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Kevin Volpp
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Management; Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Leonard Davis Institute,  Director, Penn CMU Roybal P30 Center in Behavioral Economics and Health


Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 1998; MD, University of Pennsylvania 1998; AB, Harvard College, 1989

Dr. Volpp’s work focuses on developing and testing innovative ways of applying insights from behavioral economics in improving patient health behavior and affecting provider performance. He has done work with a variety of employers and insurers and health systems testing the effectiveness of financial incentives in addressing tobacco dependence, obesity, and medication non-adherence as well as how policy reforms affect hospital quality. These studies have been funded by the National Institutes of Aging as well as the National Heart Lung, Blood Institute; the National Cancer Institute; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders; the CDC;VA Health Services Research and Development; the US Department of Agriculture; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the Hewlett Foundation; the Commonwealth Foundation; the Aetna Foundation; Mckinsey; CVS Caremark; Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield; Aramark; and Discovery (South Africa).

Recent Consulting/Advisory Boards: CVS Caremark, McKinsey, Ascension Health, VALHealth; NIH, VA Health Services Research

Editorial Boards: Annals of Internal Medicine; Medical Care Research and Review

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Publications
LK John, G Loewenstein, AB Troxel, L Norton, JE Fassbender, Kevin Volpp (2011), Financial Incentives for Extended Weight Loss: A Randomized, Controlled Trial, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Note: Epub ahead of print
K Blumenthal , Kevin Volpp (2010), Enhancing the Effectiveness of Food Labeling in Restaurants, JAMA, 303(6): 553-554
Kevin Volpp, W Friedman, PS Romano, A Rosen, Jeffrey H. Silber (2010), Residency Training at a Crossroads: Duty Hour Standards 2010, Annals of Internal Medicine 2010, 153(12): 826-8 Notes: Epub 2010 Oct 18
Kevin Volpp, AB Troxel, Mark V. Pauly, Henry Glick, Andrea Puig, David Asch, R Galvin, J Zhu, F Wan, J DeGuzman, E Corbett, J Weiner, J Audrain-McGovern (2009), A Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation, The New England Journal of Medicine, 360:699-709
Kevin Volpp, Mark V. Pauly, G Loewenstein , D Bangsberg (2009), P4P4P: An Agenda for Research on Pay for Performance for Patients, Health Affairs, 28(1): 206-14

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Honors And Awards
British Medical Journal Group Awards for "Translating Research into Practice" for work on Financial Incentives and Smoking Cessation implemented by General Electric nationally for 152,000 employees January, 2010
Society of General Internal Medicine Outstanding Research Paper of the Year for Volpp KG, Troxel AB, Pauly MV, et al. New England Journal of Medicine; 2009; 360:699-709, 2010
Time Magazine Most Significant Advances in Health 2009 A-Z. Work descibed under "I" for "Incentives", 2009
Elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), 2008
Best Paper Award - AcademyHealth Annual R esearch Meeting (with A Rosen, P Romano, P Rosenbaum, J Silber) - "Impact of ACGME Duty Hours on Mortality Among Patients in VA Hospitals" - one of three highest rated abstracts our of about 1700 submitted., 2007

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Volpp Kevin
Kevin Volpp
 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
1120 Blockley Hall 423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Phone: 215-573-9718
Fax: 215-573-8778
volpp70@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
Research Interests and Funding Sources: Behavioral Economics and Health; Financial Incentives; NIA; NHLBI; NIDDK; RWJ; McKinsey; CVS Caremark; Aetna Foundation; Hewlett Foundation; CDC; Aramark; Discovery (South Africa)