INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES SEMINARS 2007 TO 2008
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) organizes seminars devoted to cutting edge social policy analysis and research. Call 410-516-7174 for seminar location and time. Please check back frequently for newly scheduled events.
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March 2008
03.06.08 Social Policy Seminar
"The Resilient City"
HOWARD CHERNICK, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York
4:00-5:30 p.m., Wyman Park Bldg., Room 526
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03.13.08 Noon Brown-Bag Seminar
"Potential Solutions for Healthcare Disparities"
CHRIS GIBBONS, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Director Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Director, Center for Community Health (CCH)
Noon – 1:00 pm, Wyman Park Bldg, Room 526
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April 2008
04.01.08
"A Discussion with Mark Helprin"
MARK HELPRIN, Award-winning novelist, Journalist and Commentator
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Shriver Hall,
Shriver Hall Board Room
04.03.08 Noon Brown-Bag Seminar
"Overpriced and Underserved: How the Market is Failing Low-wage Baltimoreans"
ANDREA PAYNE, M.P.P., Policy Analyst, Job Opportunities Task Force
Noon – 1:00 pm, Wyman Park Bldg, Room 526
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04.10.08 Social Policy Seminar
"Three R’s to Get to Universal Health Insurance Coverage: Requirements, Restructuring of Financing, and Reinsurance"
KATHERINE SWARTZ, Ph.D. Professor of Health Policy & Economics, Harvard University, School of Public Health
4:00-5:30 p.m., Wyman Park Bldg., Room 526
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04.17.08
"It Could Be Raining: Hurricane Katrina from a Public Servant’s Perspective"
JULLETTE SAUSSY, M.D.,
Medical Director, City of New Orleans
Medical Director, New Orleans Fire Dept.
Chief Medical Officer, Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety
4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Hodson Hall, Room 210
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