Interview with Catherine Ishitani, 2025 ASHEcon Student Paper Award Recipient – ASHEcon

4. I interviewed 3 of the #ASHEcon2025 award winners:

Catherine Ishitani, ASHEcon’s Student Paper Award recipient

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Duke Health could drop Aetna over contract dispute. State employees among the thousands affected Duke's fight with Aetna for more favorable rates comes as the university faces other financial pressures, mostly from the federal government.

Brinksmanship in hospital insurer negotiating at Duke.... Really cool working paper presented at #AshEcon2025 is trying to work through this problem

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AIAN populations have higher risk of long-CVD & lower vaxx rates. Food insecurity worsens the problem while access to Medicare helps. AIANs are affected positively to pandemic induced economic impacts wrt job loss & reduced hours. #ASHEcon2025 #NIMHD #RandallAkee #EmiliaSimeonova @nber.org #UCLA

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Thank you again to everyone who attended. We can't wait to see you next year in Minneapolis!

🧵 of my favorite new papers that I saw at #ASHEcon2025

First up is “Stigmas and Social Safety Net Participation” from @kpukelis.bsky.social and Michael Holcomb which finds interesting stigma difference along political lines

Thank you for attending the #ASHEcon2025 Annual Conference! The 2025 conference featured over 200 sessions and special events. In all, 625 papers and posters were presented to over 900 attendees.

Click here to see a preview of photos from the event! 👉 www.flickr.com/photos/19869...

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Desk rejection hit right after ASHE - oh well 😎
Revising, rethinking, and ready to send it back out. 💪✍️
The #ASHEcon2025 engrgy!

I’ve been in Nashville 🎸🎶 for @ashecon.bsky.social.

I presented my paper ‘The Price of Parenthood: Childcare Costs and Fertility’ and work in progress on gender in doctor-patient relationships.

It was great to see familiar faces and meet new colleagues! #ASHEcon2025

#ASHEcon2025 was a great experience. My first time being able to attend & it was amazing; presenting a paper, discussing fantastic papers, and presenting a poster of new work from the NBER on AIAN long-COVID impacts. Thank you for everyone who set up this fantastic conference!

#ASHEcon2025 Thank you, Nashville, for hosting us! It’s a fantastic place id like to revisit. Huge thank you to @davidslusky.bsky.social and team at @ashecon.bsky.social for organizing it. Safe travels home, everyone and see you next year!

#ASHEcon2025 was a whirlwind🌪️—in the best way! Presented my work, discussed a great paper, and shared a poster. Great conversations, fresh insights, and even ran into mentors, colleagues, and coauthors. Congrats to all the organizers @ashecon.bsky.social. Excited for next year #ASHEcon2026!

What lifts @haroldpollack.bsky.social? All the great new research at #ASHEcon2025!

Wrapping up #ASHEcon2025. It was a fantastic conference with excellent papers, and it was always a pleasure to see so many friends. Congratulations to all the organizers!

#ASHEcon2025 Archie Arnob shows that banning happy hours reduces alcohol consumption and suicides.

I should've also mentioned president-elect Leemore Dafny and local chair John Graves.

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#ASHEcon2025 Kathryn Johnson shows that the rollout of broadband internet REDUCED deaths by suicide. The decline is also seen in improved mental health and mood. @claudiapersico.bsky.social

Still time to come hear Senator Bill Frist at @ashecon.bsky.social #ASHEcon2025!

#ASHEcon2025 Arijit Ray shows that the Native Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 resulted in improved infant birth outcomes, more so for tribes living in single-tribe reservations.

#ASHEcon2025 Juan Echenique shows that Chile Crece Contigo benefited most children with developmental delays.

Masterclass at #ashecon2025. New research on how Medicare Advantage affects total Medicare spending.

Hats off to David Slusky, Steve Parente, the ASHEcon staff, and the staff at the Nashville Grand Hyatt for arranging and hosting a terrific conference.
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#ASHEcon2025 Eric Zhou @ericzhou.bsky.social finds that universal pre-k results in additional preventive visits a d child flourishing, especially among publicly insured children.

It’s great seeing @utaustinecon.bsky.social alumni at #ASHEcon2025!

#ASHEcon2025 has been awesome! Attended some great presentations, got helpful feedback on my paper, and made new friends

I’ll try to recap some of the talks but I forgot to take photos (I did take notes!)

Awesome dinner and music with colleagues at #ASHEcon2025 #Nashville.

#ASHEcon2025 @thomaswilk-econ.bsky.social shows that food insecurity is a significant factor of long COVID among American Indians in California.

#ASHEcon2025 Vihaan Bhardwaj shows that individuals who experience discrimination often lack social support which compounds the mental health burden. Visit this HIGH SCHOOL scholar at Poster 76. @ashecon.bsky.social

#ASHEcon2025 Bijesh Gyawali shows that anti-bullying laws reduced suicidal ideation among overweight teens.

#ASHEcon2025 Poster session is hopping. @ashecon.bsky.social

#ASHEcon2025 Derek Jenkins of @bakerinstitute.bsky.social @riceuniversity.bsky.social shows that hospital CEOs are rewarded not only for quality gains but also for increasing hospital size and profitability. 🧐