William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health
Election 2008 - Agenda for Health Care Reform
A two-day event
Thursday, Sept. 25 and Friday, 26, 2008
670 Albany Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Boston University Medical Campus
Directions to campus
Thursday, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
670 Albany Street (First Floor Auditorium)
A student-organized event:
Organizing Committee: Jahera Otieno, Amanda Horowitz, Meghan Gavaghan, Mariah Archer, and Sara Lewis.
The Role of Personal Narrative in Changing National Health Policy
Speakers:
 Donna Smith, whose personal experiences with the health care system landed her a feature role in Michael Moore's recent documentary SiCKO, will talk about her efforts to forward health care reform. Smith is a writer and contributor to MichaelMoore.com, Huffingtonpost.com, Daily KOS and various college and university blogs.
(Her talk will be followed by a 10-minute segment of SiCKO Goes to Washington.)
Abby Ross is a dual degree student in social work and public health at Boston University and completed her master's degree in social work in May. Her recent experiences with the health care system regarding the care of her mother in Washington, DC, will be the springboard for her thoughts on how her mother's story can inform efforts to reform the health care system.
Gloria Dickerson is the Recovery Specialist at the Institute on Homelessness and Trauma in Newton, Mass. Ms. Dickerson is a consumer of psychiatric services and has a history of homelessness and trauma. She has a bachelor's degree in experimental psychology from Tufts University. She has created recovery-oriented curriculum and facilitated consumer trainings and provider trainings at M-POWER, Inc., a statewide consumer-run organization of mental health consumers, survivors, and former patients. She has published articles on experiences of recovery, and she has done extensive work as an advocate for consumers for more than 13 years.
 Linda Klein's mother was the victim of a series of medical errors. This experience led Linda to work toward reform of our fragmented health care system. As a member of the Consumer Health Quality Council at Health Care For All, a Boston-based statewide organization working for improvements in health care access and quality, Linda is featured in a YouTube video documenting her family's experience. That video will be played as part of her presentation.
Friday, 9 a.m. to noon
670 Albany Street (First Floor Auditorium)
Breaking the Gridlock: What the Next President Needs to Know
2008 William J. Bicknell Lecturer
 Rashi Fein, PhD, professor emeritus, economics of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and co-author of the recent book "The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and What It Will Take To Get Out (Harvard University Press).
Panel Members:
 Dolores Mitchell, executive director of the Group Insurance Commission, a quasi-independent Massachusetts agency established to provide state and certain municipal employees, retirees and their dependents with access to health benefits. More than 294,000 people are enrolled in plans through the GIC, which as an annual appropriation is $1.1 billion. Mitchell will speak on the topic of designing and purchasing insurance plans.
 Alice Coombs, MD, is physician at South Shore Hospital. She is also chair of the Workforce Diversity Committee for the American Medical Association Commission to End Health Care Disparities and the Massachusetts Sub-Committee of the States Commission to Eliminate Health Care Disparities.
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Conducted over two days, the event features presentations by leading scholars and practitioners debating and discussing important public health issues of the day. Thursday's afternoon session has been organized by BUSPH students to explore the role of narrative in changing national health care policy.
Friday's morning session will feature an address by Bicknell Lecturer Rashi Fein, PhD, professor emeritus, economics of medicine, Harvard Medical School. Professor Fein's talk will be followed by discussion by a distinguished panel.
The event is named in honor of William J. Bicknell, chair emeritus and professor of international health at Boston University School of Public Health and professor of sociomedical sciences and community medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.
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