Award Winners

2010

Victor R. Fuchs Award

Willard G. Manning, Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago

ASHEcon Medal

Mark G. Duggan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, and Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers

Student Paper Award

TBA

Past Award Winners

2008

Victor R. Fuchs Award

Michael Grossman, CUNY and NBER

ASHEcon Medal

Loren Baker, Stanford University

Student Paper Award

Susan Feng Lu, Northwestern University

2006

Presented at the First Biennial Conference in Madison

ASHEcon Medal

David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard

Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, MIT

Student Paper Award

Grant Miller, Stanford, for his paper titled "Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia."

ASHEcon Medal

Description. The ASHEcon Medal is awarded biennially to the economist age 40 or under who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health economics.

Eligibility. Applicants must be age 40 or younger on January 1 of the year of the ASHEcon conference. Applicants must hold their primary appointment in an American institution, but need not be citizens of the United States. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.

Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics

Description. The Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics is awarded biennially to an economist who has made significant lifetime contributions to the field of health economics.

Eligibility. Applicants must hold their primary appointment (or be emeritus or retired) at an institution based in the United States, but need not be United States citizens. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The criteria are scholarly contributions to health economics, primarily through publications in economics journals. Contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.

Student Paper Award

Description. The ASHEcon Student Paper Award honors the student who wrote the best sole-authored paper.

Eligibility. Applicants must be current Ph.D. students or have received their Ph.D. from an American institution . The paper must be sole authored. The paper may be published (or forthcoming) in a peer-reviewed journal. As a condition of receiving this honor, the recipient must attend the ASHEcon conference.

Criteria. The Awards Committee will select the paper that makes the greatest contribution to health economics. The paper’s contributions may be theoretical, empirical, or methodological.