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Contact: | Gwendolyn Driscoll 310-794-0930 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research gdriscoll@ucla.edu |
The Center's FREE health policy seminar series: 2010
The lunchtime talks, free and open to the public, explore a wide range of important health policy topicsFrom health care reform in the United States to health care costs around the world, the Center is pleased to host leading health policy experts at our lunchtime seminar series.
The seminars take place once a month at the Center's offices for approximately one hour. The venue address is: 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024 - Suite 1550. [Map]
Speakers are listed approximately one month in advance so please check back regularly for updates to our schedule.
Our seminar season is on hiatus during the summer break. We will return in the fall so please check back!
Past seminars:
May 12, 2010
Topic: “State and Local Population Health Surveys: Action by States to Meet a Pressing Need for Data”
Speaker: E. Richard Brown, director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
April 14:
Topic: “The Uninsured in California and Health Care Reform.”
Speaker: Shana Alex Lavarreda, Director of Health Insurance Studies,
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
March 31:
Topic: "Racial/Ethnic and Neighborhood Determinants of Visual Impairment Among Children in Southern California."
Speaker: Gergana Kodjebacheva, Postdoctoral Scholar, Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Opthamology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
February 17:
Topic: "Medical Savings Accounts in China and the Effect of its Balances on Outpatient Utilization."
Speaker: Vivienne Hui Zhang, UCLA Visiting Scholar and PhD candidate from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Management and Marketing
January 13:
Topic: "Impact of National Health Spending on Individual Health and Healthcare Experiences: Does Quantity Yield Quality?"
Speaker: Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah, associate professor in the UCLA School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology.
