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CHPRE News - November 2009
New Faculty Presentations
Lisa Eckenwiler led a workshop on “Care Labor Migration, Global Justice, and the G20 at this year's Canadian Conference on International Health, which met in Ottawa, Ontario. Other participants in the October 25th event included Professor Ivy Bourgeault, Sociology, University of Ottawa, Professor Ryoa Chung, Philosophy, Universite de Montreal, and Professor Ted Schrecker, Institute for Population Health, University of Ottawa.
She also presented an invited paper, “Care Labor Migrants and Source
Countries: The Transnational Division of Labor and the Erosion of Agency and
Equality,” on a panel entitled "Interrogating
Nationalisms". The panel, sponsored jointly by the Committee on Racial
and Ethnic Diversity and the Committe on the Status of Women, of the Society
for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, was in Washington, DC, October
31.
Posted November 16, 2009
New Research Award
Dr. Tony Yang recently received notification of funding
for his latest research project. The project will analyze the effect of non-medical
exemptions to state school immunization laws on vaccine-targeted diseases. This
research will be funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Posted November 11, 2009
HAP Seminar Series
Two seminars will be presented in December. Details below.
The Patient-Centered
Medical Home Model
Presented by Mai Pham, MD, MPH
Center for Studying Health System Change
December 1st, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Student Union 1, Room B
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What's So Different About Health Insurance
Presented by Peter Kongstvedt, MD, FACP
Department of Health Administration and Policy
December 8th, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Johnson Center 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
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Posted November 11, 2009
Washington Health Policy Institute Registration Now Open
Interested participants may now visit the Washington
Health Policy Institute website to register for the 2010 Institute.
Posted November 9, 2009
September 2009
Health Reform Summit led by Dr. Mark Meiners
Dr. Mark Meiners lead the dicussion at The Long-Term
Services and Supports Health Reform Summit on Capitol Hill, Wednesday,
September 23. The Summit brought together Congressional, policy, and LTSS
experts to synthesize Health Reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience,
and evidence. Pictures below.
Posted September 23, 2009
New Faculty Publication and Presentation
Dr. Lisa Eckenwiler has been invited to present "Article
15: The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and its Applications:
An Ethical Assessment," at the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC on September 10, 2009. Dr. Eckenwiler
has also recently published “Care Worker Migration and Transnational
Justice,” Journal of Public
Health Ethics, vol. 2, no. 2 (July 2009): 171-182.
Posted September 9, 2009
2009-2010 Policy Research Mentorship Program Fellows Announced
The Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics is pleased to announce the awarding of two policy research fellowships for the 2009-2010 Policy Research Mentorship Program of the Washington Health Policy Institute. The 2009-2010 PRMP fellows and the working title of their policy research projects are:
Shari Goldberg, MS, RN
Colby-Sawyer College Department of Nursing
Connectivity among Community Health Collaboratives: A Descriptive Study
Becky Horn, MSN, NNP-BC
Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing
The Role of Prenatal Care in Neonatal Outcomes of Substance Abusing Women
Read the full PRMP press release. Learn more about the Policy Research Mentorship Program. Posted September 1, 2009