France M. Weaver - Swiss School of Public Health +
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France M. Weaver - Swiss School of Public Health +
France Weaver March 2010 France M. Weaver SSPH+ assistant professor, University of Geneva, Department of Econometrics Uni Mail – Bd du Pont d‟Arve 40, 1211 Geneva 4 Office number: +41 22 379 82 30 Email: [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS Demand for health care services, policy evaluation, long-term care, and disparities in health care EDUCATION PhD, Health Policy and Administration, concentration in Health Economics School of Public Health, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, US, 2005 Dissertation Committee: Sally Stearns, Edward Norton, Frank Sloan, William Spector, Peggy Dilworth-Anderson Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1996 Master of Science in Economics, HEC, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1995 Bachelor of Science in Economics, cum laude, University of Neuchâtel, 1991 RESEARCH POSITIONS SSPH+ assistant professor in health economics, University of Geneva, Department of Econometrics, Geneva, Switzerland, Since 2010 Chief of competency areas „Cost, financing and competition‟ and „Monitoring and health national reports‟, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2009 Scientific project leader in health economics and long-term care, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel, 2007-2009 Post-doctoral scholar in health economics, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, US, 2005-2007 Research fellow in health economics, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 2004-2005 Visiting scholar and summer intern in long-term care, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville MD, US, 2002-2005 Research assistant in health economics, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2003-2004 Research assistant in intervention evaluation, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, NC Cancer Hospital, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2000-2003 Research fellow in health economics, Institute for Economic and Regional Research, University of Neuchâtel, 1996-2000 1-3 France Weaver March 2010 TEACHING AND MENTORING Supervisor of a PhD student in some of her research, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Since 2006 Teaching fellow in „Health Economics‟ for 45 MPH and MS students, Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2002 Teaching assistant in „Microeconomics‟, Department of Economics, University of Neuchâtel, 1992-95 GRANTS Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, “Concept study for the evaluation of the impact of changes in hospital financing in Switzerland,” Sonia Pellegrini, Thomas Widmer, and France Weaver, CHF 80‟000, 2009-2010 Swiss Science Foundation, Dissertation Completion Grant, “The effect of proximity to death on longterm care use,” France Weaver, $35,000 plus tuitions, 2004-2005 NIH, Demography and Economics of Aging Research Group, UNC at Chapel Hill, “The effect of increasing longevity on long-term care use,” Sally Stearns and France Weaver, $12,000 plus tuitions, 2003-2004 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Weaver F, Stearns SC, Norton EC, and Spector W (2009), “Proximity to death and participation in the long-term care market,” Health Economics 18(8): 867-883. Weaver F et Jaccard Ruedin H (2009), “Steigende Kosten der Langzeipflege in der Schweiz bis 2030”, Kapitel 5.4 in Handbuch Gesundheitwesen Schweiz im Umbruch, Willy Oggier et al. Eds., Trend Care AG, Sursee. Jaccard Ruedin H, Weaver F, et al. (2009), “Ageing workforce in an ageing society. How many health professionals will be needed in Switzerland by 2030?”, Careum Working papers 1, Zürich. Jaccard Ruedin H, Weaver F, et al. (2009), Personnel de santé en Suisse: Etat des lieux et évolution possible, Document de travail No 35, Observatoire Suisse de la santé, Neuchâtel. Farley Short P, and Weaver F (2008), “Transitioning to Medicare before age 65,” Health Affairs 27(3): w175-w184. Kemper P, Weaver F, et al. (2008), “Meeting the need for personal care among the elderly: does Medicaid spending matter?” Health Services Research 43(1): 344-362. Weaver F, Cerboni S et al. (2008), Modèle de projections du recours aux soins comme outil d’aide à la planification hospitalière, Document de travail No 32, Observatoire Suisse de la santé, Neuchâtel. Weaver F, Jaccard Ruedin H, et al. (2008), Les coûts des soins de longue durée à l’horizon 2030 en Suisse, Document de travail No 34, Observatoire Suisse de la santé, Neuchâtel. 2-3 France Weaver March 2010 EXPERIENCE AS REVIEWER International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics Health Policy MEMBER OF COMMITTEES Scientific Advisory Board of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health on “Economic Evaluation of Prevention and Health Promotion Measures in Switzerland”, 2007-2010 Dissertation committee of a PhD candidate, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, Since 2006 RECENT PRESENTATIONS Symposium on Costs-Benefits of Prevention, Berne (March 2010), “Economic evaluation of prevention: research context and need for data in Switzerland” PhD Seminar in Health Economics and Policy, Crans-Montana (Feb. 2010), “Effect of home care programs on access to care in Switzerland” 11ème Journée de travail de la Politique nationale de santé, Berne (November 2009), “Etat des lieux des soins stationnaires et ambulatoires en Suisse” Conférence CPS Suisse, Olten (November 2008), “Projections et perspectives pour les soins de longue durée jusqu‟en 2030”. 10ème Journée de travail de la Politique nationale de santé, Berne (November 2008), “Personnel de santé en Suisse. Etat des lieux et évolution possible”. Workshop de l‟Observatoire suisse de la santé pour les cantons, Neuchâtel (June 2008), “Les coûts des soins de longue durée à l‟horizon 2030 en Suisse”. Dialogue, réunion du Chef du Département fédéral de l‟intérieur et des Conseillers d‟Etat et Directeurs cantonaux de la santé, Berne (April 2008), “Coûts des soins de longue durée d‟ici 2030 en Suisse” Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Meeting, Lausanne (March 2008), “Effect of income on long term care insurance coverage”. International Health Economics Association, Copenhagen Denmark (July 2007), “The Effect of income on long term care insurance coverage”, Oral presentation. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AcademyHealth, American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) 3-3