Archive for the “Policy” Category

The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Thursday, November 19th at 2:00pm:

“Health Care Reform and Biomedical Innovation”

New health technologies have contributed to large increases in health care costs.  Are we getting the bang for our buck?  Should cost-control be a priority?  Or is this a futile quest for perfect health with marginal gains?

This talk will review the research on the value of new medical technologies and discuss the impact of health reform on the pace of technological innovation in medicine.

Who: Professor David H. Howard of Emory’s Rollin’s School of Public Health
When: Thursday, November 19th at 2:00pm
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

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Professor David H. Howard

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David Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory University. A health economist by training, Dr. Howard’s research employs economics and statistics to better understand physician decision-making and its implications for public policy. Dr. Howard’s current areas of research include: the impact of patients’ life expectancy on the use of cancer screening, the impact of quality and outcomes on patients’ choice of provider, and the value of medical care for cancer. Dr. Howard is also studying the impact of waiting time on transplant candidate’s choice of living versus deceased donor transplantation. Dr. Howard has acted as an advisor or consultant to MEDPAC, the American Cancer Society, the Division of Transplantation in the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Howard received his doctorate in health policy from Harvard University in 2000.
We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee

The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Monday, June 15th at 11:00am:

“Water and Sanitation in International Development”

Who: Brooks Keene and Shadi Saboori of CARE International
When: Monday, June 15th at 11:00am
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

Food and refreshments will be provided!
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Shadi Saboori:  Shadi is a Senior Research Project Coordinator working with the Center for Global Safe Water in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory.  She has coordinated data collection projects on school water, sanitation and hygiene in Kenya and community water and sanitation in Ethiopia.  She has also worked with CARE USA and Golder Associates, an environmental engineering firm based in Atlanta.  She has a degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Tech.

Brooks Keene:  Brooks is a Policy Advisor for the Water Team at CARE USA and was formerly a Policy Analyst with CARE.  Among other things, he has researched water and sanitation policy in Kenyan primary schools, climate change adaptation in Niger, sexual violence in the Congo and the U.S. military’s development work in Sub-Saharan Africa. Brooks previously worked for CNN International.  Brooks has a masters degree in International Affairs from Georgia Tech.

We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee

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The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Tuesday, April 14th at 4:00pm:

“Future Ethics and Policy in Biotechnology Education and Practices”

Who: Prof. Roberta Berry
When: Tuesday, April 14th at 4:00pm
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

How are we changing graduate and undergraduate education to fit the ways in which engineering is evolving?
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Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor and Director, Law, Science & Technology Program. Her research focuses on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of life sciences research and biotechnologies. In 2001, Prof. Berry was named Outstanding Faculty Member by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association. In 2004, she received the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award and in 2005 she received the Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award.

She has published a co-edited interdisciplinary book on health care law, ethics and policy, and a number of articles focusing primarily on the implications of genetic knowledge and technologies. She has also delivered a number of papers on the legal, ethical, and policy issues posed by life sciences research and biotechnologies, and, in 2000, she served as Executive Director of the transatlantic workshop Shaping Biotechnology Policy in the 21st Century: A Joint European and American Workshop on Policy, Legal, and Ethical Issues

We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee