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- Genome Science Institute Seminar11:00 am
- “Enlightenment”: Patents and Embedded Knowledge in a Taiwanese LED Company12:00 pm
- Literary Translation Lecture Series1:00 pm
- ECE Seminar with Jakub Szefer1:00 pm
- Thesis Defense John Brothers1:00 pm
- Particle and Fields Seminar2:00 pm
- Chemistry Dissertation Defense of Liang Han2:00 pm
- CISE Seminar: Yue Lu, Harvard University3:00 pm
- Joint CCS/MSE Seminar - Towards computational design of correlated functional materials from first-principles3:00 pm
- Anthropology Dissertation Defense of Lara Durgavich3:00 pm
- American & New England Studies Dissertation Defense of Eric Jarvis4:00 pm
- Classical Studies Dissertation Defense of Viviane Sophie Klein5:00 pm
- Money and Medicine screening and panel discussion with Shannon Brownlee5:30 pm
Money and Medicine screening and panel discussion with Shannon Brownlee
Shannon Brownlee is a journalist and the acting director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation. A former editor of US News & World Report, she is best known for her research and views on avoidable health care, the patchy quality of medical evidence, and the implications for health care policy. Her book, Overtreated, was named the best economics book of 2007 by the New York Times. Ms Brownlee will be joined by Dr Vikas Saini, Co-Director of the Lown Center and President of the Lown Foundation and a columnist for Prevention India magazine, as well as Professor David Rosenbloom, Acting Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health.
When | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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Building | 670 Albany Street |
Room | Auditorium |
Contact Name | Students for Quality Health Care |
Contact Email | sqhc@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | School of Public Health - Department of Health Policy and Management |
Fees | Free |
Open To | Students faculty staff |
Speakers | Shannon Brownlee, Dr Vikas Saini, and David Rosenbloom |