Health Policy Lecture Series
April 17, 2013
Mohammed Shahbazi, PhD, MPH, CHES
Professor and Chairman, Behavioral and Environmental Health
Jackson State University
What can Mississippi’s (and Texas’) health care systems learn from Iran?
April 4, 2013
Eric Cooper
President and CEO
San Antonio Food Bank
Hunger Games, Examining the Paradox Between Hunger and Obesity in the U.S.
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February 27, 2013
Howard Brody, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Institute for the Medical Humanities
The University of Texas Medical Branch
February 4, 2013
Ben Raimer, MD, MA, FAAP
Senior Vice President, Health Policy & Legislative Affairs
The University of Texas Medical Branch
How to Communicate Your Political Views
November 28, 2012
Owen Murray, DO, MBA
Vice President of Offender Services
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Life Behind Bars
October 31, 2012
Ben Raimer, MD, MA, FAAP
Senior Vice President
Health Policy & Legislative Affairs
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Academic Medicine and Health Reform
July 10, 2012
Anne Dunkelberg
Associate Director
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Texas Has a Health Care Spending Problem, Not a Medicaid Problem
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June 27, 2012
Katrina Lambrecht, JD, MBA
Vice President and Chief of Staff
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Transforming Regional Health through Collaboration: Understanding the 1115 Demonstration Waiver
May 16, 2012
Andrea Hricko
Director, Community Outreach and Education Program
Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center
Responding to Community Concerns About Air Pollution’s Health Effects
February 27, 2012
Larry Cohen, MSW
Founder and Executive Director, Prevention Institute
Intersection of Clinical and Community Prevention: National and Local Opportunities to Advance Health
February 15, 2012
David L. Callender, MD, MBA, FACS
President, UTMB Health
Academic Medicine: The UTMB Perspective
January 18, 2012
Robyn O'Brien, MBA
Founder, AllergyKids Foundation
The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It
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October 26, 2011
Eva M. Moya, PhD, LMSW
University of Texas at El Paso HP 2020 Task Force
Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 (2006-2011)
April 13, 2011
Dr. Kenneth I. Shine
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
The University of Texas System
March 23, 2011
Dr. Edward Emmett
Professor and Director, Academic Programs in Occupational Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia
Rev. Horace Strand
Founder, Chester Environmental Partnership
March 9, 2011
Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
BlueCross and BlueShield of Texas
Health Status of Americans: There's more to the story than the Affordable Care Act
February 23, 2011
Patricia Gray, JD, LLM
Director of Research
Health Law and Policy Institute
University of Houston
I Want You to Be My Friend - Practicing Medicine in the Age of Facebook
January 20, 2011
Alexandra (Lexi) B. Nolen, PhD, MPH
Director, Center to Eliminate Health Disparities in the Division of Health Policy and Legislative Affairs
Director ad interim, Global Health Education Program and University of Texas Global Health Resource Center
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine
LEAST Lead Initiative The emerging story of lead poisoning in Galveston children
January 5, 2011
David L. Callender, MD, MBA, FACS
President, UTMB Health
Academic Medicine and Health Reform: Opportunity and Challenge
December 9, 2010
Karl Eschbach, PhD
Professor and Director of Population Research, University of Texas Medical Branch
Changing Demographics and Changing Health Care Needs in Texas
December 2, 2010
Matthew Dacso, MD, MSc
Premal Patel, MD, MSc
The New Global Health Paradigm - Skeptical Optimism from the Field
November 11, 2010
Benjamin Isgur
Director, Health Research Institute, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Prospering in a Post Reform World
October 28, 2010
Dr. Denny Vågerö
Senior Advisor to World Health Organization Europe
Closing the Global and National Health Gaps – Can it be Done in a Generation?
May 5, 2010
Clem Bezold
Chairman and Founder, Institute for Alternative Futures
Using Scenarios to Consider the Future of Academic Health Centers
April 14, 2010
J. James Rohack, MD, FACC, FACP
President, American Medical Association
Director, Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy
Professor of Medicine and Humanities for Texas A&M Health Science Center
Health System Reform in the United States
March 17, 2010
Patricia Gray, JD, LLM
Director of Research and External Affairs for the Health Law and Policy Institute at the University of Houston
Garnett F. Coleman
Texas House of Representatives, Senior Member of Public Health Committee
CHIP - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
February 17, 2010
Brian Smedley, PhD
Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: Moving from Science to Policy and Practice
February 3, 2010
Guy L. Clifton, MD
Professor, Runnells Distinguished Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
January 27, 2010
Dianne White Delisi
Senior Advisor, Delisi Communications
Home on the Range - Health Care in Texas