KEREN LADIN 14 Story Street http://scholar.harvard.edu/kerenladin/ Cambridge, MA 02118 (617) 960-6465 [email protected] EDUCATION

Harvard University , Cambridge, MA Ph.D. in Health Policy 2013 (Expected) Dissertation: “Prioritization and Disparities in Life-Saving Treatment: Lessons from Organ Transplantation” Dissertation Committee: Norman Daniels (Chair), John Ayanian, Nicholas Christakis, Amartya Sen

Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, MA M.Sc. in Population and International Health 2007 Thesis: “Social Inequality and Depression: Causal Pathways and the Influence of Absolute and Relative Position in Determining Health Outcomes” Thesis Advisors: Norman Daniels and Ichiro Kawachi

University of Chicago , Chicago, IL A.B. Honors in History and Philosophy of Social Science and Medicine 2005 Honors Thesis: “Medial Malpractice Crisis? A detailed account of the current costs of medical malpractice litigation on the US health care system”

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University 2012 – 2013

• Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, Harvard University 2010 – 2013

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Pre-doctoral Fellow in Aging and Health Economics 2010 - 2012

• Nobuo Madea International Research Award, Public Health and Aging Section, American Public 2010 Health Association

• Student Paper Award, Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association 2010

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) traineeship recipient 2009 - 2010

• Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant, “Social networks and socialized risk: Understanding and mitigating 2009 - 2010 disparities in renal transplantation” with Douglas Hanto, et al.

• Harvard University Graduate Fellowship 2008 - 2009

• DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst or German Academic Exchange Service) 2007 - 2008 Graduate Research Award

• Masters Thesis Prize, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of 2007 Public Health

• Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science, Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy 2006 Fellow

• Departmental Honors and General Honors, University of Chicago 2005

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery Senior Research Associate 2007 - • Directed research group examining health disparities in transplantation present • Designed and piloted social network survey instrument • Directed team of 7 research assistants, led 6 projects. Completed over 700 interviews with dialysis patients and their social network members.

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Research Assistant (with David Cutler and Mary-Beth Landrum) 2011 - present • Conducted research on racial disparities in disability trends and transitions

Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Ageing (MEA) University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany Visiting Research Fellow 2007 - 2008 • Conducted independent research and a uthored papers investigating inequality and late-life health outcomes in the EU

Institute of Medicine, Board of Global Health National Academies of Science, Washington, D.C. Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow 2006 • Contributed to congres sional report evaluating PEPFAR

MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Research Assistant (to John Lantos) 2004 - 2005 • Examined national trends and ethics of medical malpractice

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences , Cambridge, MA Instructor, Research in Global Health and Policy (Prof. David Cutler) Spring 2012 • Developed syllabus and course materials for Health Policy Senior research course • Mentored 10 students and oversaw their final research papers.

Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, MA Teaching Fellow, Ethics of Global Health (Prof. Norman Daniels) Spring 2012 • Developed syllabus and case studies for upper-level graduate seminar • Facilitated seminar discussions

Harvard University , Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA Head Teaching Fellow, Teaching Fellow, (Prof. Nicholas Christakis) Spring 2009, Life and Death in the USA: Medicine and Disease in Social Context 20011, 2012 • Was responsible for cour se of over 250 students • Developed and taught weekly discussion section of undergraduate students • Graded exams, evaluated and mentored students and TF team

Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, MA Teaching Fellow, Ethics and Health Disparities (Prof. Norman Daniels) Spring 2010 • Developed syllabus, presented guest lecture, developed and taught weekly discussion sections • Graded exams and papers for masters/doctoral students

Harvard University , Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA Teaching Fellow, Business and Politics of Health Care (Prof. David Cutler) Fall 2009, 2010 • Co Developed and taught weekly discussion section of undergraduate students • Graded exams, coordinated policy exercises, and evaluated students

Harvard University , Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA Instructor, Human and Evolutionary Biology- Evolutionary Perspectives on Organ Donation 2009 - 2010 and Transplantation • Developed and taught weekly course for senior undergraduate student • Mentored student writing senior paper on evolutionary approaches to understanding disparities in transplantation

Harvard University , Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA Mentor, Corderio Health Policy Summer Research Program 2009 • Mentored student writing a senior paper on health disparities and transplantation

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Teaching Fellow, Ethical Basis of the Practice of Public Health 2007 (Prof. Dan Wikler) • Developed and taught weekly discussion section of masters students and graded exams

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

• Ladin, K. and S. Reinhold. The ‘healthy migrant effect’ in late-life? Implications for physical and mental health of migrants across 11 European countries. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Accepted .

• Kher, A, Rodrigue JRR, Ajaimy M, Wasilewski M, Ladin K , Mandelbrot DA. Reimbursement for Living Kidney Donor Follow-up Care: How Often Does Donor Insurance Pay? Transplantation. Forthcoming.

• Ladin, K. and D.W. Hanto. The Role of Family Physicians in Discussing Organ Donation with Patients and the Public: Ethical and Practical Considerations. AMA Virtual Mentor . 2012; 14(3):194-200.

• Ladin, K. Decomposing differences in utilization of health services between depressed and non-depressed elders in Europe. European Journal of Ageing. 2012; 9(1): 51-64

• Ladin K and DW Hanto. Informed consent: Is more (information) always better? American Journal of Transplantation. 2011; 11(12):2547-2548.

• Ladin, K and DW Hanto. Rational rationing or discrimination: Balancing equity and efficiency in kidney allocation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2011; 11(11): 2317-2321

• Rodrigue JR, Ladin K , Pavlakis M, and Mandelbrot DA. Disclosing recipient information to potential living donors: Preferences of donors and recipients, before and after surgery. American Journal of Transplantation. 2011;11(6):1270-8.

• Hanto DW, Ladin K . Re: Is it always wrong to perform futile CPR? New England Journal of Medicine . 2010; 361(21) 2034-5.

• Ladin, K and D.W. Hanto. Understanding disparities in transplantation: Do social networks provide the missing clue? American Journal of Transplantation. 2010; 10(3):472-476. , . • Waterman AD, Rodrigue, JR, Purnell, TS, Ladin, K , Boulware, LE (2010) Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Priorities for Research and Intervention. Seminars in Nephrology . 2010; 30(1):90-98.

• Ladin, K , Daniels, N, Kawachi, I. Exploring the relationship between absolute and relative inequality and late-life depression: Evidence from ten European Countries. The Gerontologist. 2010; 50(1):48-59

• Ladin, K ., Rodrigue, J., Hanto D. Framing Disparities Along the Continuum of Care From Chronic Kidney Disease to Transplantation: Barriers and Interventions. American Journal of Transplantation. 2009; 9(4):669-674.

• Ladin, K. Deconstructing the education effect: Risk of late-life depression across 10 European Union countries. Journal of Aging and Health. 2008; 20(6):653-670.

WORKING PAPERS

• Ladin K, McKeller R, Langnas E, Christakis NA, Rodrigue JR, Ayanian JZ, Mandelbrot DA, Pavlakis M, and DW Hanto. “Implications of Social Networks: How Who You Know Could Save Your Life (and give you a kidney)”. In Preparation.

• Ladin, K. The Moral Relevance of Social Networks: Implications for Disparities in Renal Transplantation. In Preparation.

• Ladin K , Grabowski D, and D Stevenson. Aging in America: The potential role of long-term care financing in perpetuating health disparities in late-life. Under Review.

• Ladin K , Chretien, Y, Langnas E, Lopez, J, Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot D, Hanto DW . Racial disparities in living donor rates: What predicts the likelihood of receiving a live donor kidney transplant? Under Review.

• Wishnia S, Ladin K , Wasserman M, Petros J, Klingensmith M, Rosen JE. “‘Why can’t we all just get along’: Professionalism and communication during interdisciplinary consultation”. Under Review.

BOOK CHAPTERS

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• Daniels N and K Ladin . “Immigration and Access to Health Care”. In Routledge Companion to Bioethics . Arras K, Kukla R, and E. Fenton (Editors). Taylor & Francis/Routledge. New York. Forthcoming.

• Ladin, K, Wang R, and DW Hanto. “National Healthcare Policy and the Future of Organ Transplantation”. In Textbook of Organ Transplantation . Kirk et al. (Editors). Wiley Blackwell. Forthcoming.

• Sepulveda J, Carpenter C, Curan J, Holzemer W, Smits H, Scott K, Orza M (Editors). PEPFAR Implementation: Progress and Promise. 2007. Washington, DC. Institute of Medicine; National Academies Press. (Chapter 2: The U.S. Global AIDS Initiative: Context and Background, p 33-64.)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Ladin K, Wang R, Hanto DW, and JR Rodrigue. “ Do social capital and racial composition predict organ donation?” Oral Presentation. 24 th International Congress of The Transplantation Society. Berlin, Germany. July 2012. Poster Presentation. American Public Health Association Conference. San Francisco, California. October 2012.

• Ladin K, Langnas E, Christakis NA, Rodrigue JR, Ayanian JZ, and DW Hanto. “Implications of Social Networks: How Who You Know Could Save Your Life (and give you a kidney)” . Poster presentation. 2012 American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA. June 2012. Poster Presentation. 24 th International Congress of The Transplantation Society. Berlin, Germany. July 2012.

• Kher, A, Rodrigue JRR, Ajaimy M, Wasilewski M, Ladin K , Mandelbrot DA. Reimbursement for Living Kidney Donor Follow-up Care: How Often Does Donor Insurance Pay? Poster presentation. 2012 American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA. June 2012.

• Ladin, K. Differences in Health Services Utilization among Depressed and Non-Depressed Elders in Europe . Oral Presentation. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. New Orleans, LA. November, 2010. . • Ladin K , Chretein, Y, Langnas E, Lopez, J, Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot D, Hanto DW. Racial Disparities in Living Donor Rates: What Predicts the Likelihood of Receiving a Donor? Oral presentation. American Public Health Association Conference (APHA). Student Paper Award, Medical Care Section, APHA .Denver, Colorado, November 2010. Oral Presentation. XXIII International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2010), Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 2010.

• Ladin K , Chretein, Y, Langnas E, Lopez, J, Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot D, Hanto DW . What Are My Chances? Age-based Disparities In Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Poster presentation. American Public Health Association Conference (APHA). Denver, Colorado, November 2010. Oral Presentation. XXIII International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2010), Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 2010.

• Ladin K , Langnas E, Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot D, Hanto DW. Disparities in living donor kidney transplantation- The potential role of social networks. Oral Presentation. XXIII International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2010), Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 2010. Highly Scored Abstract .

• Ladin, K and S. Reinhold. The ‘healthy migrant effect’ in late-life? Implications for physical and mental health of migrants across 11 European countries . Oral presentation. American Public Health Association Conference (APHA). Denver, Colorado, November 2010. Nobuo Maeda International Research Award . Oral presentation. Effects of Migration on Population Structures in Europe (EMPSE). Vienna Institute of Demography/ IIASA. Vienna, Austria, December, 2008.

• Ladin, K . Minding the Gap: Decomposing Differences in Utilization of Health Services Between Depressed & Non- Depressed Elders in Europe . Academy Health 2009 Annual Research Meeting. Chicago, IL, June 2009.

• Ladin, K . and A. Buyx. Cross-National Differences in Compensation for Organ Donation: Barriers and Interventions to Legislative Process. American Transplant Congress. Boston, Massachusetts, May 2009.

• Wishnia SC, Ladin K , Ansell J, Petros J, Rosen J. Professionalism in Consult Practices . New England Surgical Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September 2008.

• Ladin, K . Educational Attainment: A Protective Factor in Late-Life Depression . Oral presentation presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting: Washington, DC, November 2007.

• Ladin, K. Social Inequality and Depression: Causal Pathways and the Influence of Absolute and Relative Risk in Determining Health Outcomes . Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting: Washington, DC, November 2007.

• Ladin K, Lewis SI, Chiquito JP, Lopez-Varela E, Germann A, Boned-Ombuena A, Fernandez P, Getchell M, and Nguyen M. Chilean primary healthcare reform: Health worker satisfaction assessment. Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting: Washington, DC, November 2007.

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• “Empirical and Ethical Implications of Social Networks: How Who You Know Could Save Your Life (and give you a kidney)”. The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics and the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health. Boston, MA. June 15, 2011

• “Disparities in Kidney Transplantation: What predicts living donor kidney transplantation?”. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. April 5, 2011.

• “The ‘healthy migrant effect’ in late-life? Implications for physical and mental health of migrants across 11 European countries”. Oral presentation. RAND Conference on Comparative International Research Based on HRS, SHARE and Similar Data. Santa Monica, California, July 2010.

• “Disparities in Kidney Transplantation: How Social Networks May Determine Life Chances”. Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Boston, MA. June 22, 2010.

• “Cross-Country Variations in Health-SES Gradients: Preliminary Findings”. Mannheim Institute for Economics and Aging, University of Mannheim. Mannheim, Germany. September 2006

• “Pathways of Potential Causality: International Differences in the Health-SES Gradient.” Mannheim Institute for Economics and Aging, University of Mannheim. Mannheim, Germany. August 2006.

• “Medial Malpractice Crisis? A detailed account of the current costs of medical malpractice litigation on the US health care system.” Lantos, John and Keren Ladin. University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL. May 2005.

LANGUAGES AND SOFTWARE

• Fluent in Hebrew • Statistical analysis: Stata and SAS

MEMBERSHIPS

• Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Graduate Associate • Academy Health • American Public Health Association

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• At Large Member, United Network on Organ Sharing (UNOS) Ethics Committee 2011-Present • Ad-Hoc Referee: Journal of Medical Ethics Social Science and Medicine Journals of Gerontology: Social Science Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH) American Journal of Public Health Journal of Health Economics American Journal of Transplantation Transplantation American Journal of Kidney Diseases International Psychogeriatrics

REFERENCES

Norman Daniels, PhD (Chair) Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Population Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard 665 Huntington Avenue University Building I, Room 1210D 180 Longwood Ave. Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Boston, MA 02115

Phone: (617) 432-2360 Phone: (617) 432-5890 [email protected] [email protected]

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John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP Amartya Sen, PhD Professor Lamont University Professor Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Department of Philosophy Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Department of Economics 180 Longwood Ave. Harvard University Boston, MA 02115 Littauer Center 205 1805 Cambridge Street Phone: (617) 432-3455 Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] Phone: (617) 495-1871 [email protected]

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