NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care
2nd Annual Meeting
Thursday, June 18, 2026
All times listed in EDT
8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast
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8:45 AM |
Welcome |
9:00 AM |
NIH Director Remarks Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD |
9:30 AM |
1st Panel Moderator: Julie Bynum, MD, Dementia Severity and its Consequences for Care Arrangements, Health, and Wealth Peter Hudomiet, PhD, Rand Corporation The Impact of Medicare Advantage on Healthcare Utilization for Beneficiaries with Dementia Victoria Shier, PhD, University of Southern California Managing Medicare Coverage in the Presence of Dementia: Evidence from Medicare Part D Brian McGarry, PhD, University of Rochester and NBER
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10:30 AM |
Coffee Break
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10:45 AM |
Keynote R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD
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11:30 PM |
Lunch
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12:45 PM |
2nd Panel Moderator: Kathleen McGarry, PhD Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with ADRD: Evidence from Wisconsin Corina Mommaerts, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER Hospice Expansion and End-of-Life Care for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Yunan Ji, PhD, Georgetown University and NBER Access to Home-and-Community-Based Services among Duals with Alzheimer's Dementia: Does Plan Integration Matter? Eric Slade, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
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1:45 PM |
3rd Panel Moderator: Rhoda Au, PhD The Role of Job Quality in Cognitive Health Rebekah L. Carpenter, Florida State University Job Transitions in the Direct Care Workforce Yulya Truskinovsky, PhD, Syracuse University and NBER Cohort Replacement, Trajectory Heterogeneity, and the Fiscal Architecture of Dementia Forecasting Arseniy P. Yashkin, PhD, Duke University
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2:45 PM |
Poster Session Posters will be displayed in the Atrium throughout the day on June 18. |
3:30 PM |
Keynote David Cutler, PhD Respondents Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH Jon Skinner, PhD
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4:15 PM |
Closing Remarks |
4:30 PM |
Adjorn |
The agenda will be updated as information is available.