Seminars
About
The purpose of the seminar series is to develop the fellows' leadership skills by exposing them to the key leaders from both private and public sectors. The series focuses on public health practice and public policy, with a specific focus on minority health policy. The seminar series is offered as a course within the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences entitled “Leadership in Minority Health Policy” (SBS 296) in the fall. The participants include the fellows, students from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and other Harvard graduate schools.
The sessions explore the public policy issues impacting the health status of minority and disadvantaged populations, with special emphasis on problem identification, policy formation, and development of leadership skills in the area of public health practice and policy. The Fellows and other attendees engage with both faculty members at Harvard and key minority health policy leaders from the public and private sectors. A major focus is to provide the participants with a variety of leadership styles, and career development strategies.
Topics and Schedule
Fall of 2017
August 29
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care: Historical and Contemporary Issues
W. Michael Byrd, MD, MPH
Director of the Institute for Optimizing Health and Healthcare, Inc. (IOHHC);
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College Health Policy Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Linda Clayton, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Reproductive and Women’s Health, Tennessee Department of Health;
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College;
Health Policy Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
September 5
Race & Language in Healthcare: the Impact on Quality of Care
Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH
Deputy Director, The Disparities Solutions Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
September 12
Managing Health-related Social Needs Confronted by Immigrants: Context and Strategies
Samantha Morton, JD
CEO, Medical Legal Partnership Boston
Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM
Associate Professor of Health Policy and of Law;
Director, Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program;
Co-Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership,
The George Washington University
September 26
The Role of Philanthropy to Address Policy, Equity and Systems: When Radical Amazement and Nihilism are Neighbors
AJ Jones, II, MPH
Chief of Staff, K. Kellogg Foundation
October 3
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic through a Public Health Lens
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
October 10
Pulling Back the Corporate Veil
James Corbett, JD, MDiv
Senior Vice President, Community Health & Values Integration, Centura Health
October 17
Latino Health: Cardiovascular Risk & the Looming Health Crisis
Lenny Lopez, MD, MDiv, MPH
Chief of Hospital Medicine and Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
October 24
Developing Your Personal Career Strategy
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine; Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
October 31
Policy Interventions to Reduce Costs of Prescription Drugs
Stephen Keith, MD, MSPH
CEO, Optima Health, Inc.;
Chief Business Development and Medical Officer, Evanston Technology Partners
November 7
Advocating for Oral Health
Brian Swann, DDS, MPH
Chief of Oral Health Services, Cambridge Health Alliance;
Instructor in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, HSDM
November 14
Local Public Health: Lessons in Com-munity Engagement and Empowerment
Oscar Alleyne, DrPH, MPH
Senior Advisor- Programs, NACCHO
November 21
Policy, Health Equity, and the Role of Health Systems
Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA
Vice President of Care Excellence, Ascension Health
November 28
Men’s Health & Beyond
Jeffrey Beard, JD
Regional Administrator, HRSA
December 5
Public and Private Sector Health Payment & Delivery System Reforms
Julian Harris, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President, Operations Strategy & Localization, Cigna
December 12
Getting the Most Out of Your Career—and Your Life
James Ziglar, JD
Former Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service
Fall of 2015
September 8 and September 15
Racial and Ethnic Health and Health Care Disparities and Dysfunction: Historical and Contemporary Issues : Part 1 (9/8) and Part 2 (9/15)
W. Michael Byrd, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Optimizing Health and Health Care (IOHHC);
Health Policy Analyst and Researcher, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health;
Clinical Instructor, and Staff Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Linda Clayton, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Medical Director, Office of Medicaid/MassHealth;
Co-Director, Institute for Optimizing Health and Health Care;
Health Policy Analyst and Researcher, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Clinical Instructor and Staff Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
September 22
The Role of a Local Health Department in Addressing Health Disparities
Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH
Chief Public Health Officer
Cambridge Public Health Department
September 29
Community Health and the Dimock Center: a Comprehensive Model of Care
Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA
President & CEO, The Dimock Center
October 6
Working at the Nexus of Health Care and Public Health: a Career in the Making
Lauren Smith, MD, MPH
Senior Strategic Advisor, National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
October 13
Increasing the Supply of Minority Physicians – Will it Lead to Increases in Quality of Care, Access and Health Status Among Minorities?
Stephen Keith, MD, MSPH
CEO, Optima Health, Inc.;
Chief Business Development and Medical Officer, Evanston Technology Partners
October 20
Student midterm presentations
October 27
Student midterm presentations
November 3
Leadership, Primary Care, and the Underserved
Kameron Matthews, MD, JD
Chief Medical Officer, Mile Square Health Center;
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
November 10
Designing Ethical Health Systems
James Corbett, M.Div., JD
Senior VP, Community Health & Values Integration,
Centura Health
November 17
Oral Health in a Disruptive Health Care Economy
Fay Donohue, MA, MBA
Board Chair, National Institute for Children's Health Quality;
Board Member, BMCHP;
Former CEO, DentaQuest
November 24
Developing Your Personal Career Strategy
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity & Community Partnership,
Harvard Medical School
December 1
Race & Language in Healthcare: the Impact on Quality of Care
Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH
Deputy Director
The Disparities Solutions Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
December 8
Leadership: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
Chester Douglass, DMD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Emeritus
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
December 15
Getting the Most Out of Your Career—and Your Life
Jim Ziglar, JD
Former Commissioner|
Immigration & Naturalization Service
Spring of 2016
January 26
Addressing Socio-Determinants of Health with Dental Care
Peggy Timothé, DDS, MPH
Director, Office of Diversity Inclusion
Senior Tutor, Holmes Society
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
February 2
American Indian Health Policy
Donald Warne, MD, MPH
Director, Master of Public Health Program,
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Mary J. Berg Distinguished Professor in Women's Health,
North Dakota State University
February 9
Leading Community Change through Federal Policy
A. Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Executive Vice President for Transformation and Innovation,
Unity Health Care, Inc.
February16
Policy, Health Equity, and the Role of Health Systems
Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH
Vice President of Care Excellence, Ascension Health
February 23
Reflections from the Streets of Boston
James J. O’Connell, MD
President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless
March 1
The Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare): Opportunities to Improve Health Equity
Meredith Rosenthal, PhD
Professor of Health Economics and Policy,
Associate Dean for Diversity, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
March 8
Student Team Midterm Presentations
March 15
Spring Break—No Class
March 22
Achieving Health Equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
Harvey J. Makadon, MD
Director, National LGBT Health Education Center;
The Fenway Institute | Fenway Health
March 29
Defining a Role for Hospitals and Health Care Systems in Addressing Cancer Disparities
Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery;
Director Community Partnership Program,
Stanford Cancer Institutes,
Stanford University School of Medicine
April 5
Moving to Opportunity: Health Effects of a Neighborhood Relocation Experiment
Felton Earls, MD
Research Professor of Human Behavior and Development,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health;
Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus,
Harvard Medical School
April 19
Implications of Cultural Competency for Health Services Research and Policy
Alexander Green, MD, MPH
Arnold P. Gold Associate Professor of Humanism in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
April 26
Health Care Civil Rights for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM
Associate Professor of Health Policy and of Law;
Director, Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program;
Co-Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership,
The George Washington University
May 3
Student Team Final Presentations
May 10
The Time is Now: Tackling Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Mental and Behavioral Health Services in Massachusetts
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Director, Disparities Research Unit
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital