Events
Health Services Research Colloquium
In partnership with the Department of Health Policy and Administration, the Health Policy and Research Lab (formerly CHCPR) co-sponsors this semester-long colloquium series that includes speakers both internal and external to Penn State. Speakers vary from a wide variety of disciplines and present current topics in the area of health services research.
Health Services Research Colloquium
FALL 2026
(No prior registration is necessary)
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE TO WEDNESDAYS
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM / Campus Location Below
Lectures will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91447034740
Or Telephone: +1 309 205 3325 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 914 4703 4740
Website: https://hhd.psu.edu/chcpr/events
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Wednesday, September 23
Room 110 Ford Building |
Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP Johns Hopkins University Professor of Health Policy Management Email: jmarste2@jhu.edu Website: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1567/jill-a-marsteller |
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Wednesday, October 7
Room 110 Ford Building |
Megan McHugh, PhD Northwestern University Professor of Emergency Medicine Email: megan-mchugh@northwestern.edu Website: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=21299 |
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Wednesday, October 14
Room 110 Ford Building
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Bobbie Johannes, PhD, MPH Geisinger College of Health Sciences Assistant Professor Department of Population Health Sciences Email: bjohannes@geisinger.edu |
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Wednesday, November 4
Room 110 Ford Building |
Chris Sciamanna, MD, MPH Penn State College of Medicine Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Science Institute Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences Email: cns10@psu.edu Website: https://med.psu.edu/departments-faculty/directory/christopher-sciamanna |
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Wednesday, November 11
Room 110 Ford Building |
Doug Leslie, PhD Penn State College of Medicine Chair and Professor of Public Health Science Professor of Psychiatry Email: dleslie@pennstatehealth.psu.edu Website: https://med.psu.edu/departments-faculty/directory/douglas-leslie |
SPRING 2026 SPEAKERS AND VIDEO LINKS
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February 9, 2026
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Cory Capps, PhD Partner, Bates White Economic Consulting VIDEO LINK: “Anti-Trust Enforcement in Health Care Markets: Practical Lessons for Economists” |
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March 2, 2026
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Matthew Eisenberg, PhD Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management (primary), Carey Business School (joint), Mental Health (joint) Johns Hopkins University VIDEO LINK: “Housing Policy and Substance Use Disorder Treatment” |
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March 30, 2026
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Partha Deb, PhD Professor, Department of Economics Hunter College, CUNY |
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April 20, 2026
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Risha Gidwani, DrPH, MA, BA Visiting Associate Professor, Medicine-Health Care Policy Research University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
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April 27, 2026
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Yashaswini Singh, PhD Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Brown University VIDEO LINK: “Stress Testing Markets for Cardiac Care” |
FALL 2025 SPEAKERS AND VIDEO LINKS
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September 15, 2025
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Conor Ryan, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Penn State University VIDEO LINK: "Provider Concentration and Prices: Evidence from Transparency in Coverage Data." |
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September 22, 2025
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Tracee Saunders, PhD Associate Professor, SSRI Co-Funded Faculty, Department of Political Science Penn State University VIDEO LINK: “Contraception in the Crosshairs? Federalism, Contraception Deserts, and the Politics of Title” |
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October 13, 2025
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Nate Apathy, PhD Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management University of Maryland School of Public Health VIDEO LINK: “Recent Developments in Understanding Physician Documentation” |
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October 27, 2025
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Denise Lillvis, PhD, MPA Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health University of Buffalo |
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November 10, 2025
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Yunxi Zhang, PhD, MA, MS Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Services Penn State University College of Medicine VIDEO LINK: "Lessons from the Field: Telehealth Implementation, Evaluation, and Medicare Policy" |
