Building Healthy Cities: Boston and Beyond
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Instructional Building
72 East Concord Street
Hiebert Lounge
#BUSPHSymposia
Live-Streaming Available During Event
Boston University School of Public Health and GE healthymagination have partnered to bring together leaders in health across private and public sectors to explore new approaches for creating healthier cities. Contextualized in Boston, but taking a global perspective on population health, the day will explore how cities, through innovative leadership and data ecosystems, can be a model for generating healthy populations. The day will include presentations and conversations with US and international thought leaders in health from corporations, government, foundations, academia, and civil society.
PANEL DISCUSSION I: Developing a Shared Vision for Healthy Cities: Looking Beyond Health Care to Generate Shared Accountability
PANEL DISCUSSION II: Understanding Needs of a Population: Building the Right Data Ecosystems and Infrastructure for Population Health
FIRESIDE CHAT: What Does the Future Hold for Urban Informatics?
PANEL DISCUSSION III: Empowering Communities: Lessons from the Field on Spurring Action, Developing Capabilities, and Sustaining Impact
Afternoon Keynote and Closing Remarks
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Breakfast and Informal Greetings
9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
OPENING SESSION: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Sue Siegel, CEO, GE Ventures & healthymagination
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Monica Valdes Lupi, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
COFFEE CONVERSATION: On Population Health in the Service of the Public
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Sue Siegel, CEO, GE Ventures & healthymagination
Monica Valdes Lupi, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Break
10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION I: Developing a Shared Vision for Healthy Cities: Looking Beyond Health Care to Generate Shared Accountability
Bechara Choucair, Senior Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente
Karen Hein, Former President, William T. Grant Foundation, and Adjunct Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
George J. Isham, Senior Advisor, HealthPartners, and Senior Fellow, HealthPartners Institute
Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean and Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Elizabeth Mitchell (Moderator), President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Break
11:25 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION II: Understanding the Needs of a Population: Building the Right Data Ecosystems and Infrastructure for Population Health
Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population, and Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Karen DeSalvo, Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
Jonathan Levy, Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Lonny Reisman, Founder and CEO, HealthReveal
Steven H. Woolf, Director, Center on Society and Health, and Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
Susan Dentzer (Moderator), President and CEO, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation
12:25 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Lunch and Networking
1:10 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
FIRESIDE CHAT: What Does the Future Hold for Urban Informatics?
Sanji Fernando, Vice President, Optum Labs Center for Applied Data Science
Jascha Franklin-Hodge, CIO, City of Boston
Peter Marx (Interviewer), Vice President, Advanced Projects, GE Digital, and Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California
1:55 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Break
2:05 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION III: Empowering Communities: Lessons from the Field on Spurring Action, Developing Capabilities, and Sustaining Impact
Rick Brush, CEO, Wellville
Jennifer Edwards, Director, Developing Health US, GE Foundation
Tom Grilk, CEO, Boston Athletic Association/Boston Marathon
Rain Henderson, Founder, Elemental Advisors, and Advisor, Clinton Foundation
James S. Marks, Executive Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Harold Cox (Moderator), Associate Dean, Public Health Practice, and Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Maureen Bisognano, President Emerita and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
3:45 p.m. – 4 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health