Taking Action to Address the U.S. Health Gap
Building on two critical reports published by the National Academy of Sciences, this year's speakers focused on the United States' declining health standing among peer nations—and the directions public health leaders must take to change this course.
The series was organized by Dean Linda P. Fried, Bruce Link, PhD, professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry), and Ronald Bayer, PhD, professor of Sociomedical Sciences.
![]() | April 30, 2014 What Is To Be Done?School-wide discussion moderated by Ronald Bayer and Bruce Link Presenters Dubois Bowman, PhD, Chair and Professor of Biostatistics Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Chair and Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor of Epidemiology Lisa R. Metsch, PhD, Chair and Stephen Smith Professor of Sociomedical Sciences John Santelli, MD, MPH, Chair and Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor of Population and Family Health Michael Sparer, PhD, JD, Chair and Professor of Health Policy and Management |
![]() | 21st Annual Sewell Distinguished LectureWhen Our Environment Acts Like Medicine...Linda S. Birnbaum, PhD, DABT, ATS [BIO] Birnbaum explored how chemicals in the environment affect our bodies much like medicines—but often with unwanted results. The discussion posed several questions, including: How do chemicals affect the endocrine and other physiological systems? How are they associated with the staggering increase in the rates of asthma and other diseases? And what actions can address these risk factors and improve health? |
![]() | February 26, 2014 7th Annual Isidore Benrubi LectureBeyond Wages and WealthHow inequality harms our political institutions, our social fabric, and our well-beingJoseph Stiglitz, PhD, FBS [BIO] |
![]() | February 5, 2014 Neighborhood Inequality, Well-Being, and the New Social Transformation of the American CityRobert J. Sampson, PhD [BIO] |
![]() | December 11, 2013 U.S. Health Disadvantage Among the PoorCreating the Public Will for Policy ChangeRenee Wilson-Simmons, DrPH Director of the National Center for Children in Poverty Bruce Link, PhD Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences |
![]() | November 13, 2013 Strategies for Domestic Health TransformationGinny Ehrlich, EdD, MPH, MS [BIO] |
October 9, 2013 Beyond Reform and ReboundFrontiers for Rethinking and Redirecting Health System PerformanceBobby Milstein, PhD, MPH [BIO] Director of ReThink Health and Visiting Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management View the Facebook photo album | |
![]() | September 18, 2013 The U.S. Health DisadvantageWhat is the Next Step for Public Health?Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH Director of Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health View the Facebook photo album |