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Workshop for Integrating and Discussing Topics in Healthcare (WIDTH)

What is WIDTH?

WIDTH is an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral students to discuss their dissertation topics, research ideas, and results with other students and faculty that have a similar interest in health services research but different cognate training/perspectives. WIDTH participants will gain insight into other cognate's research methods and potentially stimulate ideas about how to integrate similar techniques to their own research.

WIDTH Fall 2011 Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place in the North Conference room, M3024 (SPH 2), from 12:00-1:30.

September 9 Introduction to HMP and HSR
September 23 Student Presentation: David Jones, "Pascal's Wager: The Inter-governmental Politics of Implementing Health Reform"
September 30 Alumna Presentation: Teresa Gibson, Thomson Reuters presenting, "Topics in Adherence and Benefit Design"
October 7 Funding workshop with Doug Keasal, Senior Fellowship Officer, Rackham Fellowship Office
November 4 Tracy Swinburn and Mark Fendrick from the Center for Value Based Insurance Design presenting, "Value-Based Insurance Design: Peanut Butter and Jelly and the Future of Healthcare Payment Reform"
presentation (PDF)
November 11 Ani Turner and Paul Hughes-Cromwick presenting, "Altarum Institute, the Center for Sustainable Health Spending, and the Center's Health Sector Economic Indicator Briefs"
November 18 Faculty Presentation: Jill Horwitz, PhD, JD, MPP presenting, "Just What the Market Ordered: Diffusion and Duplication of Invasive Cardiac Services in the U.S."
December 2 Student Presentation: Sean Huang, "The Interaction Effects of Financial Leverage and Market Competition in Healthcare Markets"
December 9 Student Presentation: Sarah Stith, Ross School of Business presenting "Healthcare Quality: The Role of Learning-by-Doing in Liver Transplantation."


WIDTH Winter 2012 Schedule

January 6 Student Presentation: Rosalind Keith, "Understanding Variation in the Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation: A Qualitative Study"
January 27 Faculty Presentation: Ariel Linden, Dr.PH, topic TBA
February 3 Student Presentation: Eric Lammers, "The effect of hospital-physician integration on health information technology adoption"
February 10 Student Presentation: BoRin Kim, "Health and Transitions in Living Arrangements among Older Adults in South Korea: Does religious affiliation make a difference?"
February 17 Denise Chrysler, JD, topic TBA
February 24 Student Presentations: Genna Cohen, "Physician Organization-Practice Team Integration for the Advancement of Patient-centered Care"
Adam Wilk, "Geographic Variation in Use and Expenditures: A Review of the Literature"
March 16 HSOP Student Visit Day
Student Presentation: Will Story, "Couples' Reports of Household Decision-Making and the Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Bangladesh"
March 23 Alumnus Presentation: Edward Okeke, MD, PhD, MA, MPH, "A Treatise on Life, Labor, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
March 30 Faculty Presentation: Daniel Eisenberg, "Ideas for Being a More Productive and Organized Researcher"
April 6 Student Presentations: Joel Segel, "The Dynamic Effects of False Positive Test Results"
Don Sexton, "CEO Characteristics: Does Professional Experience Affect Hospital Performance?"
April 13 Student Presentations: Sean Huang, "Product Market Effects and Welfare Implications of Highly Leveraged Hospitals: Theory and Evidence."
Morgen Miller, "Recessions & the Supply of Health Care: Registered Nurses"
April 27 Session for First-Year Students: Prelim Prep

Contact Us

Have a question? Contact the WIDTH coordinators, Denise Lillvis and Adam Wilk: widthorganizers@umich.edu