Regional Political Leadership Institute

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The University of Michigan Medical School is hosting the 2008 Regional Political Leadership Institute this year on February 16. A preliminary schedule appears below, and is attached to the right (pdf format).

Registration is now closed. if you have questions. The cost of attending the institute is $10, please bring this in cash on February 16. Lunch will be provided. Registration deadline is February 9.

Schedule:
February 16

• 8-9AM Registration and Meet & Greet (continental breakfast provided)
• 9-10 AM The Global Health Policy Challenge: How Medical Students are Changing the World
  • John Prensner and Nate Trayner
    M.D. Candidates
    University of Michigan, Medical School
• 10-11 AM Anti-tobacco Policy and Current Challenges
  
  • Cliff Douglas J.D.
    Executive Director, University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network
    University of Michigan School of Public Health
    
• 11-12 PM AM M.D.s as Leaders for Change in Environmentalism
  
  • Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.
    Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
    Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, and Medicine
    University of Michigan Schools of Public Health and Medicine
    
• 12-1 PM Lunch (provided)
  
• 1-2 PM The Economics of Universal Health Care
  
  • Catherine MClaughlin Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
    Director, The Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health
    
• 2-3 PM Health Security and the Universal Health Care Access Networks
  
  • Gary Benjamin
    Board of Directors
    Michigan Universal Health Care Access Network (MichUHCAN)
    
• 3-5:30 PM Interactive Sessions
  
  • How to Lead: Lobbying and Organizing a Campaign
    Ajay Prakash
    M.D. Candidate
    University of Michigan
    
  • Framing Debates in the 2008 Political Climate
    Michelle Debbink
    M.D. Ph.D. Candidate
    University of Michigan
    
• 7 PM Dinner in Ann Arbor

 

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