Conferences and Invited Seminars


“Vaping Regulations and Mental Health of Teenagers


Presenter: Midwest Economic Assoc. Meetings, Chicago, IL, March, 2024 

Presenter: Georgia Institute of Technology, Health Economics Research Group Brown Bag Seminar Series, Atlanta, GA, December, 2023 

Presenter: Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Nov, 2023

Presenter: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Economics Research Group Brown Bag Seminar Series, Atlanta, GA, August, 2022 (Virtual)                         

Presenter: Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New York, NY, February, 2021 (Virtual)     

         

"Disparate Human Capital Productivity Loss in the COVID-19 Pandemic" 


Presenter: National Economic Association session on “Topics in Macroeconomic Inequality” at the Allied Social Science Association Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January, 2024 


“Extreme Weight Control Behaviors in Teenagers and the Role of Tobacco Policy”  

 

Presenter:  Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA, March, 2018 

Presenter:  Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington D.C., November, 2018      

       

“The Effects of Tobacco Policies on Youth Physical Activity”  (with Karen Conway) 

 

Presenter: University of New Hampshire, Dept. of Economics, Durham NH, Weekly Seminar Series, January, 2018                                                                                             

Presenter (poster presentation): Annual Conference of the American   Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June, 2018


Other Conference Contributions: 


“Can Doula Care Reduce Birth-Related Health Disparities?”


Discussant, Midwest Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, March, 2024



“No Smoking Gun: The Brady Act, Medical Cannabis, and Violent Gun Crime”


Discussant, Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November, 2023



"Economics of Risky Health Behaviors"



Session Co-Organizer: Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November, 2023

Session Chair: Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November, 2023



“Gone in a SNAP? Understanding the Benefit Cycle and Snap's Impacts on Participants” 


Discussant: Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Meetings, Atlanta, GA, November, 2023.



“State Mandated School-Based BMI Assessments and Self-Reported Adolescent Health Behaviors”



Discussant: Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Austin, TX, June, 2022 



“Reimagining Wellbeing in the Wake of COVID 19”



Panel Organizer: The Economy She Deserves: Building an Agenda for a Women Centered Recovery, April, 2022 – a virtual two-day summit organized in collaboration with Wellesley College and Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London



“Women in Engineering: The Role of Role Models” 


Discussant: Eastern Economic Association Meetings, New York, NY, February, 2021 (Virtual)


                    

“Unemployment Insurance and Cigarette Smoking”  


Discussant:  Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA, March, 2018 


Session: “Tobacco Marijuana and Opioids”


Session Chair:  Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA, March, 2018