Health Economics Network
The LACEA’s Health Economics network will bring together economists and other social scientist from Latin America and the Caribbean and other parts of the world working on health issues in order to build a community of practice to promote quality research in health economics in LAC and contribute towards stronger health systems.
Ana Balsa
Universidad de Montevideo
Network Head
Dolores de la Mata
CAF
Network Head
Fernanda Marquez Padilla
El Colegio de México
Organizing Committee
Rudi Rocha
FGV
Organizing Committee
Paul Rodríguez
Universidad del Rosario
Organizing Committee
Annual Meetings
Health Economics Network
The LACEA Health Economics Network (LAHEN), together with the Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE), and the University of the West Indies are pleased to announce a call for papers for the Workshop on Health Economics to be held in person in Barbados on 20-21 May 2026, along with other Applied Micro workshops. Full papers, written in English, must be submitted for consideration for the meeting. Authors will be able to select a first and second preference of workshops to present the paper, but papers will only be presented once. The call will be open until January 15, 2026.
Previous meetings
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2023 May Forum
Health Economics Network
CAF offices, Montevideo, May 15-16, 2023
Subscription to Health Economics Network Mailing List
Relevant Conferences and Events on Health Economics
March 18-20, 2026. Fifth Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics, University of Galway, Ireland.
May 20-21, 2026. 9th Workshop of the Latin American Health Economics Network, XXII Ridge Forum Barbados. Deadline: January 15, 2026.
June 3 – 5, 2026. Essen Health Conference. Essen, Alemania. Deadline: January, 31 2026.
June 7 – 10, 2026. Junio 7 – 10, 2026. ASHEcon (American Society of Health Economics) 15th Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN, US. Deadline: December, 10 2026.
June 17 – 19, 2026. XLV Jornadas de Economía de la Salud. Sevilla, España. Deadline: January, 23 2026.
July 8-9, 2026. 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behaviors. Cagliary, Italy. Deadline: March 6, 2026.
July 14-17, 2026. European Health Economics Association Conference (EuHEA). Rotterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: January 25, 2026
November 12-14, 2026. LAMES-LACEA Conference, Lima, Perú.
Other Announcements
- The International Health Economics Association (IHEA) holds several Special Interest Groups (SIGs), which function as spaces for exchange, collaboration, and development of specific research agendas within the field. They are a good opportunity to connect with colleagues from other countries, participate in thematic seminars, organize coordinated sessions for conferences, propose activities, and follow current discussions in the field. All active SIGs within IHEA can be accessed through the following link.
The Risky Behaviors SIG, co-led by Ana Balsa together with Tinna Asgeirsdottir, John Cawley, Davide Dragone, and Hans van Kippersluis, organizes monthly webinars by established researchers on substance use and abuse, obesity, violence, risky sexual behaviors, physical activity, self-harm and suicide, among other topics. Recordings of the webinars are available here and can be used for teaching purposes. To stay informed about IHEA activities and those of each SIG, we suggest subscribing to the IHEA newsletter.
- The different regional associations that make up the Latin American and Caribbean Health Economics Association (AES-LAC) are reestablishing contact in preparation for the IHEA World Congress of Health Economics, which will take place in Guayaquil, Ecuador in July 2027. Each country will organize opportunities to ensure broad participation of the region’s community of health economists in the congress. You will be receiving further information from each country’s association promptly.
Other smaller conferences:
Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC) | https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/events/2024-annual-health-economics-conference
Annual Workshop on Economics of Risky Behavior | erdaltekin.com | https://www.american.edu/spa/risky-behavior/
AES Jornadas de Economía de la Salud, España | https://www.aes.es/jornadas/en/
BFI Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference | https://bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event/2025-health-economics-initiative-annual-conference/
Economics of Mental Health Workshop | https://sites.google.com/view/christoph-kronenberg/home/e-econ-of-mh-workshop
Essen Health Conference | https://www.goek.wiwi.uni-due.de/forschung/konferenzen/call-for-papers-2025/
European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) | https://euhea.eu/welcome_conference_2024.html
International Health Economics Assoc. (iHEA) | https://www.healtheconomics.org/page/AbstractCallandSubmission
ISPOR | https://www.ispor.org/conferences-education/conferences/upcoming-conferences
ISPOR Europe | https://www.ispor.org/conferences-education/conferences/upcoming-conferences
Midwest Health Economics Conference | https://business.depaul.edu/academics/economics/news-and-events/Pages/midwest-health-economics-conference.aspx
Nordic Health Economists’ Study Group | https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/om/organisasjon/avdelinger/heled/arrangementer/2025/44th-nhesg-meeting.html
Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference | https://twitter.com/SEHealthEcon
UK Health Economics Study Group Summer Meeting | https://hesg.org.uk/meetings/
UK Health Economics Study Group Winter Meeting | https://hesg.org.uk/meetings/
Annual Health Econometrics Workshop (AHEW) | https://www.healtheconometrics.org/