Population Health Science in the United States: Trends, Evidence, and Implications for Policy: Proceedings of a Joint Symposium (2022)
Chapter: Appendix B: Symposium Agenda
Appendix B
Symposium Agenda
National Academy of Sciences Building
Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES
- Identify key trends and patterns in U.S. population health and provocative challenges to our current thinking, including socioeconomic, gender, racial, ethnic, and other social disparities.
- Explore how population health science can inform policy to improve outcomes and how policies can have unintended consequences if not grounded in research and evaluation.
- Showcase perspectives on how we build common ground for development and implementation of effective policy based on science.
| 8:15 |
Welcome from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Sanne Magnan, Senior Fellow, HealthPartners Institute, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota; Co-Chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Bruce Link, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, University of California, Riverside, and Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University |
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| 8:30 |
Population Health in the United States: The Stakes Are High |
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Moderator: Robert Hummer, Howard W. Odum Professor of Sociology, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, and Co-Chair, IAPHS Annual Meeting Program Committee |
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Speakers: Eileen Crimmins, AARP Professor of Gerontology, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology; Co-Leader, Cancer Risk and Disparities Program, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard University |
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| 9:45 |
Break |
| 10:00 |
Policy-Relevant Evidence for Population Health: Promise and Challenges |
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Moderator: Allison Aiello, Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Speaker: Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University |
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Discussants: Jennifer Doleac, Associate Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University; Director, Justice Tech Lab Paula Lantz, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan |
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| 11:15 |
Break |
| 11:30 |
Effective Population Health Policy and the Science: Finding Common Ground |
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Moderator: Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean, Public Health Practice and Training, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University |
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Speakers: Joneigh S. Khaldun, Director and Health Officer, City of Detroit Health Department Ellen Marie Whelan, Chief Population Health Officer, Center for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan Services, Senior Advisor, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rahul Gupta, State Health Officer and Commissioner, Department of Health & Human Resources Bureau for Public Health, West Virginia |
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| 12:45 |
Closing Remarks |
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David Kindig, Emeritus Co-Chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor for Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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| 1:00 |
Adjourn and Transition to IAPHS Annual Meeting |
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