Past takemi Program Seminars
Takemi Program Spring 2009 Seminar Schedule and Calendar
* Please note that the Takemi Program Seminars are for Takemi Fellows and invited guests only
The Takemi Program Seminars occur weekly on either Tuesdays 3:30-5pm (unless otherwise noted) or Wednesdays 10:30am-12pm (see below schedule for details)
HSPH, Building 1, Room 1208 (12th Floor Conference Room) unless otherwise noted
Dec. 24 through Jan. 2 HSPH CLOSED FOR WINTER HOLIDAY
JANUARY
Thursday, Jan. 8 Julio Frenk Welcome Event (4-6pm) Kresge Cafeteria
Monday, Jan. 19 HSPH CLOSED for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan. 20 (2:30-4pm) Michael Reich, Program Director, Takemi Program in International Health- Prof. Reich's new book: "Access: How do good health technologies get to poor people in poor countries" by Laura J. Frost & Michael R. Reich **please note time change**
Jan. 27 (2:30-4pm) Greg Connolly, Professor, HSPH- World Health and the Globalization of the Tobacco Industry **please note time change**
FEBRUARY
* Feb. 4 (10:30-12pm) Mid-Year Presentations
10:30-11:00: Young Joo Song (Advisor: Prof. Greg Connolly attending)
11:00-11:30: Yanping Li (Advisor: Prof. Frank Hu)
11:30-12:00: Miwako Hosoda (Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)
Feb. 11 (10:30-12:15pm) Mid-Year Presentations
10:30-11:00: Michael Goroff (Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)
11:00-11:25: Wipada Kunaviktikul (Advisor: Dr. Tom Bossert attending)
11:25-11:50: Mieko Hamamoto (Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)
11:50-12:15: Juhwan Oh (Advisor: Dr. Ajay Mahal)
Feb. 15 HSPH CLOSED for Presidents' Day
Feb. 18 (10:30-12pm) Mid-Year Presentations *Keizo Takemi attending
10:30-11:00: Ramin Mehrdad (Advisor: Dr. Jack Dennerlein)
11:00-11:30: Elaine Thume (Advisor: Dr. Paul Campbell)
11:30-12:00: Asami Sasaki (Advisor: Dr. John Brownstein attending)
Feb. 25 (10:30-12pm) Sofia Gruskin, Associate Profressor, HSPH; Director of the Program on International Health and Human Rights- Health and Human Rights: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality
MARCH
March 4 (10:30-12pm) Daniel Halperin- Lecturer on International Health, HSPH; Senior Research Scientist, Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project- Why is HIV Prevalence so Severe in Southern Africa?: The "Lethal Cocktail" of Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partners and Lack of Male Circumcision
March 11 (10:30-12pm) Kavi Bhalla, Research Scientist, Harvard Initiative for Global Health- Building estimates of the burden of road traffic injuries in information poor settings
March 18 (10:30-12pm) Nancy Kane, Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Eductional Programs, HSPH- Case-Based Teaching for Public Health
March 25 (10:30-12pm) NO SEMINAR (Spring Break March 23 through March 27- no classes)
**March 31 (3:30-5pm) Jason Lakin, Research Fellow, HSPH- Health Insurance For All? A politico-institutional assessment of Mexico's Seguro Popular reform, 2001-2006
APRIL
April 7 (3:30-5pm) Norman Daniels, Professor, HSPH- Evaluating the Fairness of Health System Reforms
April 14- CANCELLED so that Fellows can attend "Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: An Unforeseen Public Health Priority" Panel: 4:15-5:45pm (followed by Reception), Kresge Building, Snyder Auditorium (G1)
April 21 (3:30-5pm) Anita Wagner, Assistant Professor, HMS; Co-director of the Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Policy Research - Insurance Systems and Access to Medicines
April 28 (3:30-5pm) Grace Wyshak- The history of cancer in the US and globally
April 30 (3:30-5pm) Marcia Castro, Assistant Professor, HSPH- Community-based Environmental Management for Malaria Control: Evidence From a Small-scale Intervention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania *Please note date change- this is a Thursday*
MAY
May 5 (3:30-5pm) Jing Wu, Takemi Fellow; Visiting Scholar, China Initiative- China's Health System Performance (Lancet, Oct 2008) and China 2020
Friday, May 8 (1-3pm) Genzyme Visit and Tour
Genzyme Center Corporate Headquarters
500 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Discussion 1:00pm-2:15pm
Tour 2:15pm-2:45pm
May 12 (3:30-5pm) Final Presentations *Keizo Takemi attending
3:40-4:05: Asami Sasaki (JAPAN; Advisor: Dr. John Brownstein attending)- A Spatial Epidemiological Analysis of Influenza Infections in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
4:05-4:30: Mieko Hamamoto (JAPAN; Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)- The Potential of Information Publishing by National Medical Associations to Contribute toGlobal Health
4:30-4:55 Michael Goroff (USA; Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)- Current Use and Future Potential of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP's) in Global Public Health
May 19 (3:30-5pm) Final Presentations
3:40-4:05: Juhwan Oh (S. KOREA; Advisor: Dr. Ajay Mahal attending)- Critical Review of Equity Indices in Healthcare Financing
4:05-4:30: Ramin Mehrdad (IRAN; Advisor: Dr. Jack Dennerlein attending)- The Relationship Between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Iranian Nurses
4:30-4:55: Elaine Thume (BRAZIL; Advisor: Dr. Paul Campbell attending)- Assessment of Home Care in Brazilian primary health care services
Thursday, May 21 (3:30-5pm) Francine Grodstein, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, HSPH; and Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS* Brigham and Women's Hospital, The Nurses' Health Study (NHS)- The Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Study of Women's Health
*Please note that we will meet in the 10th Floor Conference room on this day
Monday, May 25 HSPH CLOSED for Memorial Day
May 26 (3:30-5pm) Final Presentations *Keizo Takemi attending
3:40-4:05: Wipada Kunaviktikul (THAILAND; Advisor: Dr. Tom Bossert attending)- An Exploratory Study of the Nursing Drain at Thailand's University Hospitals
4:05-4:30: Yanping Li (CHINA; Advisor: Prof. Frank Hu attending)- Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in China
4:30-4:55: Young Joo Song (S. KOREA; Advisor: Prof. Greg Connolly attending)- Analysis of Tobacco Control Policies and anti-smoking Activities in Korea
4:55-5:20: Miwako Hosoda (JAPAN; Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Reich)- Medical Crisis in Japan and Social Governance as a Solution
Thursday, May 28 (3:30-5pm)- Nancy Turnbull, Senior Lecturer on Health Policy, Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Department of Health Policy and Management, HSPH- US Healthcare for Beginners
JUNE
June 2 (3:30-5pm) Takemi Program Certificate Ceremony
* Time/day change to Wednesdays 10:30am-12pm
** Time/day change to Tuesdays 3:30-5pm
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Takemi Program Fall Semester Seminar Schedule and Calendar
The Takemi Program Seminars occur weekly on Tuesdays 3:30-5pm
HSPH, Building 1, Room 1208 (12th Floor Conference Room)
Sept. 9 Keizo Takemi and Michael Reich- Follow up work on Japan's Global Health Policy and the G8 Summit
Sept. 16 Richard Cash- Reducing the Public Health Impact of Natural Disasters in Bangladesh: Recent Experiences with Flood Related Diarrhea and Cyclones
Sept. 23 Jesse Bump- Shaping the Global Health Agenda: What happened to Diarrheal Disease Control? *10th Floor Conference Room*
Sept. 30 Richard Wamai (2006-2008 Takemi Fellow)- Healthcare Challenges in Africa
Oct. 7 Naoki Kondo (2006-2007 Takemi Fellow)- Economic Recession and Health Inequalities in Japan: Analysis With a National Sample, 1986-2001
Monday, Oct. 13 COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY- HSPH CLOSED
Oct. 14 Preliminary Presentations
Oct. 21 Preliminary Presentations
Oct. 28 Preliminary Presentations
Nov. 4 Marc Mitchell- D-Tree International
Nov. 11 No Seminar- VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY- HSPH CLOSED
Nov. 18 Michael Reich- Software Tutorial
Nov. 25 No Seminar- THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY this week
Thursday, Nov. 27 ** THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY- HSPH CLOSED**
& Friday, Nov. 28
Dec. 2 CANCELLED (Julio Frenk Presentation in Cambridge)
Dec. 9 Stephanie H. Cálves- Building sustainable HIV/AIDS programs: AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria, Ltd./Gte.
Dec. 16 Brian Rosman- Health Care for All (HCFA)/Massachusetts Healthcare Reform
Dec. 23 No Seminar- WINTER BREAK
Dec. 24 - Jan. 1 ** WINTER HOLIDAY- HSPH CLOSED**
* Takemi Seminars resume January 20, 2009
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Spring 2008 Takemi Program Seminar Schedule
The Takemi Program Seminars occur weekly on Tuesdays 3:30-5pm
HSPH, Building 1, Room 1208 (12th Floor Conference Room) 0
1/22/08 Lydia Cummings- The Harvard Ombudsman Office
01/29/08 Practice Presentations
02/05/08 Practice Presentations
02/12/08 Practice Presentations
02/19/08 Michael Reich- Political Analysis and Public Health
02/26/08 Paul Campbell- Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Disease: A North-South Dialogue
03/04/08 Ted Green- New Evidence for Preventing AIDS in the Hyper-Epidemics of Africa
03/11/08 Greg Connolly- Globalization and Tobacco Trade- Pubic Health Strategies to Deal With The Growth of the Global Tobacco Industry through the The WHO Framewwork Convention on Tobacco Control
03/18/08 Sang Min Park- Health Care for North Korean Defectors Who Settled in South Korea: Current Status and Future Direction
03/25/08 SPRING BREAK- NO MEETING
04/01/08 John McDonough- Massachusetts Health Reform
04/08/08 Dr. Mallavarapu Prakasamma- India's Mega Health Plan: The National Rural Health Mission (2005-2012)
04/15/08 Michael Reich- Software Instruction
04/22/08 Anita Wagner- The potential for insurance systems to increase access to and appropriate use of medicines in Asia-Pacific countries
04/29/08 Tim Mah- Dangerous Liaisons: Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and the South African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
05/06/08 Final Presentations
05/13/08 Keizo Takemi and Michael Reich- Japan and the G8 Summit; Final Presentations
05/20/08 Norm Daniels- International Health Inequalities and Global Justice HSPH Professor of Ethics and Population Health
05/27/08 No Seminar- Global Health Conference in DC
06/03/08 Certificate Ceremony