Research Seminar with John Cawley, PhD
Open to Penn Affiliates
Co-sponsored with the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy (MEHP).
Please note: Registration is required. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged, although virtual access will be provided for all registrants.
Speaker
John Cawley, PhD
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Policy; Professor, Economics; Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
John Cawley, PhD, is the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Policy and Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University. He also serves as Senior Research Associate in the Maxwell-based Center for Policy Research and as a research affiliate in the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health. His research focuses on the economics of risky health behaviors; in particular, those that relate to obesity.
He also serves as an Honorary Professor of Economics at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway in Ireland. In 2016, he was named a Fulbright Specialist in Economics to Ireland through the Fulbright Scholar Program.
Cawley is President-elect of the American Society of Health Economists and will serve as President from 2026-27. Since 2022 he has served on the board of directors of the International Health Economics Association. Cawley received a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.