Dr. Kullgren is a Research Scientist at the Ann Arbor VA Center for Clinical Management Research and an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. He holds undergraduate and medical degrees from Michigan State and a Master of Public Health degree from Michigan. He was a resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an RWJF Clinical Scholar at Penn. His research aims to help patients and clinicians make good decisions about health and health care.

The field of behavioral economics – which combines insights from
economics and psychology to better understand and shape human behavior – has recently offered new solutions to longstanding problems in our health care system. In this talk,
Kullgren will examine the underpinnings, promise, and perils of behavioral economic strategies to improve patient and clinician decisions about health and health care.

This is the fourth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Behavioral and Social Sciences: Real World Applications. The next lecture will be April 5, 2018. The title is Motivated Reasoning About Climate Change.