Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, September 23, 2016 for the presentation titled:

“Behavioral Economics and Motivating Behavior Change”

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Management 
Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School 
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics Leonard Davis Institute
Staff Physician, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Vice Chairman Health Policy
Medical Ethics and Health Policy

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Auditoria E&F, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Co-Sponsored by the C. Everett Koop Institute and the Department of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Objectives – Participants will be able to:

1.    Define behavioral economics
2.    Recall at least 3 decision errors that contribute to predictable irrationality
3.    List 2-3 different behavioral economic strategies that can be used to improve health behavior.

Dr. Volpp is the founding Director of the Leonard Davis Institute Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, one of two NIH- funded Centers on Behavioral Economics and Health in the United States. He is also a Professor of Medicine and Vice Chairman for Health Policy of the Department of Medical Ethics and Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, a Professor of Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and one of two Directors of the University of Pennsylvania CDC Prevention Research Center.  

Dr. Volpp’s research on the impact of financial and organizational incentives on health behavior and health outcomes has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Alice S. Hersh Award from AcademyHealth; the British Medical Journal Group Award for translating Research into Practice; the outstanding paper of the year from multiple research societies, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE); the Association for Clinical and Translational Science Distinguished Investigator Award for Career Achievement and Contributions to Clinical and Translational Science; and the Matilda White Riley Award for outstanding contributions to social and behavioral science research from NIH.

He served as a member of the editorial board of the Annals of Internal Medicine and is now a Contributing Writer to JAMA. He is an elected member of several honorary societies including the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Volpp did his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania and Brigham and Women’s hospital and his training in Economics at the Wharton School. He is a board-certified general internist and practicing physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He has collaborated with and advised a wide variety of private and public sector entities in the United States and internationally. His work has been covered by major media outlets throughout the world such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, the Economist, the BBC, Der Spiegel, and Australian National Radio.

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