economic Conditions

Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Patrick Carlin, Washington State University
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College

11:10am

Tracing the Genetic Footprints of the UK National Health Service

Nicolau Martin-Bassols Pietro Biroli, University of Bologna
Elisabetta De Cao, University of Bologna
Massimo Anelli, Bocconi University
Silvia Mendolia, University of Turin

Discussant:
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

11:50am

Lunch

12:50pm

Keynote address: Sendhil Mullainathan, MIT

1:50pm

Disparate Treatment and Outcomes in Emergency Departments: Evidence from Florida

Minu Philip, New York University
Ozde Ozkaya Arasli

Discussant:
Ines Guix Sauquet, Opportunity Insights

2:30pm

Who Gains When Medicine Becomes More Precise? Evidence from Genomic Testing in Breast Cancer

Jasmin Moshfegh, Stanford University

Discussant:
Keisha T. Solomon, Howard University

3:10pm

Break

3:30pm

The Role of Geography in Explaining the Disproportionate Rise in the Opioid Overdose Death Rate Among Black Americans

Jevay Grooms, Howard University and NBER

Discussant:
Ellen Meara, Harvard University and NBER

4:10pm

Passing as White: Racial Identity and Old-Age Longevity

Hamid Noghanibehambari, Austin Peay State University
Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Felipe Juan, Howard University

4:50pm

Closing Discussion

5:00pm

Adjourn