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Awards
Award Winners
2010
- Victor R. Fuchs Award
- Willard G. Manning, Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago
- ASHEcon Medal
- Mark G. Duggan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, and Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers
- Student Paper Award
- Johathan T. Kolstad, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, “Information and Quality when Motivation is Intrinsic: Evidence from Surgeon Report Cards”
Past Award Winners
2008
- Victor R. Fuchs Award
- Michael Grossman, CUNY and NBER
- ASHEcon Medal
- Loren Baker, Stanford University
- Student Paper Award
- Susan Feng Lu, Northwestern University
2006
Presented at the First Biennial Conference in Madison
- ASHEcon Medal
- David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard
- Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, MIT
- Student Paper Award
- Grant Miller, Stanford, for his paper titled “Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia.”
ASHEcon Medal
Deadline: 16 February 5pm EST on the year of the ASHEcon Conference
Description. The ASHEcon Medal is awarded biennially to the economist age 40 or under who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health economics.
Eligibility. Applicants must be age 40 or younger on January 1 of the year of the ASHEcon conference. Applicants must hold their primary appointment in an American institution, but need not be citizens of the United States. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.
Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.
Materials. A complete submission will include a brief nominating letter from a colleague and the candidate’s curriculum vitae.
Deadline. The deadline is 16 February 5:00 pm ET in the year of the ASHEcon conference. Submissions must be sent electronically.
Judging. All members of the Awards Committee will review all applications. In the event of a conflict of interest, a new committee member will replace the member with the conflict.
Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics
Deadline: 1 March 5pm EST on the year of the ASHEcon Conference
Description. The Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics is awarded biennially to an economist who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of health economics.
Eligibility. Applicants must hold their primary appointment (or be emeritus or retired) at an institution based in the United States, but need not be United States citizens. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.
Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.
Materials. A complete submission will include a nominating letter (typically no more than 2 pages) and the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Committee members may also nominate candidates.
Deadline. The deadline is 1 March 5:00 pm ET in the year of the ASHEcon conference. Submissions must be sent electronically.
Judging. All members of the Awards Committee will review all applications. In the event of a conflict of interest, a new committee member will replace the member with the conflict.
Student Paper Award
Description. The ASHEcon Student Paper Award honors the student who wrote the best sole-authored paper.
Eligibility. Applicants must be current Ph.D. students or have received their Ph.D. from an American institution. The paper must be sole authored. The paper may be published (or forthcoming) in a peer-reviewed journal. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.
Criteria. The Awards Committee will select the paper that makes the greatest contribution to health economics. The paper’s contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.
