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SUMMARY:Behind the Ebola outbreak: An expert backgrounder for journalists
DESCRIPTION:As a widespread outbreak of the little-known Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues to command global attention and generate controversy\, accurate and nuanced reporting has never been more important.  \n\n\n\nJoin the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team (EVAT) for a one-hour briefing and discussion that will help journalists and other communicators build a deeper understanding of the virus — including its epidemiology and spread\, strategies for containment\, what the US needs to do to be prepared\, and the latest advances in vaccines and treatments.  \n\n\n\nThis one-hour webinar brings together prominent\, experienced voices in infectious disease\, public health\, and vaccines to walk reporters through the core science in plain\, accessible terms\, including:  \n\n\n\n\nCraig Spencer\, M.D.\, MPH\, an emergency medicine physician and Associate Professor at Brown University. He was deeply involved in the 2014 Ebola response in Guinea\, both as a physician responding to the outbreak and then\, as a survivor of the disease.\n\n\n\nDaniel Jernigan\, M.D.\, a former CDC leader of multiple responses to public health emergencies\, including the 2014 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and in the US.\n\n\n\nMary Bassett\, M.D.\, MPH\, Professor at the Harvard University School of Public Health who was New York City’s Health Commissioner from 2014–2018\, leading its Ebola response.\n\n\n\nPhilip Krause\, M.D.\, a virologist and infectious diseases specialist who serves as Chair of WHO COVID Vaccines Research Expert Group. He was formerly Deputy Director of FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review. \n\n\n\n\nThe session will be moderated by AHCJ’s Tara Haelle and incorporate ample time for Q&A.  \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend? \n\n\n\n\nScience\, health\, and international affairs journalists seeking authoritative background for their Ebola coverage. \n\n\n\nPublic health professionals and others who want a better understanding of the current Ebola landscape.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader for Infectious Diseases and Medical StudiesTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Bassett\, M.D.\, MPH\n\n\n\nProfessor of the practice of health and human rights\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthMary T. Bassett is the Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University\, as well as the FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. With more than 30 years of experience in public health\, Dr. Mary Travis Bassett has dedicated her career to advancing health equity. Prior to her directorship at the FXB Center\, Dr. Bassett served for four years as commissioner of Health for New York City. As commissioner\, she worked to ensure that every New York City neighborhood supported the health of its residents\, with the goal of closing gaps in population health across the city. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Jernigan\, M.D.\, MPH\n\n\n\nFormer director\, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases\, CDCDaniel B. Jernigan\, M.D.\, MPH\, recently resigned his position as Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jernigan completed training at Duke University and Baylor College of Medicine and has completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine. \n\n\n\nHe entered the CDC in 1994 as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer\, and has been studying respiratory and emerging diseases since that time. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service and was the recipient of the 2019 Service to America Medal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhilip Krause\, M.D.\n\n\n\nChair\, WHO COVID Vaccines Research Expert GroupDr. Krause was for the past decade Deputy Director\, Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). Dr. Krause is currently Chair of the World Health Organization COVID Vaccines Research Expert Group\, and most recently he shared responsibility for regulatory authorizations of COVID-19 vaccines in the US. \n\n\n\nIn a 30-year career at FDA Dr. Krause has collaborated at the highest levels with international and US domestic stakeholders including the European Medicines Association (EMA)\, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)\, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCraig Spencer\, M.D.\, MPH\n\n\n\nPublic health professor and emergency medicine physician\, Brown University School of Public HealthCraig Spencer\, M.D.\, MPH is an emergency medicine physician\, public health researcher\, and Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services\, Policy\, and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. His work spans global health and domestic community engagement — connecting nearly two decades of frontline humanitarian experience to an emerging body of research and practice focused on rebuilding public trust in American health institutions. \n\n\n\nDr. Spencer’s field work has taken him across Africa and Southeast Asia as a physician and epidemiologist with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)\, including leading outbreak investigations in Burundi\, the Democratic Republic of Congo\, South Sudan\, and Chad\, and serving as a coordinator of MSF’s national epidemiological response during the West Africa Ebola epidemic.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/behind-the-ebola-outbreak-an-expert-backgrounder-for-journalists/
CATEGORIES:Event,Infectious Diseases,Webinar
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SUMMARY:How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science
DESCRIPTION:The second Trump administration has created upheaval in the biomedical research community. Widespread grant terminations\, fast-changing policy changes\, and proposals to downsize federal spending have created unease among a group that has largely been able to lean on the government as a partner.  \n\n\n\nIn late May\, another move caught the attention of many in the world of science: a 412-page proposal to change the regulation governing all contracts with the federal government. Issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget\, the plan would alter the lay of the land for all research grants. Among the changes is a de-prioritization of peer review and greater latitude for political appointees to terminate grants.  \n\n\n\nIt has garnered widespread attention from the scientific community because of the potentially wide-ranging impacts of the proposal. Join a STAT reporter who has covered the issue\, a former NIH official\, a government relations professional and a leading research for an exploration of this specific policy and what your audience may want to know before the public comment period closes on July 13. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAnil Oza\n\n\n\nGeneral assignment reporter\, STATAnil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT\, where he covers health equity & the NIH. He previously covered all things science\, from grassroots efforts to study the effect of urban heat to the elusiveness of urban rats\, for NPR’s Short Wave\, Science News\, and Nature. He got his start as the assistant managing editor and science editor of his college newspaper\, The Cornell Daily Sun\, where he covered the Covid-19 pandemic. His coverage of the Trump administration’s upheaval of federally-funded research was part of a package of stories that won a 2026 George Polk Award\, and 3rd place in AHCJ’s awards for excellence in health policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSean Gallagher\n\n\n\nDeputy director of federal relations\, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Mr. Gallagher serves as AAAS’ liaison to Congress and the executive branch. After spending 7 years on Capitol Hill\, he now spearheads grassroots efforts and focuses on engaging and encouraging scientists to demonstrate their value to their peers\, the media\, and policymakers. Sean has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and received his Bachelor’s in Political Science from Villanova University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Ginexi\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nIndependent health science consultantFormer senior program official\, National Institutes of Health (NIH)Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi served the National Institutes of Health for 22 years as a Program Official\, shaping biomedical and behavioral health research strategy. During her tenure\, she managed a portfolio of 305 grants totaling $132 million across several institutes and centers\, and co-authored 18 funding initiatives that generated 1\,087 projects totaling $778 million spanning mental health\, substance use prevention\, pain management\, data science\, and health services research. She left NIH in April 2025 because she witnessed the new leadership replacing NIH’s scientifically-driven system with one that is politically directed and violates the Public Health Service Act of 1944. She has been writing about the dismantling of the NIH on substack since December 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Rubin\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nEditor-in-chief\, The New England Journal of Medicine\, NEJM GroupEric J. Rubin\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, joined the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and NEJM Group as Editor-in-Chief in September 2019\, taking on the responsibility for oversight of all editorial content and policies. \n\n\n\nDr. Rubin is an Associate Physician specializing in infectious disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is a Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He serves on several scientific advisory boards to groups interested in infectious disease therapeutics. Dr. Rubin has also previously served as the Associate Editor for Infectious Disease at the New England Journal of Medicine as well as an editor for several basic science journals including PLoS Pathogens\, Tuberculosis\, and mBio.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/07/how-a-new-white-house-proposal-could-fundamentally-change-american-science/
CATEGORIES:Event,Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T140000
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SUMMARY:AHCJ's Netherlands Health Care Study Group: How to apply
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informational webinar about the AHCJ International Health Care Study Group\, a weeklong\, immersive experience in the Netherlands this November. Selected U.S.-based journalists will explore the Dutch health system. \n\n\n\nSupported by The Commonwealth Fund\, the program covers airfare\, lodging\, meals\, local transportation and more. Participants will leave with deeply reported stories and new perspectives on cost\, coverage\, equity and care delivery. \n\n\n\nLearn how to apply\, ask questions about the program and get tips for strengthening your application. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants from the 2025 International Health Care Study Group in Germany.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcjs-netherlands-health-care-study-group-how-to-apply/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fellowships,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T130000
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SUMMARY:Covering health care affordability: A big story with major impact
DESCRIPTION:In the first entry in a series for STAT News\, “Out of Pocket\, Out of Reach\,” reporter Bob Herman showed that since 1987\, the cost of health insurance for employers and workers has risen by 979% while overall inflation in that time rose by 176%\, an increase of more than 450%. Such huge increases are harming workers and businesses of all sizes\, as his reporting demonstrates. \n\n\n\nAbout 80% of companies with fewer than 200 workers offered health insurance in the late 1990s\, he reported\, while only 59% do so today. Instead\, workers are steered toward the Affordable Care Act Marketplace\, where they pay higher premiums than ever. Mid-sized and large employers cut staff when health insurance costs rise. When employers cut staff\, communities suffer as unemployment rises\, leading to suicides and drug and alcohol abuse\, researchers have reported. \n\n\n\nJoin Bob Herman and Joe Burns\, AHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Health Policy and Insurance\, for a conversation and Q&A about a topic that applies to every town\, city and state as small businesses struggle with rising insurance costs and employees face daunting financial decisions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Burns\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader for Health Policy\, InsuranceJoseph Burns is AHCJ’s health beat leader on health policy and insurance. He’s an independent journalist based in Brewster\, Mass.\, who has covered health care\, health policy and the business of care since 1991. Burns has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, Fortune\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, and Medical Economics\, among others.  \n\n\n\nEarly in his journalism career\, Burns worked as a reporter in Connecticut\, first for The Wallingford Post (a weekly)\, and then The Meriden Record-Journal (a daily)\, and later for The Hartford Courant (the largest daily newspaper in the state and the nation’s oldest newspaper). For The Courant\, he was a reporter\, copy editor and regional news editor. During this time\, he also taught news writing at the University of Connecticut. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBob Herman\n\n\n\nBusiness of Health Care Reporter\, STATBob Herman covers the money in health care\, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage\, opaque prescription drug benefits\, and how much executives actually make. He was named a Pulitzer co-finalist in 2024 for the series “Denied by AI.” He co-won a 2025 George Polk Award for the series “Health Care’s Colossus.” Bob also writes the weekly Health Care Inc. newsletter. \n\n\n\nBefore joining STAT in 2022\, Bob worked at Axios and Modern Healthcare. He graduated from Butler University in Indianapolis. He lives in Indiana and is obsessed with basketball and running.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/08/covering-health-care-affordability-a-big-story-with-major-impact/
CATEGORIES:Event,Insurance,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T120000
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SUMMARY:How to apply for AHCJ's U.S. Health System and International Health reporting fellowships
DESCRIPTION:Applications are now open for two of our most competitive and career-changing reporting fellowships: The U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship and the AHCJ International Health Study Fellowship. These opportunities are your chance to take on ambitious projects\, sharpen your skills and bring vital health stories to life with the time\, resources and support you need. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to The Commonwealth Fund for supporting these opportunities. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, viewers hear from AHCJ and program alumni about how these opportunities advance the craft of health journalism and encourage nuanced\, informed reporting that can drive meaningful change in health care systems worldwide. Start working on your project pitches\, talk to your editors and apply early!
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-to-apply-for-ahcjs-u-s-health-system-and-international-health-reporting-fellowships/
CATEGORIES:Event,Fellowships,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T110000
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SUMMARY:Everyone's talking about peptides: What reporters should know
DESCRIPTION:Peptides made headlines this summer when an FDA advisory panel decided compounding pharmacies could prepare six peptides for patients with a prescription. Great news for wellness influencers\, celebrities and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — among the many people who have touted the benefits of peptides for muscle growth\, fat loss\, anti-aging and enhanced athletic performance. But what are peptides\, and are they safe?  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, medical experts Dhruv Khullar\, an associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College\, and Rachel Frank\, professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine\, will help you get a handle on what you need to know about peptides\, what the media often gets wrong when reporting on them\, and what stories still deserve to be explored. As always\, the discussion will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nKaren Blum\n\n\n\nAHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for AI and Patient SafetyKaren Blum is a Baltimore-based freelance writer who covers AI and patient safety for the Association of Health Care Journalists. She writes about health\, medicine and science for a variety of outlets. Her articles have appeared in the Baltimore Sun\, AARP\, Cure\, Medscape\, and numerous medical trade magazines such as Anesthesiology News\, Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Kidney News\, Clinical Laboratory News and Ophthalmology Management. She also has written profiles and feature articles for alumni and association magazines and offers copy editing services. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nAnna Medaris\n\n\n\nAHCJ’s Freelance Beat LeaderAnna Medaris is AHCJ’s Freelance Beat Leader and head of the association’s New York City chapter. A health and lifestyle journalist with more than 15 years of experience\, she’s written for publications including The Washington Post\, Women’s Health\, New York Magazine\, the New York Post\, AARP\, Business Insider and US New & World Report. She’s also appeared as a health expert on the “TODAY Show\,” “Good Morning America” and Hulu’s “Age of Influence.” Anna is a graduate of the University of Michigan\, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa\, and of American University\, where she earned her master’s in interactive journalism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Frank\, M.D.\n\n\n\nProfessor in Orthopaedic Surgery\, University of Colorado School of MedicineRachel Frank\, M.D.\, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine surgeon. Frank serves as professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine\, is head orthopaedic surgeon for the Colorado Rapids professional soccer team\, and is a team physician for US Soccer. Frank has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal articles\, over 50 book chapters\, and presents her research both nationally and internationally at orthopaedic meetings every year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDhruv Khullar\, M.D.\, M.P.P.\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor of Health Policy and Economics\, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeDhruv Khullar\, M.D.\, M.P.P.\, is a physician and associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a writer at The New Yorker\, where he covers medicine\, health care\, and politics. He serves as director of The Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership\, and associate director of the Cornell Health Policy Center. His research focuses on value-based care\, health care consolidation\, and medical innovation\, and has been published in JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine. \n\n\n\nKhullar earned his medical degree at the Yale School of Medicine and completed his medical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He also received a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School\, where he was a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. He has been recognized by the National Academy of Medicine as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine\, the National Minority Quality Forum as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Health\, and FASPE with the 2019 Distinguished Fellow Award for Ethical Leadership. His writing was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/peptides-what-reporters-should-know/
CATEGORIES:AI and Patient Safety,Event,Freelancers,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Federal health agencies won't talk to the press. What now?
DESCRIPTION:As reporters\, we’ve all been there: You send an email to the Health and Human Services press office\, or fill out the press inquiries form at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website\, and then… nothing. Or worse\, you get a canned response attributable to no one\, or an “off-the-record” response saying the government has no comment. What to do next?  \n\n\n\nIn this 1-hour webinar\, three experienced health reporters will describe their experiences being stonewalled by these government agencies and how they managed to do great reporting in spite of it. You’ll also hear from an expert on press freedom who will discuss trends in this area and resources available to reporters who need — or want — to take further action.  \n\n\n\nPanelists include: \n\n\n\n\nSheryl Gay Stolberg\, health policy reporter for The New York Times.\n\n\n\nRobert King\, CMS reporter for Politico\n\n\n\nBob Herman\, business of healthcare reporter for STAT\n\n\n\nCaitlin Vogus\, senior advisor for advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation \n\n\n\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Joyce Frieden\, Washington editor for MedPage Today and co-chair of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ Right-to-Know Committee. After each panelist’s presentation\, there will be a short Q&A period.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/federal-health-agencies-wont-talk-to-the-press-what-now/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T140000
DTSTAMP:20260902T221720Z
CREATED:20260902T221717Z
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SUMMARY:The new Medicaid work requirement and how states are planning to implement it
DESCRIPTION:The biggest cuts in Medicaid’s history start going into effect on January 1. Enacted as part of the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Law\,” the legislation will cut approximately $1 trillion over the coming decade from Medicaid\, a joint federal-state health program for people with low incomes. It also requires certain people who became eligible for Medicaid under the ACA expansion to prove that they are meeting new federal work requirements. And it constrains how states finance their portion of Medicaid.  These changes will ripple through the entire health system but will hit the already vulnerable rural health providers (and the populations they serve) particularly hard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Joanne Kenen\, journalist-in-residence\, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nJoanne Kenen\n\n\n\nJournalist-in-residence\, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health \n\n\n\nJoanne Kenen is an experienced public health and health care journalist who has been the journalist in residence at the Bloomberg School of Public Health since late 2021. She also co-teaches a course about how the changing economic and political media landscape in the United States affects public health. During the decade before she came to the Johns Hopkins University\, Kenen was at Politico where she oversaw the prize-winning health reporting team—from the implementation of the ACA through the coronavirus pandemic.  \n\n\n\nHer work has appeared in numerous national publications: Politico and Politico Magazine\, KFF Health News\, the Washington Post\, Stat\, the Atlantic\, Health Affairs and many other outlets. Kenen has guest lectured at numerous universities and done training for health journalists both through the Association of Health Care Journalist and the USC Center for Health Journalism. She is a regular on KFF’s “What the Health” podcast.  Honors & Awards \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAkeiisa Coleman\, assistant vice president\, Medicaid\, The Commonwealth Fund\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAkeiisa Coleman\n\n\n\nAssistant Vice President\, Medicaid\, Expanding Coverage and Access\, The Commonwealth Fund \n\n\n\nAkeiisa Coleman\, M.S.W.\, is assistant vice president for Medicaid\, Expanding Coverage and Access at the Commonwealth Fund. She is responsible for the Medicaid and state-facing grants. She was promoted from program officer in July 2021. She advises on strategy around federal and state policy\, contributing to Fund research and publications and helping to execute projects and events to inform and educate policymakers at the state and federal level.  \n\n\n\nPrior to joining the Commonwealth Fund in August 2018\, Coleman was a senior policy analyst with the National Governors Association (2015-2018)\, where she managed multiple projects related to social determinants of health\, Medicaid\, and behavioral health. She provided technical assistance to state leaders\, including governors’ health policy advisors\, Medicaid directors\, secretaries of health\, and other senior state officials on key policy issues and best practices.  \n\n\n\nFrom 2008–2015\, she was a health policy associate with the Missouri Foundation for Health\, where she wrote and edited reports on the Affordable Care Act\, Medicaid\, Medicare\, and health disparities and assisted in the development of grant programs and requests for proposals. While working full-time as a health policy associate\, she was also a clinical social worker at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis from 2009–2015.  \n\n\n\nPrior to those positions\, she was a project coordinator at the Center for Mental Health Services Research in St. Louis\, a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs\, and an AmeriCorps member. Coleman earned an M.S.W. from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. in sociology from the University of Southern California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStuart Portman\, Medicaid director\, State of Georgia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStuart Portman\n\n\n\nMedicaid Director\, State of Georgia \n\n\n\nStuart Portman serves as Executive Director for the Division of Medical Assistance Plans in the Georgia Department of Community Health\, where he oversees Medicaid and CHIP operations statewide. \n\n\n\nPrior to this role\, he served as Senior Health Policy Advisor on the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and in legislative roles for Senators Orrin Hatch\, Chuck Grassley\, and Mike Crapo\, focusing on Medicaid\, the Children’s Health Insurance Program\, and a broad range of health policy issues including health information technology and Food & Drug Administration policy. \n\n\n\nStuart holds a Master of Public Health degree in health policy from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Political Science from the University of Denver. He is a proud native of St. Louis\, Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Groen\, Chief deputy director for Health Services\, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Groen\n\n\n\nChief deputy director for Health Services\, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services \n\n\n\nMeghan Groen oversees Michigan Medicaid in her role as chief deputy director for Health Services for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She also oversees long term care and programs for people with developmental disabilities. Earlier\, she was a health policy adviser to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\, and helped oversee creation of the Healthy Moms Healthy Babies initiative to address health disparities.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-health-2026-medicaid-work-requirement/
CATEGORIES:Event,Rural Health 2026,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:'The Case for Rural America': A conversation with researcher and author J. Tom Mueller
DESCRIPTION:In his recent book\, “The Case for Rural America\,” rural sociologist and demographer J. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, makes a case for why rural America is worth saving and what policymakers must do to preserve a way of life that many people prefer. One of the main solutions he proposes is directly related to healthcare in America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator: Jared Ewy\, Radio host\, The Daily Yonder\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Ewy\n\n\n\nRadio host\, The Daily Yonder \n\n\n\nAfter an attempt to play college football disabused him of the notion that he was a battering ram\, Jared Ewy made the leap into radio. From the Four Corners\, he worked his way to Denver before taking on an opportunity to work with Bob Newhart and\, in turn\, launch a comedy career. Incredibly poor\, he would join a tech startup and help build it into a company on the Nasdaq. From there\, Ewy has focused on helping nonprofits like Ability Connection Colorado share the work they do\, as well as syndicate Yonder Radio\, a show that amplifies rural stories and is syndicated across the country. Ewy continues to tell stories on stage. He’s won Denver’s Moth Story Slam seven times and is currently the back-to-back Moth Grand Slam Champion. He lives in Colorado with his wife\, three kids and too many pets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, Director\, Kansas Center for Rural Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nDirector\, Kansas Center for Rural HealthAssistant professor\, University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Population Health \n\n\n\nJ. Tom Mueller\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Professor of Population Health and Director of the Kansas Center for Rural Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. As a rural sociologist and demographer\, he studies the geography of well-being and the environment in rural America. Dr. Mueller’s work focuses on three primary areas: health and well-being in rural America\, (2) environmental injustice and environmental health\, and (3) the measurement and tracking of poverty across space.Dr. Mueller has published his work in leading outlets such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; American Journal of Public Health; Nature Water; Nature Communications; Demography; and Rural Sociology\, among others. Dr. Mueller pursues and receives funding from a variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health\, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, and the National Science Foundation. \n\n\n\nDr. Mueller is the author of “The Case for Rural America“.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/rural-health-2026-part-5-case-for-rural-america/
CATEGORIES:Event,Rural Health 2026,Webinar,Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:AI in Health Care: Reporting What's Real | Fall Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:AI in health care is moving fast — and journalists need both a strong grounding in the forces driving that change and a chance to see the technology in action. Over two days\, AHCJ’s 2026 fall summit\, AI in Health Care: Reporting What’s Real\, will bring together journalists\, researchers\, clinicians and other experts to examine what AI means for patients\, providers and the health care system.  \n\n\n\nTwo days\, two facets: Build the knowledge to report on AI with depth and confidence\, then get exclusive access at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for a hands-on look at how AI is being put into practice at a major hospital system. \n\n\n\nJoin us Oct. 8-9 in Los Angeles for a two-day exploration of some of the most important topics related to the use of artificial intelligence in health care. We’ll discuss: \n\n\n\n\nAI 101: Gaining clarity when development is at blur speed.\n\n\n\nHello\, doc; meet my chatbot.\n\n\n\nAI\, diagnostics and prevention: Case studies.\n\n\n\nYou make the call: An AI decision-making exercise.\n\n\n\nAI in the health care Gold Rush: Promises\, pitfalls\, and who pays the price.\n\n\n\nWhere there’s smoke: AI in wildfire detection and other disasters.\n\n\n\nThe patient and the pill: How AI could change drug development.\n\n\n\nYou made the call. Now\, what shaped your decision?\n\n\n\nAI and the Health Care Workforce.\n\n\n\nAI\, the business of health care and the digital divide.\n\n\n\n\nAfter sessions end on Friday\, we’ll take a hands-on field trip to Cedars-Sinai\, where you’ll get a closer look at how AI tools are changing the delivery of health care in a hospital setting\, including in diagnostics and surgery. \n\n\n\nThis summit is possible with support from Cedars-Sinai and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. \n\n\n\nRegister here\n\nBook a discounted hotel room\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule At-a-Glance\n\n\n\nSubject to change. More details will be added soon. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, Oct. 8\n\n\n\nBreakfast: 7 – 8 a.m.\n\n\n\nSessions: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (including lunch)\n\n\n\nReception: 5 – 7 p.m.\n\n\n\nFriday\, Oct. 9\n\n\n\nBreakfast: 7 – 8 a.m.\n\n\n\nSessions: 8 – 10 a.m.\n\n\n\nField trip: 10 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (including lunch plus travel to and from the hotel).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/training-events/workshops-summits/2026-fall-summit-ai-in-health-care-reporting-whats-real/
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshops | Summits
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