News and Events
November 12:
Tabacco Disparities in the Workplace
November 12:
Evaluating Public Health Impacts of Climate Change In the Pacific Northwest
November 12:
Trends in measuring value in health: cost-effectiveness analysis and Medicare
November 13:
Hogness Symposium: David Cutler
November 16:
Combined Fund Drive Presentation with Sharyne Thornton
November 16:
Ordinary Medicine: Making Longevity in an Aging Society
November 18:
The Determinants of Sex-Selective Abortions
November 18:
PHG Seminar: Thomas Schwarz
November 19:
Care of Underserved Patients: Using Complexity Theory to Enhance Patient Care and Resident Capability
November 19:
An Evening for Alumni
November 25:
Probabilistic Projections of HIV Prevalence Using Bayesian Melding
December 1:
Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Grace John-Stewart
December 1:
Mexico Border Health Issues
December 2:
CSSS Seminar "TBA"
December 2:
PHG Seminar: "What Causes Cancer in our Germ Cells?"
December 3:
A Presentation on the National Child Health Study
December 9:
Discrete Exponential Family Models for Residential Settlement and Segregation
December 9:
Holiday Open House
December 10:
Update on CHIRTN and Using Photovoice to Portray Perceptions of Cardiovascular Disease
December 10:
Holiday Potluck
December 10:
Can Health Care Reform Resuscitate Primary Care in the United States?
January 5:
Health Services Seminar
January 12:
Health Services Seminar
January 19:
Health Services Seminar
An Evening for Alumni--Lean Management Applications in Health Care
Join the UW MHA Program and David K. Wessner, President & CEO of Park Nicollet Health Services, for a fascinating look at Lean Management Applications in Health Care. Read more . . .
Seattle's Group Health Cooperative Draws Interest on Capitol Hill
(The New York Times)As the U.S. Senate works through health care negotiations, the innovations of Seattle's Group Health Cooperative have become a prototype for political compromise that could lead to a bipartisan deal. Read more . . .
Dr. Doug Conrad, Professor, Receives Filerman Prize
(AUPHA Exchange Spring 2009 Newsletter)This spring, Professor Doug Conrad, PhD, MHA, MBA, was awarded the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education. Conrad is a 1972 alum of the UW MHA Program, and has been a member of the faculty since 1977. Read more . . .
Janet Liang, MHA, 1993, Named Working Mother of the Year
(Working Mother)The UW MHA Program is proud to report that Working Mother magazine has named alumna Janet Liang as one of their 30 Working Mothers of the Year. This is an annual award given to women who successfully balance their career, motherhood, and self-development with grace and determination. Liang is President of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii. She shares this award with women from various sectors of the workforce, including First Lady, Michelle Obama. Read more . . .