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    Research on surprise medical billing shows potential of Yale’s Tobin Center
    … emergency-room patients across the United States: surprise medical bills. “ In emergency care situations, patients … Patty Murray (D-Wash.) that would seek to address surprise billing. Research by Yale economists Zack Cooper and Fiona … Producing data-driven, social-science research that shapes public policy is one of Yale President Peter Salovey’s top …
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    Welcoming Janet Currie: A Pioneer in the Economics of Children and Families Joins Yale
    … This summer, we’re excited to welcome the renowned public and health economist to Yale’s Department of Economics … already strong community of scholars working on health, public policy, and child development. “Professor Currie’s … higher rates of self-harm, hospitalizations, and soaring medical costs. Unpacking the incentives and information …
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    The Department of Economics Announces Five Peer Mentors for 2025-2026
    The Department of Economics is proud to announce an outstanding cohort of undergraduate economics Peer Mentors for 2025-2026: Johanna Dammann , Ellie Jiang , Sonia Jin , Kylie Kim , and Megan Wright . This is the department’s eighth year participating in …
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    Yale names inaugural executive director of Tobin Center for Economic Policy
    … in data-driven, social-science scholarship that shapes public policy — one of Yale President Peter Salovey’s top … to protect patients from being surprised with steep medical bills after being treated at the emergency room . A … Tobin Center is scheduled to open in spring 2022 and will feature faculty offices and space for research fellows, …
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    Economist Amanda Kowalski wins National Science Foundation award
    … support funding for Kowalski’s research project, titled “Public Health Insurance, Medical Expenditures, and Labor Market Outcomes.” CAREER … in 2010 has brought health reform to the forefront of public discourse. Health spending comprises a growing portion …
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    Janet Currie to Present on Medical Decisions at 2018 Koopmans Lectures
    … University Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs,  Janet Currie , as this year’s speaker for … two talks over the two-day period. Her first talk titled “Medical decision making and physician performance” is on … to expand health insurance and improve health care, public housing, and food and nutrition programs. Her current …
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    William English
    Bill English joined Yale University in 2016, following a 25-year career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. At the Board of Governors, he served as Director of the Division of Monetary Affairs and Secretary to the Federal Open Market …
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    Joseph Ross, MD, MHS
    … MHS, is a Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), a member of the … and psychology at the University of Rochester and his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, … and a member of the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (New England CEPAC) for ICER. William …
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    Joseph Ross, MD, MHS