Programs

Topics by Track

Pre-Med

  • Emergency department wait times and patient outcomes

  • Predictors of hospital readmissions (cardiac, surgical)

  • Air pollution, heat waves and adolescent asthma exacerbations

  • Algorithmic triage scores and equity in access to care

  • Weekend/holiday effects in surgery outcomes

  • Telemedicine vs. in-person follow-ups and adherence

  • Social deprivation index and pediatric vaccination completion

  • Nurse staffing ratios and inpatient complications

  • Datasets: EPA AQS, CMS Care Compare

Economics and public policy

  • Returns to education using college proximity as an instrument

  • Trade shocks and local labor markets (import competition)

  • Market concentration and grocery price pass-through

  • Housing supply constraints and rent growth

  • Business cycles and youth unemployment dynamics

  • Gig-economy entry and local wage dispersion

  • Financial literacy and household saving behavior

  • Datasets: IPUMS USA (ACS), BLS LAUS

Pre-Law

  • Bail reform and court appearance rates

  • Public defender caseloads and case outcomes

  • Prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining patterns

  • Sentencing disparities by judge fixed effects (proxy)

  • Legal aid access and eviction filings

  • Expungement policy and employment outcomes

  • Datasets: Eviction Lab, Bureau of Justice Statistics

Data Sources (examples)

Pre-Med: EPA Air Quality System (AQS), NOAA climate, CDC county health indicators, CMS Care Compare, AHRQ Compendium, hospital price transparency files.
Economics: ACS (IPUMS USA), CPS, BLS LAUS, Census County Business Patterns (CBP), NCES IPEDS, UN Comtrade, Zillow city indices.
Health Science: CDC YRBSS, FluVaxView, CDC COVID-19 vaccination (county), ACS demographics, CCD (district/school context).
Health Economics & Public Policy: KFF Medicaid expansion status, CMS Care Compare, HCRIS (hospital cost reports), AHRQ Compendium, hospital price transparency files.