School of International and Public Policy-IPP

Mar 27,2019　HIAS Health 37th regular seminar / Hitotsubashi International Seminar

HIAS Health 37th Regular Seminar/Hitotsubashi International Seminar

Date:	March 27 (Wed), 2019 16:30-18:00
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker:	Jongsay Yong, Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor)
Title:	The effects of socioeconomic status on hospital utilization and adverse events
Language:	English
[Speaker's Profile]	Jongsay Yong is Principal Research Fellow in the Health Economics research program of the Melbourne Institute. He joined the Melbourne Institute in 2002, after spending several years as lecturer and later senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore. His main research interests are in applied areas of industrial economics and health economics. His recent research focuses on measuring hospital performance and quality using patient-level data, and firm productivity analyses using firm-level data.

Mar 1,2019　HIAS Health 36th regular seminar / Hitotsubashi International Seminar

HIAS Health 36th regular seminar / Hitotsubashi International Seminar

Date:	March 1 (Fri), 2019 16:00－17:30
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker:	Prof. Soonman Kwon Professor of Health Economics and Policy, School of Public Health, Seoul National University (SNU)
Title:	Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Low-Income Countries.
Language:	English

Jan 21,2019　Special Lecture given by Mary-Alice Hayward, IAEA Deputy Director General

Dec 4,2018　HIAS Health 35th regular seminar

HIAS Health 35th regular seminar

Date:	December 4 (Tue), 2018 10:30-12:00
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker:	Dr. Ayako Honda, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University
	[Speaker's Profile]
Title:	For more than money: willingness of health professionals to stay in remote Senegal
	Abstract
Language:	Presentaiton in Japanese (Slides will be in English)

Nov 28,2018　HIAS Health 34th regular seminar

HIAS Health 34th regular seminar

Date:	November 28 (Wed), 2018 　13：30－15:00
Venue:	Hitotsubashi University, Mercury Tower 3F #3302
Speaker :	Prof. Guanghua Wan, Institute of World Economy, Fudan University, the People's Republic of China Speaker's profile
Title:	The impacts of income polarization on health and crimes in China

Oct 31,2018　INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC POLICY SEMINAR FOR OVER-18-YEARS OLDS

INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC POLICY SEMINAR FOR OVER-18-YEARS OLDS

Date:	October 31(Wed), 2018 　13:30－15:00
Venue:	Josuikai Centennial Hall (Intelligent Hall),West Campus
Speaker :	Prof. Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate in Economics (2014)
Title:	Moral Reasoning, Markets and Organizations
	Flyer

Oct 10,2018　HIAS Health 33rd regular seminar

HIAS Health 33rd regular seminar

Date:	October 10 (Wed) , 2018 18：00－19：30
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker :	Prof. Han Bleichrodt, Professor of Behavioral Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Title:	Ambiguity preferences for health
	Abstract

Aug 2,2018　HIAS Health 31st regular seminar

HIAS Health 31st regular seminar

Date:	August 2 (Thu), 2018 16:30-18:00
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker :	Ying YAO, HIAS Postdoctoral Researcher, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University (HIAS Health member)
Title:	Tobacco Purchasing Behavior: An Analysis of Japanese Consumer Panel Data

Jul 18,2018　HIAS Health 30th regular seminar

HIAS Health 30th regular seminar

Date:	July 18 (Wed), 2018 13:30-15:00
Venue:	Hitotsubashi University, Mercury Tower 3F #3302
Speaker :	Makoto TOBE, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Senior Advisor (health financing/health systems), Adjunct member of HIAS Health
Title:	Enabling pregnant women in rural mountainous areas of the Philippines to deliver babies at health facilities without suffering financial hardship--Cooperation for attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
	Abstract

Apr 27,2018　HIAS Health 27th regular seminar

HIAS Health 27th regular seminar

Date:	May 30 (Wed), 2018 16:30-18:00
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker :	Dr. KATO (YAMAUCHI), Tamahi, Adjunct Research Associate, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University (HIAS Health member)
Title:	Monitoring governance, management and operational capacity of mutual health organizations in three regions of Senegal: Findings from the 2017 Survey
	Abstract

Apr 13,2018　HIAS Health 26th regular seminar

HIAS Health 26th regular seminar

Date:	April 13th (Fri), 2018 16:00-17:30
Venue:	HIAS Seminar Room (Faculty Building II, Room 517), Kunitachi West Campus, Hitotsubashi University
Speaker :	Dr. Niels-Hugo Blunch, Associate Professor of Economics, Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Washington and Lee University, USA
Title:	Unintended Consequences: Program Evaluation and The World Bank Vs. Adult Literacy Programs and Child Mortality
	Abstract