Ofer Harel and Kate Crespi, ICHPS 2020 Co-Chairs

Where do you plan to be in January 2020? The ASA’s Health Policy Statistics Section (HPSS) and ASA staff are planning the biennial International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), to be held January 6–8, 2020, in San Diego, California.

The theme of ICHPS 2020 is “Leveraging Data to Shape the Future.” The conference will provide a unique forum for the advancement and dissemination of statistical methods focused on health policy, health care, and health services, broadly defined.

ICHPS is a smaller meeting (typically 300–350 attendees) that provides an opportunity to get to know a community of statisticians and other professionals working in the health policy and health services arena.

The conference program includes workshops and talks, as well as town halls and roundtables. The featured speakers are the following:

Susan Murphy, professor of statistics, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, and professor of computer science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Daniel Polsky, executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, professor of medicine in the School of Medicine, and the Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Who Should Participate and How?

The invited program is already complete. However, conference committee members are still looking for contributions from researchers throughout the world so they can build a diverse program. Abstract submission for contributed talks and posters is open until June 28, 2019. Current students and recent graduates who submit abstracts may apply for a travel support award.

Do you have a topic you want to know more about? Or a hot topic you want to discuss with others? Roundtables and town hall discussions are being planned. Email ichps2020@gmail.com with your topic of interest or the name of a person you would like to chat with for career advice. Also email ichps2020@gmail.com to volunteer your time to chair a session or support students, new graduates, or others attending ICHPS.

Why San Diego?

Can you imagine a better destination in the US for January?

Details

ICHPS will be held at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel. A limited number of rooms will be available at a negotiated group rate beginning September 13, 2019. San Diego has a variety of hotel and travel options within a few miles of the meeting venue.

In addition to what you may find on your own, the program committee will have a list of local activities for each evening and suggestions for those who plan to stay for a longer period.

Registration opens September 13, 2019. September 13 (11:59 p.m. ET) is also the deadline for current students and recent graduates to submit travel award applications. Visit the ICHPS website for more information.