[Prevscilist] Mind the Gap Webinar--Investing in Prevention: Standard and Innovation in Economic Evaluation

[Atika Khurana]

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On 2/13/19 2:59 PM, Atika Khurana wrote:
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> *Methods: Mind the Gap*
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> *NIH Webinar Series*
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> *Investing in Prevention: Standard and Innovation *
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> *in Economic Evaluation*
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> Presented by
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> *Max Crowley, Ph.D., M.S.*
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> *?*Thursday, February 21, 2019 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon ET
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> *About This Webinar*
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> Dr. Max Crowley will discuss key standards for economic evaluation as 
> identified by a number of convergent efforts. In particular, he will 
> discuss the important role of administrative records for mapping the 
> costs and benefits of prevention onto public budgets. Participants 
> will gain a greater awareness of (1) best practices for economic 
> evaluations of prevention, (2) how to increase utility of estimates 
> for budget making, and (3) opportunities to include economic 
> evaluation in ongoing and new studies.
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> *?About Max Crowley*
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> Dr. Max Crowley is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family 
> Studies at Penn State University (PSU) and directs the PSU 
> Administrative Data Accelerator. He is a prevention scientist 
> investigating how to optimize investments in healthy development. His 
> work sits at the intersection of developmental science, social policy, 
> and public finance. Dr. Crowley's program of research is motivated by 
> a desire to increase the use of cost-effective, evidence-based 
> preventive strategies to improve the lives of children and families. 
> To accomplish this, his work aims to (1) strengthen methods for 
> economic evaluations of preventive interventions, (2) optimize 
> prevention strategies' impact, and (3) develop best practices for how 
> to translate these investments into evidence-based policy. In this 
> manner, he seeks to not only understand the costs and benefits of 
> prevention, but aims to develop better interventions and encourage 
> them to be disseminated widely.
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> Dr. Crowley translates his work for a wide array of policymakers on 
> issues related to the impact and financing of prevention strategies. 
> Recently, this research has identified cost-effective strategies for 
> preventing opioid misuse through investments in schools and families. 
> Dr. Crowley is the Principal Investigator on grants from the National 
> Institute on Drug Abuse, /Eunice Kennedy Shriver/ National Institute 
> of Child Health and Human Development, as well as The Annie E. Casey 
> Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson 
> Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, and Doris Duke Charitable 
> Foundation. Dr. Crowley has received national awards recognizing this 
> scholarship from the NIH, The National Bureau of Economic Research, 
> Society for Prevention Research, Association for Public Policy 
> Analysis & Management, Research Society on Alcoholism, and National 
> Prevention Science Coalition.
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> Can't be there? A recording of this webinarwill be available 
> approximately one week after the session. You can view the full 
> archive of previous Methods: Mind the Gap webinars on the NIH Office 
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