Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held at Colonial Penn Center Auditorium
on Fridays between 12:00-1:30.
  SEPTEMBER
September 28 LDI Research Seminar
Michelle Mello, JD, PhD
C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor of Health Policy and Law
Department of Health Policy and Management
, Harvard School of Public Health
The Accuracy of the Medical Malpractice System: What the Evidence Tells Us

  OCTOBER
October 12 LDI Research Seminar
Andrew Bindman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital
Moving Toward Evidence-Based Health Policy in California's Medicaid Program

October 17-18
Washington, DC
LDI Health Policy Seminar
ECRI's 15th Annual Conference
Comparative Effectiveness of Health Interventions: Strategies to Change Policy and Practice
October 19 LDI Health Policy Seminar
Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA
Director and Health officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Urban Health: Public Health Lessons from Los Angeles
October 26 LDI Health Policy Seminar
Richard Snyder, MD
Senior Vice President of Health Services, Independence Blue Cross
Patient Adherence to Cardiac Medications: A Dilemma in Search of a Solution
NOVEMBER
November 2

LDI Research Seminar
Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH
QIOSC Medical Director, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality

Medicare QIO Program: Researching Pay for Performance

November 9

LDI Research Seminar
Larry Casalino, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Studies
University of Chicago

How Much Does It Cost Physician Practices to Interact with Health Plans? Estimates by Type of Interaction, Specialty, and Practice Size
  DECEMBER
December 7

LDI Research Seminar
David A. Hyman, JD, MD
Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor; Director, Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy, University of Illinois College of Law

Estimating The Effect of Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas

JANUARY
January 18

LDI Health Policy Seminar
Joshua Sharfstein, MD, MPH
Health Commissioner of the City of Baltimore, Maryland
Urban Health: A Front Row Seat
  FEBRUARY
February 1

LDI Health Policy Seminar
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Primary Care and Community Health Ambulatory and Community Health Network of Cook County of Chicago
Urban Health: Health Inequities and National Health Reform
February 8
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Austrian Auditorium
Clinical Research Building

Samuel P. Martin III, MD, Memorial Lecture
Mark A. Kelley, MD
Executive Vice President, Henry Ford Health System
Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Medical Group
Healthcare in Detroit: A Preview of the Impending National Crisis
February 15

LDI Health Policy Seminar
Rear Admiral Kenneth J. Braithwaite, II
Senior Vice President, Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania Delaware Valley Healthcare Council
Uninsured in America and the Impact on our City, Region and Nation
February 26
Tuesday
Noon - 1:30 PM


LDI Health Policy Seminar
What to do about it? Experts preview the groundbreaking PBS documentary series Unnatural Causes

sponsored by the Penn Health and Society Scholars program, in collaboration with the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI) and the VA Center for Health Equity Research (CHERP).
February 29

LDI Research Seminar
Howard Markel, MD, PhD
George Edward Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Health Management and Policy and Psychiatry; Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan

Catching the Flu: Applying Lessons from the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 to Public Health Strategies in the 21st Century

MARCH
March 21 LDI Health Policy Seminar
Oliver Fein, MD
Professor of Clinical Public Health in the Department of Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Fein Bio
March 28 LDI Health Policy Seminar
Mary Travis Bassett, MD, MPH
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
How Can a Local Urban Health Department Tackle Health Disparities?
Bassett Bio
APRIL
April 11
Noon - 1:30 PM
Huntsman Hall
LDI Health Policy Seminar
Anne Vernez Moudon, Dr. es Sc.
Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Urban Health and Urban Design
Moudon BioMoudon Slides

April 18
Noon-1:30pm

LDI Research Seminar
W. David Bradford, PhD
Professor of Health Administration & Policy, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Medical University of South Carolina
The Effect of Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising on Consumer Health Behaviors: the Case of Vioxx and Celebrex

Bradford Slides
April 22
4:00pm-5:30pm
Houston Hall
Ben Franklin Room
LDI Health Policy Seminar
Donald Schwarz , MD
Named Deputy Mayor of Health and Opportunity and Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia.

Addressing Key Health Priorities in the City of Philadelphia
April 25
12:00-1:30PM
Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall
Room 1203
LDI Health Policy Seminar
John A. Rich, MD, MPH
Former Medical Director, Boston Public Health Commission; Professor; Chair, Dept. of Health Management & Policy
Drexel University School of Public Health
Trauma-Informed Approach to Urban Violence: Practice & Policy

Rich Bio
MAY
May 2
Noon-1:30pm
Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall
Room 107

LDI Research Seminar
Janet Currie, PhD, MA

Chair and Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Columbia University
Child Health and Academic Success: Is There a Connection?

May 9 (moved from 4/11)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
John Morgan Building
Class of 62 Auditorium

Charles C. Leighton, MD, Memorial Lecture
Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Chair; Department of Health Policy; Harold & Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center

Is There a Role in National Health Reform for a Policy Response to Health Inequality?

May 16
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Jon Huntsman Hall
Rm. 260
LDI Alumni Faculty Exchange
Urban Health: Issues and Actions
Panelists: Amy Hillier, PhD, David Grande, MD Therese Richmond, RN, Ira Harkavy PhD

  JUNE
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  AUGUST


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