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

 

8:45 AM

Welcome

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9:00 AM

NIH Director Remarks

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
Director of the National Institutes of Health

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9:30 AM

1st Panel

Moderator: Julie Bynum, MD, 
Principal Investigator, NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD

Dementia Severity and its Consequences for Care Arrangements, Health, and Wealth

Peter Hudomiet, PhD, Rand Corporation
Jodi Liu, PhD, Rand Corporation
Michael D. Hurd, PhD, Rand Corporation and NBER
Susann Rohwedder, PhD, Rand Corporation

The Impact of Medicare Advantage on Healthcare Utilization for Beneficiaries with Dementia

Victoria Shier, PhD, University of Southern California
Peter J. Huckfeldt, PhD, University of Minnesota
Jose Escarce, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Neeraj Sood, PhD, University of Southern California and NBER

Managing Medicare Coverage in the Presence of Dementia: Evidence from Medicare Part D

Brian McGarry, PhD, University of Rochester and NBER
Jiamin Yin, University of Rochester
Anton P. Porsteinsson, MD, University of Rochester

 

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

 

10:45 AM

Keynote 

R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD
Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences and Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, at the University of Chicago

 

11:30 PM

Lunch

 

12:45 PM 

2nd Panel

Moderator: Kathleen McGarry, PhD
Principal Investigator, NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD

Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with ADRD: Evidence from Wisconsin

Corina Mommaerts, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Lauren Bishop, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Laura Dague, PhD, Texas A&M University and NBER
Ari Ne'eman, PhD, Harvard University
Yulya Truskinovsky, PhD, Syracuse University and NBER

Hospice Expansion and End-of-Life Care for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Yunan Ji, PhD, Georgetown University and NBER
Edward Kong, Harvard University
Maya Roy, Harvard University

Access to Home-and-Community-Based Services among Duals with Alzheimer's Dementia: Does Plan Integration Matter?

Eric Slade, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Quan Qi, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Quincy Samus, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Karen Shen, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Mark K. Meiselbach, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Tamar Rodney, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Polsky, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

 

1:45 PM

3rd Panel

Moderator: Rhoda Au, PhD
Principal Investigator, NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD

The Role of Job Quality in Cognitive Health

Rebekah L. Carpenter, Florida State University
Katy Cao, PhD, Florida State University
Dawn C. Carr, PhD, Florida State University

Job Transitions in the Direct Care Workforce

Yulya Truskinovsky, PhD, Syracuse University and NBER
Krista J. Ruffini, PhD, Georgetown University and NBER
Karen Shen, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Cohort Replacement, Trajectory Heterogeneity, and the Fiscal Architecture of Dementia Forecasting

Arseniy P. Yashkin, PhD, Duke University
Galina Gorbunova, MBA, Duke University
P.J. Eric Stallard, Duke University

 

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
Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Research Associate, NBER | Co-director, NBER Center for Aging and Health Research

Respondents

Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH
Cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Professor, Washington University School of Medicine and School of Public Health | Co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research | Co-director, NBER Center for Aging and Health Research

Jon Skinner, PhD
Research Professor of Economics, Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine’s Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College | Research Associate, Director of the Program on the Economics of Aging at NBER 

 

4:15 PM

Closing Remarks

4:30 PM

Adjorn

The agenda will be updated as information is available.