Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

Kidney allocation priorities save lives—but also shape how patients act. Expanding deceased donor access reduces reliance on living donors and lowers mortality, but effects differ across groups. (1/2)

SUBMIT: individual abstracts to be combined into sessions, organized sessions made up of 3 abstracts, individual abstracts for emerging scholars sessions and submissions for policy roundtables, spotlight sessions. Deadline 12.10.25. https://www.ashecon.org/2026-minneapolis/2026-call-for-abstracts/

Can economic opportunity lower mortality? Exploiting the fracking boom: job growth lowered medically treatable deaths (e.g. cardiovascular), likely via increased insurance coverage, but had no effect on external causes such as Deaths of Despair. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This just in ‼️ See the full collection of photos from the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference 👉 www.flickr.com/photos/19869... Thank you again to everyone who attended. We can't wait to see you next year in Minneapolis!

Thank you for attending the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference! The 2025 conference featured over 200 sessions and special events. In all, 625 papers and posters were presented to over 900 attendees. Click here to see a preview of photos from the event! 👉 www.flickr.com/photos/19869...

There's still time to register for the 14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists! Rates go up after June 10, 2025 - Register now 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil... See the online program, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Md Shahadath Hossain! @shahadath.bsky.social We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Michael Nguyen-Mason @mixedkracker.bsky.social‬ We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

🌟 We have several exciting spotlight sessions available at the 14th ASHEcon Annual Conference! 🌟 See some of our exciting Spotlight Sessions: 👉 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2025...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Yolunda Nabors! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Tolulope Oladele We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to Anthony LoSasso, this year's winner of the ASHEcon Distinguished Service Award. Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Saleem Shah! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Sadichchha Shrestha! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to Catherine Ishitani, this year's winner of the Student Paper Award. Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

Sign up for our Mentorship Program at the 2025 ASHEcon Annual Conference! The mentoring sessions will be held on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025, at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, TN. To participate in the program please complete this form 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Martin Kyalwazi! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Hyunkyung Yun! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton, co-winners of the 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics. Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Lady Ikeya! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

🚨 Last call for submissions! 🚨 Submit your papers for presentation at the 2026 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia from Jan 3–5, 2026. Learn more and submit here 👉 www.cognitoforms.com/ASHEcon1/_20...

📢 The room block for the ASHEcon 2025 Annual Conference is almost sold out! The block will remain open until our block is full. When the block fills, free to check back through the link in case of cancellations until May 29th when the block closes. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Towo Babayemi! @towobabayemi.bsky.social We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to Joshua Gottlieb, this year's winner of the ASHEcon Medal. Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

We're excited for you to join us in Nashville! 🎸🤠 Experience the best of what Music City has to offer. Be sure to try Nashville's best eateries at Assembly Food Hall, less than half a mile away from the venue! Learn more 👉 www.assemblyfoodhall.com

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Kathya Tapia-Schythe! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Jiangnan Liao! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to Martin Gaynor, this year's winner of the Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics. @martingaynor.bsky.social Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

Submit your papers for presentation at the 2026 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia from Jan 3–5, 2026. Learn more and submit here 👉 www.cognitoforms.com/ASHEcon1/_20...

Time is running out! ⏰ Early Bird rates end TOMORROW Register 🔗 ashecon.memberclicks.net/index.php?op... See the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Ibrahima Dieye! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

🎉 Get ready to experience the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference in the vibrant heart of #Nashville! 🎉 🔗 Want to explore more of what Nashville has to offer? Check out: www.visitmusiccity.com/things-to-do... Not registered yet? 🧐 Register here: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Favour Olarewaju! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

1 week left to secure Early Bird registration rates for the 2025 ASHEcon Conference! Register and see the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

New research on mental health in economics academia: In 2021, 34.7% of PhD students & 15.8% of faculty in European econ departments had moderate/severe depression or anxiety symptoms. Student rates exceeded those in competitive U.S. programs pre-pandemic, not only because of…

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Drishti Baid! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Caroline Welter! We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Registration is open! See the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil... This year's conference will have over 200 scientific sessions containing 624 papers, plus 130 posters.

Congratulations to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Belén Hervera. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville for the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

Congrats to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Ashley Rojas, whose research focuses on understanding how public policies affect vulnerable populations. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

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Congrats to ASHEcon 2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Anthony Roberts, whose research focuses on assessing the health and economic outcomes of medical technologies, with particular emphasis on identifying and addressing healthcare disparities.

Congrats to #ASHEcon2025 Diversity Scholar Winner Abdulazize Wolle, who studies issues related to food access and nutrition. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures and Compass Lexecon for generously sponsoring these scholarships. Join us in Nashville! www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

We encourage you to register for a talk with Nicolo Russo on Wednesday, March 26, 2:00 PM EDT. Register here 👉 ncat.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Topic: Health Inequality and Economic Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Registration is open! See the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil... This year's conference will have over 200 scientific sessions containing 624 papers, plus 130 posters.

Submit your papers for presentation at the 2026 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia from Jan 3–5, 2026. Learn more and submit here 👉 www.cognitoforms.com/ASHEcon1/_20...

Registration is open! See the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-nashvil... This year's conference will have over 200 scientific sessions containing 624 papers, plus 130 posters.

From the ASHEcon Newsletter: Interview with Richard Shoge on the Military Health System Research Program (MHSRP) and Its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Read it here: www.ashecon.org/newsletter/n...

We live by the clock⏰, but our bodies follow the sun☀️. DST disrupts sleep 💤, leading to higher depression rates 😞—especially for those living on the westernmost side of a time zone (doi.org/10.1086/735166). Time to reconsider DST? #DST #CircadianRhythm #PublicHealth