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. Harvard University , Cambridge, MA 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 Ladin, K 2 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 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 Ladin, K 3 • 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”.