Health Policy Current Events
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- Institute on Systems Science and Health May 3-8, 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan
- ISSS 2009 - Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable 53rd Meeting of The International Society for the Systems Sciences JULY 12-17, 2009 http://isss.org/world/en/brisbane-2009
- November 27-8, 2008 Sydney SD in Health Workshop http://www.chi.unsw.edu.au/CHIweb.nsf/page/Workshops
- The 27th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society July 26 – 30, 2009 --- Albuquerque, USA For announcements and details about the conference, visit http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/current/index.htm
- Health Policy Special Interest Group (HPSIG) Athens Sunday meeting Report http://www.systemdynamics.org/newsletters/2008-10oct/oct2008p6.html
- Kimberly Thompson and Radboud Duintjer Tebbens Win Forrester Award for Lancet article on Polio Eradication vs Control Policies http://www.systemdynamics.org/newsletters/2008-10oct/oct2008p2.html
- See also http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607605327/abstract
- http://www.kidsrisk.harvard.edu/mainFrame/news/poliopub10.html
- (This was written following a Science article 12 May 2006 312/5775/852 Is Polio Eradication Realistic? http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/312/5775/852 And news focus artcle Polio Eradication:Is It Time to Give Up? http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/312/5775/832 The case was presented to WHO special stakeholder meeting and resulted in a subsequent science paper Polio: no cheap way out. Science Magazine 20 April 2007 Vol 316 p362-363 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/316/5823/362
- More detailed publications about the method and results are The Risks, Costs, and Benefits of Possible Future Global Policies for Managing Polioviruses Am J Public Health. 2008;98:1322–1330. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.122192 Risk Analysis, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2008 p1-22 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01078.x
- Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of a Decision Analytic Model for Posteradication Polio Risk Management Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens et al Risk Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 6, 2006 p1541-1556 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00843.x
- Evaluation of Response Scenarios to Potential Polio Outbreaks Using Mathematical Models Kimberly M. Thompson, Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens, and Mark A. Pallansch
- Lupina Young Researchers Award in Health System Dynamics. Awards were given for two papers:
- For Other ISDC2008 Athens Conference Papers see http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2008/proceed/index.html e.g Emerging Opportunities for System Dynamics in UK Health and Social care - The Market-Pull for Systemic Thinking Eric Wolstenholme et al http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2008/proceed/papers/WOLST187.pdf
- Asyst Award for System Dynamics in Health work at CDC and NIH http://www.asysti.org/Prize/2008asystprizewinner.aspx
- The proceedings of the past PhD Colloquium in Athens are now available on the New Student Chapter website http://sites.google.com/site/studentchaptersystemdynamics/phd-colloquium/proceedings-2008
- The HPSIG Special Sunday Session Athens 2008
- Mayo Clinic Conference on Systems Engineering;The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is pleased to announce its first Conference on Systems Engineering & Operations Research in Health Care, to be held in Rochester, MN, on September 22 and 23, 2008 http://www.mayo.edu/cme/sep2008.html
