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Christian McMillen, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia 1/23/09 - McMillen currently has an article in Bulletin of the History of Medicine titled "'The Red Man and the White Plague': Rethinking American Indians, Tuberculosis, and Race, 1890-1950." He is also working on a book on global TB control with the support of the Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia, the Welcome Trust in England and a year-long fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He spoke at the Miller Center on January 23, 2009. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Can We Afford Health Care for the Baby Boom? An Alternative Vision 1/21/09 - In 2006, the first baby boomers turned 60, raising concerns about the affordability of retirement, specifically health care. Can the nation craft social policies that will foster a pro-work, pro-savings, pro-health improvement culture for boomers and later generations? Featuring Jeff Goldsmith and Carolyn Engelhard. Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series. |
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Market Approaches to Climate Governance 12/11/08 - Abundant literature in the economics field documents the merits of market-based systems of environmental protection, with perhaps the most celebrated innovation involving the so-called "cap-and-trade" program established for sulfur dioxide emissions in the 1990s. This session will examine the governance challenges of two oft-discussed alternatives that take a market approach, namely cap-and-trade and taxation schemes for carbon emissions meant to deter the use of fossil fuels. Vivian Thomson, Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Politics, University of Virginia chairs. Other speakers are Leigh Raymond, Barry Rabe,
Timothy Conlan,and Christopher James. |
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 11/20/08 - As part of the Law School's Future of Health Care Reform Lecture Series, Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., from the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health, discussed guaranteed health care in America at the Law School Nov. 20. Emanuel is a breast oncologist, philosopher and author/editor of several books. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America 11/19/08 - Consensus that the system is ineffectual and calls for health care reform have produced
varied solutions with bedeviling details. Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD outlines the essential elements
of an effective, sustainable health care system and promotes comprehensive change. Co-presenters:
Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, School of Law's Sadie Lewis Webb Program. |
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The Medical Center Hour: The Health of Charlottesville: Diagnosing and Caring for Our Community 11/12/08 - What are the biggest health-related challenges facing Charlottesville-Albemarle? Using
a new community-wide assessment and strategic plan, how can we improve overall health? Speakers:
Lillian Peake, MD, MPH and Mayor Dave Norris. Co-presenters: Department of Public Health Sciences, Center on Health Disparities, and Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Are We Really Ready for Health Care Reform? 11/5/08 - Description=Health care accessibility and affordability require improvement, but true reform
dictates revolutionizing the health care delivery system. Speaker Joanne Disch, Ph.D. advocates a
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The Medical Center Hour: Novel Paradigms for Personalized Therapy and Drug Discovery in Cancer 10/29/08 - Moving beyond trial-and-error treatments, cancer researchers see a breakthrough on the
horizon: patient-specific, individualized therapy based on physiology, overall health, and disease
type and stage. UVa urologist Dan Theodorescu explores personalized medicine: Where are we in the quest for customized cancer treatment? How will it benefit patients, medicine, and society?
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