Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University School of Medicine
(Address) 60 College Street, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520.8034
Education
2002 - 2008 Ph.D. in Economics, Rutgers University, New Jersey, May 2008
(Dissertation title) Models in Finance and Medicine Using Bayesian Inference
(Thesis advisers) Hiroki Tsurumi, Louise B. Russell
2000 - 2002 M.A. in Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2002
1996 - 2000 B.A. in Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2000
Experience
2008 - date Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, Connecticut
(Mentor) Alison P. Galvani
2005 - 2008 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University
2007 Instructor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University
2006 Consultant, The World Bank
2004 - 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Rutgers University
2002 Research Fellow, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Academic Honors and Awards
- Peter Asch Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Research in Applied Microeconomics, Rutgers University, 2005.
- Yoshida Fellowship for Studying Overseas, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 2002-2005.
Publications
- D Carr, Y Ibuka, LB Russell, "How Much Time Do Americans Spend Seeking Health Care? Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Experiences," Research in the Sociology of Health Care. In press.
- JL Lund, KR Yabroff, Y Ibuka, LB Russell, P Barnett, J Lipscomb, W Lawrence, ML Brown, "Appendix. Inventory of Data Sources for Estimating Health Care Costs in the United States," Medical Care, Supplement 1 2009, Health Care Costs: Data, Methods, Future Directions; 47(7):S127-142.
- LB Russell, Y Ibuka, D Carr, "How Much Time Do Patients Spend on Outpatients Visits? The American Time Use Survey." The Patient 2008; 1(3):211-222.
- LB Russell, Y Ibuka, KG Abraham, "Health-Related Activities in the American Time Use Survey," Medical Care 2007; 45(7): 680-68
- N Yoshino, S Kaji, Y Ibuka, "The Stabilization of an Open Economy with Capital Controls: An Analysis Using Malaysian Data," Asian Economic Papers 2003; 2(3): 63-83.
Invited Talk and Conference Presentations
- * "Incorporating indirect benefits of vaccination into cost-effectiveness analysis," Y Ibuka, AD Paltiel, AP Galvani. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society of Medical Decision Making, Hollywood, LA, October 2009.
- * "Vaccination decision-making when interactions with other individuals are allowed: does the free-riding behavior exist?". Y Ibuka, M Li, J Vietri, GB Chapman, AP Galvani. Poster presentation at the Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth, Chicago, IL, June 2009.
- "Time spent on outpatient visits by race and ethnicity: evidence from the American Time Use Survey". D Carr, Y Ibuka, LB Russell. Presentation at the American Time Use Research Conference, Adelphi, MD, June 2009.
- "Self-interest and altruism in a group vaccination game". J Vietri, M Li, Y Ibuka, AP Galvani, GB Chapman. Presentation at the Graduate Student Conference on Experiments in Interactive Decision Making and Group Dynamics, Princeton, NJ, November 2008.
- * "Modeling patient-level dependence in cost-effectiveness analysis using copulas". Y Ibuka and LB Russell. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Philadelphia, PA, October 2008.
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* "A comparison of the uncertainty in mean and individual risk reductions". Y Ibuka, LB Russell, J Landon-Lane. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Philadelphia, PA, October 2008.
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"Time costs of outpatient visits: the American Time Use Survey". LB Russell, Y Ibuka, D Carr. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Philadelphia, PA, October 2008.
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* "Modeling patient-level dependence in cost-effectiveness analysis using copulas". Presentation at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo Japan, January 2008 and at Econometrics workshop at the Department of Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, December 2007.
* served as the presenter
Professional Training
- Responsible Conduct of Research Course, School of Medicine, Yale University, May-June 2009
- Summer course on the Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling & Its Applications, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK, July 2008
last update: September 30 2009
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