Health policy activities and events at Duke and surrounding area

Upcoming Health Policy Events

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Event: "Highway Safety, Public Health, and Human Behavior"

Details: Lindsay I. Griffin, Ph.D.
Transportation Consultant, Adjunct Associate Professor,
University of Texas School of Public Health,
Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health

When: Monday, April 17th 2006, 3-4:30pm *Reception to follow in lobby*

Where: Room 0001 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Auditorium Michael Hooker Research Center at UNC (Chapel Hill) located at the intersection of South Columbia and Pittsboro Streets

Event: Public Genomics and Bioart: A Symposium

Details: The rapid advance of genetic and genomic technologies and discoveries has spawned considerable controversy in the areas of policy, ethics, and law. Those controversies, and the technologies that have created them, have generated not only debate, but also artistic production, as artists have begun to explore different relationships between molecular biology and the public.

While some of these artists employ traditional media, such as painting and sculpture, others have turned to digital new media--or even the media and techniques of genomics and molecular biology itself, creating art in the form of transgenic and genetically modified, organisms. These different approaches often represent different perspectives on the public role of bioart, with some artists encouraging public experimentation with genetic and genomic technologies, while others contend that bioart should orient itself toward providing the public with knowledge and critical perspectives on the dangers of genetic technologies, and the vested interests that often promote genetic manipulation programs.

The creations of these artists have put before the public the questions that have surfaced with biotechnology, ranging from the ownership of information produced by biotechnology to the destabilization of the idea of human being. This symposium will consider the questions raised by bioart about the public, intellectual property, human creativity, and human being, as well as the controversies that this artistic production has generated in its own right.

When: Friday, April 14th 2006, Noon-5:15pm

12:00 Lunch & Introduction
Rob Mitchell, Assistant Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty of Women's Studies Faculty, Institute of Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University

1:00 - 2:15 "Challenging Biocommerce: An Artist's Attempt at Negotiating the Implausible"
Beatriz da Costa, Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Director, Arts Computation Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Irvine

2:30 - 3:45 "Double Helix, Mushroom Cloud: Atomic Art and the Future History of Bioart"
Lisa Lynch, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Catholic University

4:00 - 5:15 "It Doesn't Just *Look* Real..."
David Kremers, Conceptual Artist, California Institute of Technology

Where: 5th Floor, McClendon Tower (West Campus) Duke University *Free and Open to the Public. Lunch and Snacks Provided*

Sponsor: The Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy's Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy and the Faculty Working Group on Culture and Medicine

Contact: Erin Gentry

Event: Duke University Center for International Studies University Seminar on Global Health: "Why Global Health?"

Details: Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.

When: Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 4pm

Where: Student Amphitheater, Duke South (Lower Level by Food Court) Duke University Medical Center

Sponsor: Seminar support from the Duke University Center for International Studies with funds from the US Department of Education; Adult Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center; Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Duke University Medical Center; Center for AIDS Research, Duke University Medical Center; Duke University Global Health Initiative; Asian/Pacific Studies Institute; Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Health Sector Management Program, The Fuqua School of Business; and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development.

Event: The Godfrey M. Hochbaum Annual Lecture: "The Un-Happy Hour: New Evidence on Alcohol Policy and the Consequences of Cheap, Widely Available Alcohol"

Details: Philip J. Cook, Ph.D.
ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies
Professor, Economics and Sociology
Associate Director, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy

When: Monday, April 10th 2006, Noon-1pm, *Reception to follow*

Where: Room 0001 Blue Cross/Blue Shield Auditorium Michael Hooker Research Center at UNC (Chapel Hill)

Contact: Carol Runyan

Health Policy News at Duke

Every spring, the Duke Private Sector Conference, with support from the Duke Endowment, convenes leaders in health policy from academia, foundations, the health industry and media to discuss a critical health policy issue. While participation in this Conference is by invitation only, the proceedings are always published and now are available on-line:

2002: Enabling Prospective Health Care
2001: Rational Approaches to Quality Affordable Health Care
2000: Academic Health Systems in Transition
1999: Integrated Health Delivery Systems
1998: Integrating Health Care Delivery Systems
1997: Beyond Managed Health Care and the Role of the Academic Health Center
1996: The AHC Responds to Health Care Reform
1995: The Academic Health Center in the 21st Century