Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forum: January 6-7, 2009
Student Forum 2009 Group Photo
Student Forum 2009 Powerpoint Presentations:
- Comm. Sarah Iselin, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
- Thomas Dehner, Medicaid Director
- Andy Epstein, MA Department of Public Health
- Paul Dreyer, MA Department of Public Health
- Monica Valdes Lupi, MA Department of Public Health
History:
The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum (MHPF) located at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University was created in 1998 to bring public and private health care leaders together to engage in focused discussion on critical health policy challenges facing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Student Forum:
The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum organizes an annual student forum designed to give advanced graduate students in public health, medicine and health policy direct access to the workings of state government. Students have an opportunity to meet with the senior legislative and state administrative officials to discuss the operations and responsibilities of state government. This is generally done in the context of pressing contemporary issues.
Funding:
The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum is supported by grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Tufts Health Plan and Partners Health Care. The Forum is also part of the The National State Health Policy Institutes Collaborative a national network of nonpartisan health policy organizations.
Sponsors:
The Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forums are sponsored by the participating schools: The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University , Tufts School of Medicine , Boston University School of Public Health , UMass Medical School and Commonwealth Medicine , UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences , Harvard School of Public Health , Simmons Graduate Program in Health Care Administration , and Boston University School of Medicine Primary Care Residency Program.
Who Should Apply:
Applications from advanced graduate students in public health, medicine and health policy are accepted by partcipating school representatives:
Boston University School of Medicine Primary Care Residency Program
Contact Prof. Angela Jackson: bruce.martin@bmc.org
Boston University School of Public Health
Contact Prof. Alan Sager: Asager@bu.edu
Brandeis University
Contact Prof. Michael Doonan: ferguson@brandeis.edu
Harvard School of Public Health
contact Prof. Nancy Turnbull: ebeasley@hsph.harvard.edu
Simmons Graduate Program in Health Care Administration
contact Prof. Gary Gaumer: gary.gaumer@simmons.edu
Tufts School of Medicine
contact Prof. Sue Gallagher: sue.gallagher@tufts.edu
UMass Medical School and Commonwealth Medicine, Worcester
contact Prof. Jay Himmelstein or Michael Tutty: michael.tutty@umassmed.edu
UMass School of Public Health & Health Sciences, Amherst
contact Prof. William Bartosch: bartosch@schoolph.umass.edu