HSPH Students are invited to RSVP for a ”Decision-making: Voices from the Field” leadership seminar with Gov. Bev Perdue. Deadline to register is 5:00pm on Tuesday, April 30.
Harvard Gazette coverage of Managing Stress: Protecting Your Health, a Forum event presented March 6. Sustained over time, stress can undermine health in serious and sometimes deadly ways. In this Forum event, expert participants examined what we know about the effects of stress on health, including heart disease risk, and about the role social status plays in exacerbating or mitigating these effects. In addition, panelists explored ways in which positive well-being, mindfulness, exercise and nutrition contribute to a more resilient, healthier lifestyle. Presented in collaboration with The Huffington Post.
Dr. Donald M. Berwick spoke about Leadership in the Next Steps on Health Reform as part of the Decision Making: Voices from the Field series on February 12, 2013. Dr. Berwick is the former President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an organization that Dr. Berwick co-founded and led for 18 years. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care quality and improvement. In July 2010, President Obama appointed Dr. Berwick to the position of Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which he held until December 2011. He served on President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry. Dr. Berwick is at present a lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (2003 – 2011) spoke about Political Challenges in Advancing Healthcare, Science and Research as part of the Decision Making: Voices from the Field series on February 7, 2013. Recognized as a national leader in health care, energy, natural resources, biotechnology and many other areas, he has worked closely with the White House, high-ranking Administration officials and other governors. Prior to his election as governor, Gov. Doyle served 12 years as Wisconsin’s attorney general, where he led the attorney general’s office representing the state in all matters. Gov. Doyle has led and coordinated major multi-state efforts and argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a graduate, cum laude, of Harvard Law School (J.D., 1972), and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison after attending Stanford University for three years.
Harvard Gazette coverage of Donald Berwick talk on February 12 as part of the Decision-making Voices from the Field series. Berwick is the 24th leader to be featured in the Voices from the Field series, candid conversations about leadership and decision-making. HSPH/Division has received a prestigious HILT grant (Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning) to develop a technology platform to offer the use of sound bites and to weave excerpted clips into relevant curriculum to further extend the learning from these leaders.
