Background
Mental and brain health disorders have become a global driver of health care spending in recent years. In parallel, growing inequality has become a serious challenge for most societies. While each phenomenon is on its own a major source of concern for decision makers and policymakers, their interactions present challenges that cannot be left unaddressed. This is especially true in the context of northern communities, where the types and the level of inequalities observed is evolving rapidly. Still, much remains to be understood about the relationship between changing income distributions, brain health trajectories, and human capital accumulation. The chair harnesses tools developed in economics, recent advances from research in psychiatry and the expertise developed within the healthcare system to study the causal links between these phenomena. This work involves close collaborations with partners from academia, from the health system as well as from clinical and social environments. It seeks to contribute to both scientific progress and to the public conversation.
Mission
To understand the dynamics and causal relationships between income inequality, the organization of health care systems and brain health. This will help develop strategies and policies that support well-being, inclusion and social mobility, especially among vulnerable populations.
Objectives
> Explore the dynamics and causal relationships between changes in income inequality, the organization of healthcare systems, and brain health
> Combine tools developed in economics with insights from institutional and clinical partners, specialists in psychiatry and in the neurosciences, as well as health systems administrators to identify promising policy avenues to improve mental health and socioeconomic mobility
Partners
Sentinelle Nord
Fondation CERVO
CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale
Faculté des Sciences Sociales de l'Université Laval
Mental and brain health disorders have become a global driver of health care spending in recent years. In parallel, growing inequality has become a serious challenge for most societies. While each phenomenon is on its own a major source of concern for decision makers and policymakers, their interactions present challenges that cannot be left unaddressed. This is especially true in the context of northern communities, where the types and the level of inequalities observed is evolving rapidly. Still, much remains to be understood about the relationship between changing income distributions, brain health trajectories, and human capital accumulation. The chair harnesses tools developed in economics, recent advances from research in psychiatry and the expertise developed within the healthcare system to study the causal links between these phenomena. This work involves close collaborations with partners from academia, from the health system as well as from clinical and social environments. It seeks to contribute to both scientific progress and to the public conversation.
Mission
To understand the dynamics and causal relationships between income inequality, the organization of health care systems and brain health. This will help develop strategies and policies that support well-being, inclusion and social mobility, especially among vulnerable populations.
Objectives
> Explore the dynamics and causal relationships between changes in income inequality, the organization of healthcare systems, and brain health
> Combine tools developed in economics with insights from institutional and clinical partners, specialists in psychiatry and in the neurosciences, as well as health systems administrators to identify promising policy avenues to improve mental health and socioeconomic mobility
Partners
Sentinelle Nord
Fondation CERVO
CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale
Faculté des Sciences Sociales de l'Université Laval
Collaborators
Luc BissonnetteAssociate professor, Department of Economic, Université Laval
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Vincent BoucherFull professor, Department of Economics,
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Kirsten CornelsonAssistant professor, Department of Economics, University of Notre-Dame
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Bernard FortinProfessor emeritus, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Marie-Hélène GagnéFull professor, School of Psychology,
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Guy LacroixFull professor, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Boriana MilouchevaPostdoctoral research associate,
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Students
Louis-Philippe BeaulieuMaster’s student, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Abdel-Hamid BelloPh.D. student, Department of Economics,
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Ann-Sophie DemersMaster’s student, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Josette Rosine Aniwuvi GbetoPh.D. student, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Paul GrewarMaster’s student, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
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Henri Le JouanPh.D. student, Department of Economics,
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Rosalie Montambeault Master’s student, Department of Economics, Université Laval
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Nicolas R. TurgeonPhD student, School of Psychology, University of Toronto
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