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November 9, 2007

iHEAweek 2007 no. 101 (November 9)

iHEA’s weekly periodical http://healtheconomics.org/


This issue of iHEAweek: November 9, 2007

  • Notices
  • Community News
  • Jobs: VA Health, ACERH, RAND and 39 more
  • Conferences: 10
  • Call for Abstracts/Papers: 6
  • Education: 1
  • Colophon: Publication Information

Notices

ASHE Luncheon at AEA Meetings in New Orleans

Friday, January 4, 2008, 12:15-2:15 PM
Sheraton Borgne
Topic: Libertarian Paternalism and Healthcare Speaker: Richard Thaler, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, and Director of the Center for Decision Research, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

The ASHE Luncheon costs $45.00 per person. Make reservations via the ASHE web site (http://healtheconomics.us/register2008.html) to avoid disappointment.

You can find out more about ASHE/iHEA events at the AEA Meetings in New Orleans: http://healtheconomics.us/2007/10/29/schedule_of_asheihea_events_at/

Call for Abstracts for 2nd Biennial ASHE Conference

A reminder of the ASHE Call for Abstracts and Session Proposals. The theme of the conference is “Equity and Efficiency in Health and Healthcare” and it is taking place June 22-25, 2008 in Durham, NC. You can find more information here:

http://healtheconomics.us/2007/09/24/callforabstractsfor2nd_bie/

Call for Abstracts for ECHE Roma 2008

iHEA is pleased to help promote “Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics”. ECHE Roma 2008 is taking place 23-26 July 2008 in Rome. More information can be found here:

http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/2008/06/23/health-economic-1.html


Community News

5th Annual Report on Italian Health System - CHEM (CEIS Sanità), Univ. di Tor Vergata

CHEM (CEIS Sanità – Univ. di Roma Tor Vergata) have just published their 5th Annual Report on Italian Health System.

They issued an English version of the volume, available on electronic format (pdf file, attached). They have graciously made it available to iHEA members as a way to contribute to a better knowledge of the Italian National Health System.

The 5th Annual Report and previous volumes can be freely downloaded at http://www.ceistorvergata.it/sanita under “publications” (sorry but only the 2006 and 2005 volumes are available in English).


Jobs

3rd Call for Proposals for the Alan Williams Health Economics Fellowships
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002559.html
November 30, 2007 | Call for Proposals

Outcomes Research / Evidence Based Medicine Opportunities: Pfizer
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002623.html
November 09, 2007 | Industry | Location: Various USA

Program Consultant, MIS Standards: Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002639.html
December 03, 2007 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Health Economist / Senior Health Economist (J5578): Roche
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002628.html
November 16, 2007 | Health Economist | Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Health Economist or Health Services Researcher: VA Health Economics Resource Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002650.html
December 21, 2007 | Health Economist | Location: Menlo Park, California, USA

Scientist, Patient Reported Outcomes: AstraZeneca
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002627.html
November 18, 2007 | Industry | Location: Sweden

Health Outcomes Executives: GSK
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002629.html
November 10, 2007 | Industry | Location: Stockley Park, Middlesex. England, UK

Postdoctoral Fellow: Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002625.html
November 16, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Canberra, Australia

Head of Health Economics & Reimbursment Argumentation: Sanofi-aventis
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002569.html
November 18, 2007 | Manager | Location: Paris, France

Postdoctoral Fellowship in HIV/AIDS Prevention Research: The Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Medical College of Wisconsin
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002652.html
February 15, 2008 | | Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Associate, Biotechnology Research Team
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002651.html
December 29, 2007 | Industry | Location: New York, New York, USA

Faculty of Health Sciences (Health Informatics) : University of Ontario Institute of Technology
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002649.html
November 15, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Ontario, Canada

Business Analyst III: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002633.html
December 26, 2007 | Analyst | Location: Massachusetts, USA

Post-doctoral position: RAND, Population Studies
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002648.html
January 31, 2008 | Post-Doc | Location: Santa Monica, California, USA

Service Fellow in Health Informatics: Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002647.html
December 30, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: USA

Director, Survey Center: American Dental Association
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002646.html
December 30, 2007 | Directorship | Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Research Associate - Health and Population: The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002644.html
December 30, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: San Francisco, California, USA

Health Economist - 1 year fixed term contract: National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC CC), The Royal College of Physicians of London
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002643.html
November 28, 2007 | Health Economist | Location: London, England, UK

Manager Health Economics (headquarter position): Actelion Ltd
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002642.html
December 30, 2007 | Manager | Location: Allschwil/Basel, Switzerland

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Economics and Policy (Level A): The University of Adelaide, Australia
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002641.html
November 23, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Adelaide, Australia

PhD Scholarships in Health Economics and Policy: The University of Adelaide, Australia
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002638.html
November 23, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Adelaide, Australia

2 Faculty Positions (Health Economics): Emory University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002640.html
December 01, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Management: University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002636.html
November 15, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Ontario, Canada

Senior Research Health Policy Analyst 2 (Job # 11133), RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002632.html
December 13, 2007 | Analyst | Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Business Analyst IV: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002631.html
December 13, 2007 | Analyst | Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

Senior Research Scientist 2 (Job # 10427): RTI International
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002630.html
December 13, 2007 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

Faculty - Health Economics: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002560.html
December 05, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Full-Time Faculty Position: Boston University School of Public Health, Health Policy and Management Department
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002626.html
November 30, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Project Manager for $500,000 CIHR-funded project on pharmaceutical policy: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR), UBC
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002622.html
December 07, 2007 | Manager | Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Manager, Clinical Affairs: Zimmer, Inc.
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002619.html
December 16, 2007 | Manager | Location: Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Director, Center for Health Economics Research and Education: Temple University, Fox School of Business / College of Health Professions / School of Medicine
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002620.html
December 06, 2007 | Directorship | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Managing Vice President, Health Policy Resource Center: American Dental Association
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002601.html
December 02, 2007 | PhD Economist | Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Fellow Position: Resources for the Future (RFF)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002616.html
November 26, 2007 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Statistician / Econometrician: Oxford Outcomes
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002614.html
November 23, 2007 | Statistician | Location: Oxford, England, UK

Health Economist: IMS Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002613.html
December 03, 2007 | Health Economist | Location: Barcelona, Spain

Health Economics Director
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002599.html
December 01, 2007 | Directorship | Location: Lyon area, France

Senior Specialist Health Outcomes Research: Sanofi Pasteur MSD
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002595.html
November 23, 2007 | Specialist | Location: Germany

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Health Policy: Shorenstein APARC
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002597.html
January 15, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Stanford, California, USA

Open Rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor): Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, A Statutory College of Cornell University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002590.html
November 21, 2007 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Ithaca, New York, USA

Health Economics & Outcomes Research Manager - Switzerland
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002585.html
November 15, 2007 | Manager | Location: Switzerland

Faculty Visitors (Senior Level) - One Term to Two Years Period: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002579.html
November 25, 2007 | Visiting Scholar | Location: Barcelona, Spain

Director, Health Services Research: The American Cancer Society, National Home Office
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002574.html
November 20, 2007 | Directorship | Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research: The University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002571.html
January 31, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: San Francisco, California, USA


Conferences

Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002538.html
July 23, 2008 | Health Economics | Location: Roma, Italy

“Equity and Efficiency in Health and Healthcare” : 2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) http://healtheconomics.us/conference/ June 22, 2008 | Health Economics | Durham, North Carolina, USA

Cost Function Analysis of the Substance Abuse Treatment Industry: Information Needs, Methods, and Next Steps
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002635.html
December 13, 2007 | Health Economics | Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA

“Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health”: College of Medicine and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002617.html
November 15, 2007 | Health Policy | Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

2008 Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics - Health Economics and Econometrics: Institute of Health Economics and Management (IEMS), University of Lausanne
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002611.html
March 27, 2008 | Health Economics | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

1st International Conference on Healthcare Transformation: Primary Care Focus
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002609.html
May 09, 2008 | Health Care | Location: Singapore

10th National Conference of the Portuguese Health Economics Association
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002580.html
November 22, 2007 | Health Economics | Location: Lisbon, Portugal

2008 Joint meeting of the UK HESG and Nordic HESG
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002472.html
August 27, 2008 | Meeting | Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Living to 100 Symposium: Society of Actuaries
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002440.html
January 07, 2008 | Health Care | Location: Orlando, Florida, USA

5th Health Services Research and Policy Conference: Listening to the Past, Looking to the Future - How can Health Services Research contribute to assessing fads and fashions in health policy and practice?
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002418.html
December 02, 2007 | Health Research | Location: Auckland, New Zealand


Call for Abstracts

Special issue on health of The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance (October 2008)
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002645.html
February 01, 2008 | Insurance

Health Economics and Global Renaissance: 7th European Conference on Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002538.html
December 7, 2007 | Health Economics | Location: Roma, Italy

“Equity and Efficiency in Health and Healthcare” : 2nd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) http://healtheconomics.us/conference/ November 15, 2007 | Health Economics | Durham, North Carolina, USA

AcademyHealth Health Economics Interest Group 2008 Meeting
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002624.html
November 26, 2007 | Health Economics | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Call for Papers and Participation: 7th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002566.html
December 06, 2007 | Health Economics | Location: Athens, Greece

Call for Papers: Special Issue “economics of innovation and technology in health care” in the journal : Economics of Innovation and New Technology
http://healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002551.html
November 30, 2007 | Economics


Education

Workshop: An Introduction to Measuring Efficiency in Public Sector Organisations: Analytical techniques and policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/002621.html
February 20, 2008 | Short Course | Location: Heslington, York, England, UK


Colophon

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