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David Levine, PhD — Professor, Haas School of Business
Although people and organizations around the globe have spent hundreds of billions of dollars in the fight against global poverty, billions of people live on less than $2 a day. Slow learning about what projects can be effective in different circumstances impedes progress. Dr. Levine outlines how the structure of the aid process, the incentives faced by aid agencies, NGOs, and ministries, and a lack of skills all slow the learning within the aid industry. He then outlines ways to address each of these obstacles. Presentation ~ Proposal
Ralph Catalano, PhD — Professor, School of Public Health
There has been much speculation and few tests of the possibility that ambient stressors affect the outcome of gestation. The unfortunate events of September 11, 2001 have allowed us to test several hypotheses concerning exogenous shocks to gestation.
Thomas Rundall, PhD — Professor, School of Public Health; Working Group Leader, Health Information Technology; and Jodi Simon, MS — Independent Health Care Consultant
Previous studies have shown that the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in health care organizations can reduce medical errors and improve quality of care through physician's increased use of evidence-based patient care processes. However, only 20-25% of physician organizations have adopted EMRs. This study examined the organizational structure and market characteristics that distinguish EMR adopter for non-adopter organizations. Presentation
Denise Herd, PhD — Associate Professor, School of Public Health; Working Group Leader, Health Disparities
The goal of this session will be to present ideas for a research proposal to analyze community level and personal factors that contribute to the extremely high rates of health disparities in Berkeley and adjacent East Bay communities. Initial plans are to examine neighborhood characteristics of 50 census block groups with variations in levels of health problems and also to do a survey of 1500 individuals residing in selected census blocks to explore personal health status, attitudes, and behavior; neighborhood perceptions, stress levels, and coping strategies.
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD — Dean, School of Public Health; Working Group Leader, Health Care Quality and Safety
Dean Shortell will highlight the large variance in the quality of care in America; identify some of the "root causes" of the problem drawing on relevant research; and suggest some potential policy and practice solutions including developing a research agenda for the future. Presentation ~ National Survey of Physicians Organizations Website
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David E. Winickoff, JD, MA — Assistant Professor of Bioethics & Society; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management — Division of Society & Environment
Patient advocates and the pro-choice left have euphorically declared the passage of Proposition 71 in California and the emergence of other state initiatives a victory for public health. But this reading is premature, and progressive public health advocates are missing the boat. The embryos–versus–patients framing of the stem cell issue has been so dominant that important ethical and political dimensions of implementing a program of stem cell research have slipped under the radar.
This talk will explore three areas of stem cell policy that carry large political stakes at the state and national level, but that have received insufficient public attention: setting research funding priorities likely to maximize public health; defining intellectual property policy for government-funded stem cell discoveries; and protecting the interests of the donors of the human eggs required to generated new embryonic stem cell lines.
Read an interview with Professor Winickoff at the UC Berkeley NewsCenter.
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