2010 PHSR Interest Group Meeting

June 29-30, 2010 | Boston

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 * 1:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 * 7:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sheraton Boston
Constitution A&B

Listen to audio podcasts produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation featuring key presenters at the meeting.

Listen to recordings from three RWJF-sponsored PHSR panels at the ARM.

Tuesday, June 29

1:30-2:00pm	Networking Lunch

2:00-2:30pm	Introductions
	2010 PHSR IG Meeting Welcome and Announcement of 2010-2011 PHSR IG Advisory Committee
	Peter Jacobson, J.D., 2009 PHSR IG Advisory Committee Chair

	Meeting Overview
	AcademyHealth

	RWJF Priorities for the Field and Presentation of 2009 PHSR Article of the Year Award
	Debra J. Perez, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.A., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

2:30-3:45pm	LHDs: Performance, Priorities, and Planning
	Moderator: Carolyn Leep, M.S., M.P.H., NACCHO
	Discussant: Jack Vondras, M.P.H., Director, Gloucester Health Department

	Improving Understanding of What Drives Local Health Department Performance
	Reference Article: Crafting Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs
	Mary Davis, Dr.P.H., UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

	Local Health Department Priority Setting: An Exploratory Study
	Elena Platonova, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte

	Mapping the Gaps: Enhancing Local Health Department Priority Setting and Decision-Making for Program Planning
	Tamara Dubowitz, Sc.D., RAND Corporation

3:45-4:00pm	Break

4:00-5:00pm	Late Breaker: Sustainability and Support for the Field

5:00-6:00pm	Town Hall Meeting: Defining the PHSR Community
	Moderator: Peggy Honore, D.H.A., M.H.A.

	Results of a Social Network Analysis
	Jacqueline Merrill, D.N.Sc., R.N., M.P.H.

6:00-7:00pm	Evening Reception featuring Scientific Poster Session

7:00pm	Adjourn

Wednesday, June 30

7:45-8:45am	Breakfast featuring Student Scholarship Winner Poster Presentations
	Breakfast sponsored in part by local host, Harvard School of Public Health

8:45-9:00am	Welcome Remarks
	Presentation of 2010 Best Student Poster Award
	Debra J. Perez, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.A., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

	Welcome from Local Host
	Robert Blendon, M.B.A., Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health

9:00-10:15am	A Look Inside the PHSR Methods Toolbox
	Moderator: F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D., University of Kentucky
	Discussant: Phoebe Walker, Franklin County Regional Council of Government

	State-Specific Indicators of Preparedness for Closing Schools as a Pandemic Mitigation Strategy: Results from Computational Modeling
	Margaret Potter, J.D., University of Pittsburgh

	Methods of Evaluating Public Health Funding Formulas
	Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

	A Study of Agency Strategic Orientation and Inter-agency Collaboration in a Mixed-Sector Behavior Health Service Network
	Kun Huang, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

10:15-10:30am	Break

10:30-10:45am	The State and Territorial Public Health Information System (STPHIS)
	From Animal Control to Vital Records: State Public Health Data @ Your Fingertips
	Katie Sellers, D.Ph., Association for State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
	Irene Stephens, M.P.H., ASTHO

10:45am-Noon	Public Health Preparedness: A Systems Approach
	Moderator: Alana Knudson, Ph.D., NORC at the University of Chicago
	Discussant: Louise Rice, R.N., Senior Director of Nursing, Cambridge Health Department

	Local Health Department Capacity: Synergy of Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Control Capacity and Disaster Response
	Samuel Stebbins, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
	Luis Duran, University of Pittsburgh

	Automated Mortality Surveillance in South-Eastern Ontario for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
	Justin Hall, M.Sc., University of Waterloo

	Does Accreditation Strengthen Preparedness? Selection vs. Improvement Effects in North Carolina's H1N1 Response
	Glen P. Mays, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Noon	Adjourn

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The PHSR Interest Group Annual Meeting is made possible with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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