Health Services Research Seminar Series

Nationally and internationally known leaders in health services research speak on current topics. These seminars are free and open to the public.

2009-2010

December 11, 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., A110 Mayo Memorial Building
Allan V. Horwitz, PhD, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University
"How Was Anxiety Transformed into Depression"
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2008-2009

October 23, 2008, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, 1-451 Moos Tower
Thomas W. Valente, PhD
Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health Program in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
"Using Social Network Analysis to Understand and Change Health Behavior"
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December 4, 2008, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, 2-530 Moos Tower
Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Core Investigator with the VA HSR&D Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)
"The Impact of Public Reporting on Post-Acute Care"
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January 27, 2009, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, 2-650 Moos Tower
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
"Who Pays for Obesity?"
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February 26, 2009, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., D330 Mayo
Hufeng Wang, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Public Administration Renmin University of China, "Reform of China's Health Care System: Issues, Challenges, and the Future"
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April 2, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., 1-451 Moos Tower
Alan Zaslavsky, PhD
Professor of Health Care Policy (Statistics), Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
"Geographical, Organizational, and Individual Variations in Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Quality in Medicare"
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