BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155108Z UID:26822-1615942800-1615942800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the vaccine rollout: How to connect to audiences DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nResources\n\n \n\nMarch 17\, 2021\, 2 p.m. ET\nWith a slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines\, it’s a story for health journalists to cover for the next several months or longer. Learn about more resources and how to reach your audiences with some of the authors of the Vaccine Education Toolkit\, a project geared for journalists. Created after a survey by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute with help from the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores\, the toolkit lets you dig through survey findings and finding data sources\, leading experts and more. The webcast can help you find stories and make deadlines. \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson\, executive vice president of digital and social media strategies\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nDan Reines\, senior vice president\, research insights\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nMonique Luisi\, assistant professor of strategic communication\, Missouri School of Journalism \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson is the executive vice president of digital and social media strategies at SmithGeiger\, an international research and consulting company based in California where he works with leading media companies examining opportunities in TV\, digital\, streaming and content monetization. He joined SmithGeiger after being a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. He is the recipient of numerous Emmy and Edward R. Murrow regional awards\, has reported from Asia\, South America\, Europe\, Russia and across the U.S.\, and before COVID-19\, regularly spoke at industry conferences regarding audience trends. He is also the author of the business book\, “Questions That Work” (Harper Collins) that has been translated into five languages. \nDan Reines is senior vice president\, research insights for SmithGeiger. With nearly two decades of experience in a variety of news and entertainment organizations\, he has a combination of rigorous analytical abilities\, an abiding journalistic perspective\, and a knack for compelling writing and clear storytelling. Reines’ work at SmithGeiger includes strategic research and consulting for news\, entertainment and tech clients\, among them NBC and ABC News\, CNBC\, Participant Media\, Google\, the Discovery Networks\, ESPN\, T-Mobile\, FOX Sports\, the BBC\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, among many others. His professional background includes nearly two decades in print journalism as a writer and editor for national and local newspapers and magazines. He has reported on everything from the music industry and pop culture to sports to business and business ethics\, and his writing on investing and public relations has appeared in two textbooks. Dan has an MBA with a marketing emphasis from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management\, and a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley. \nMonique Luisi is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Missouri School of Journalism. Her research focuses on media messages and audience interpretation of messages related to disease\, treatments\, and the lives of minority groups. Using both quantitative and qualitative research methods\, she had conducted research on such topics as the HPV vaccine on social media\, Ebola in U.S. newspapers\, mental health in the Black American community\, and coming out in sports. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Vaccine\, Journal of Research in Science Teaching\, Howard Journal of Communication\, Journal of Homosexuality\, and others. Some of these works have also been featured in publications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \n\nAndrew Finlayson \n\n\nDan Reines \n\n\nMonique Luisi \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-vaccine-rollout-how-to-connect-to-audiences/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155104Z UID:26826-1616461200-1616461200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Post-COVID health: What will we need to catch up on? DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\n\n \n\nMarch 23\, 2021\, 1 p.m. ET\nNote: This AHCJ webcast aired before one of the speakers\, Howard Bauchner\, M.D.\, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the American Medical Association’s Journal Oversight Committee into a controversial JAMA podcast about structural racism in medicine. On June 1\, 2021\, he tendered his resignation effective June 30\, 2021. The AHCJ webcast focused on looking forward about health care stories in coming months. AHCJ believes this webcast still contains valuable COVID-19 information for colleagues. \nWhat health issues have been set aside during the pandemic\, what are the ramifications of that and how will patients and doctors catch up? \n\n\nHoward Bauchner\, M.D.\, editor\, JAMA\, American Medical Association \n\n\nLeana Wen\, M.D.\, visiting professor of health policy and management\, George Washington University \n\n\nModerator: Fran Kritz\, freelance health care writer \n\n\nHoward Bauchner\, M.D.\, was appointed the 16th editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network in 2011. Prior to coming to JAMA\, Howard was a professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston University School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood (2003-2011). At BUSM he was vice chair of research for the Department of Pediatrics and chief\, Division of General Pediatrics. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health\, United Kingdom. At JAMA\, Bauchner has focused on publishing important and novel research articles and special communications\, improving and expanding clinical content\, using electronic/digital approaches to enhance communication\, and ensuring a commitment to innovation. \nLeana Wen\, M.D.\, is an emergency physician and visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University\, where she is also a distinguished fellow at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She is an expert in public health preparedness and previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner. She’s the author of the book “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests” and the forthcoming book\, “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health.” A contributing columnist for The Washington Post\, Wen is a frequent guest commentator on the COVID-19 crisis. \n\nHoward Bauchner \n\n\nLeana Wen \n\n\nFran Kritz URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/post-covid-health-what-will-we-need-to-catch-up-on/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155050Z UID:26832-1621904400-1621904400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:From research to storytelling: Online tools for journalists DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation (16MB .pdf)\nPresenter’s handout (81KB .pdf)\nAlerts: google.com/alerts\nScholar: scholar.google.com\nDataset search: toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch\nThe Common Knowledge Project: commonknowledge.appspot.com\nFact Check Tools: g.co/factchecktools\nTrends: trends.google.com/trends\nPinpoint: g.co/pinpoint\nGif maker: datagifmaker.withgoogle.com\nFlourish: flourish.studio\nMaps: google.com/maps/about/mymaps\n\n \n\nMay 25\, 2021\, 2 p.m. ET\nThis session will equip you with practical research tips with examples. We’ll highlight the tools to help you verify social media content across Google. We’ll point to data journalism tools that can help you research and visualize your ideas\, including a look at how Google Trends can complement your storytelling. From a breaking news situation to a feature length article – learn how Google Maps and Earth can complement social media posts or add a visual element to your articles. You’ll dive into a range of tools with examples along the way. \n\n\nMary Nahorniak\, teaching fellow\, Google News Lab \n\n\nModerator: Jeff Porter\, AHCJ director of education \n\n\nMary Nahorniak is Google News Lab’s U.S. teaching fellow\, focused on collaborating with journalists and entrepreneurs to drive innovation in news. She was previously part of USA Today’s leadership team as the director of audience\, responsible for the organization’s digital platforms and a 24/7 team of nearly 30 editors. Nahorniak was one of the first journalists pioneering how newsrooms can directly connect with audiences through social platforms\, beginning at The Baltimore Sun in the mid-2000s. She’s also an associate certified coach and has helped clients at ESPN\, Harvard Business Review and the U.S. Department of Justice define and realize their goals. She believes in empathetic leadership\, audience-centered strategy and strong coffee. \n\nMary Nahorniak \n\n\nJeff Porter URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/from-research-to-storytelling-online-tools-for-journalists/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T194718Z UID:26835-1622682000-1622682000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Growing Client Bases DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Growing Client Bases \nSponsor: Freelancers Union \nCost: Free \nDate: June 3 \nLocation: Online \nRegistration: https://www.freelancersunion.org/community/spark-events/ \nShare your suggestions and experiences and learn from your fellow freelancers at this online meetup.  Topics will include how to find new clients\, how to make a solid first impression and how to shape your social media and website to attract clients.  Keep in mind that this webinar is for all kinds of freelancers\, not just writers. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-growing-client-bases/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150354Z UID:26843-1626656400-1626656400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding and reporting on the Delta variant DESCRIPTION:July 19\, 2 p.m. CST\nThis webinar will provide an overview of what we know right now about the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus and what challenges it presents to public health based on its properties and epidemiology. Eric Topol\, M.D.\, founder of Scripps Research Institute\, and Vaughn Cooper\, PhD\, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pittsburgh\, will explain how the variant differs from others\, what we’ve learned about it\, and what it means for public health so you’re equipped to report accurately and thoroughly on Delta-related news. Tara Haelle\, AHCJ’s core topic leader on medical studies\, will moderate the discussion and take questions. \nRecording of the webcast \n\nEric Topol \n\n\nVaughn Cooper \n\n\nTara Haelle URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-and-reporting-on-the-delta-variant/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210811T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210811T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154747Z UID:26850-1628643600-1628643600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Back to school: Reporting on COVID-19 as kids return to classes DESCRIPTION:Aug. 11\, 9 a.m. ET\nAs parents prepare to send their kids back to elementary\, middle and high school this fall\, challenging questions persist about balancing children’s safety with the importance of school. Hear from an infectious disease expert and a school nurse about the latest data on COVID-19 in children and what needs to be done to protect them. You’ll also have an opportunity to get comments on the CDC’s latest mask guidance for students and teachers to improve your coverage of schools and the pandemic. \nRecording of the webcast … \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, is professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine\, Northwestern University\, and a pediatric infectious diseases attending; medical director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Tan received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her residency\, chief residency\, and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics\, Baylor College of Medicine\, Houston. Tan is the chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID). \n\n\nRobin Cogan\, M.Ed.\, R.N.\, N.C.S.N.\, is in her 21st year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. She is also the legislative co-chair for the New Jersey State School Nurses Association and a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past program mentor. Robin is the recipient of the 2019 and 2020 National Association of School Nurses President’s Award\, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year\, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year\, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin is on the faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. You can follow her on Twitter at @RobinCogan. \n\n\nDaaiyah Bilal-Threats is a labor\, social justice and public education advocate who serves as senior policy advisor at the National Education Association (NEA)\, representing 3 million educators. Daaiyah works to ensure that NEA’s education policy priorities are shaped first and foremost by educators\, as well as parents\, communities and a multitude of partners and allies that are needed to ensure that students and public education thrive. She has worked in large-scale social change beginning with the World Wildlife Fund\, American Red Cross\, and Health Information Network. She joined the NEA as a policy analyst focusing on the combination of public health and education policy. She has wide-ranging experience leading national and international programming\, as well as political campaigns\, that advance racial and social justice\, public education\, and pro-public education candidates. She currently serves in leadership roles with the Committee on States\, Color of Change PAC\, the National Council for Responsive Philanthropy\, the Partnership for The Future of Learning\, and the Coalition to Advance Future Student Success. \n\n\nBara Vaida is AHCJ’s core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist\, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in the National Journal\, Agence France-Presse\, Bloomberg News\, McClatchy News Service\, MSNBC\, NPR\, Politico\, The Washington Post and other outlets. \n\n\n\nTina Q. Tan \n\n\nRobin Cogan \n\n\nDaaiyah Bilal-Threats \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/back-to-school-reporting-on-covid-19-as-kids-return-to-classes/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154738Z UID:26854-1631667600-1631667600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Make it stop: Reporter burnout and the endless pandemic DESCRIPTION:Sept. 15\, 1 p.m. ET\nIt’s been more than a year and a half since reporters were thrust into the daily challenge of reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic\, and there’s still no end in sight. It’s been a bruising struggle for the high ground against misinformation\, disinformation and often very personal attacks on social media and in real life by news media-haters and science-rejecters. The strain of bearing witness to other people’s pain — on top of the personal losses many reporters have suffered — has made a hard job even more difficult. Is there a way to do this kind of work and stay psychologically healthy? The answer is yes. Find out how. \nView the recording See the presentation \n\n\nElana Newman\, Ph.D. is McFarlin Professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa\, research director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma\, and co-director of the University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma\, Adversity\, and Injustice. She is a journalist ally & expert in traumatic stress studies. Throughout her career\, Newman has researched a wide range of topics regarding traumatic life events: PTSD assessment in children and adults\, journalism and trauma\, veterans\, disaster mental health\, substance abuse\, sexual assault\, therapy\, cultural issues\, and trauma\,  and trauma research ethics. Together with a colleague\, she fostered the creation and acceptance of the APA New Haven Competencies/Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training. Her scholarly work in journalism and trauma focuses on understanding the occupational health of journalists who cover traumatic events and examining the effects of journalistic practice upon consumers and individuals covered in the news. Newman has overseen the development of a bibliographic database about journalism and trauma to aid teachers and scholars in identifying information about trauma and journalism (see www.dartcenter.org). She helps journalists learn about trauma science\, best psychological practices for interviewing survivors\, self-care\, best newsroom practices and consider other ways psychological knowledge may be relevant to journalistic practice. Newman also trains organizations\, professionals\, clinicians\, and researchers on how they can better collaborate with journalists. Newman regularly consults to a range of organizations\, attorneys\, businesses and about trauma science\, resilience building\, self-care\, trauma-informed practice. Newman also serves as a writing consultant for those working on trauma-related topics. Newman co-directed the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma’s first satellite office in NYC after 9-11. Newman is a past president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. \n\n\nNaseem Miller is senior health editor at The Journalist’s Resource\, a project of Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center. Prior to JR she was the senior health reporter at the Orlando Sentinel\, where she covered the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting. In 2017\, she helped start the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook group to create a supportive space for reporters who cover tragic events. She has an undergraduate degree in molecular and microbiology and a master’s degree in multimedia journalism and public affairs. \n\n\nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s core topic leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray provides resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. \n\n\nCaroline Chen is an investigative reporter covering health care at ProPublica. Her stories on the pandemic were part of the coverage that earned ProPublica a finalist nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in public service. \n\n\nKatherine Reed will moderate and is director of education and content and a longtime member of AHCJ. She was a professor of practice in the Missouri School of Journalism for 17 years and an editor at the Columbia Missourian. She designed and taught a course on covering trauma and a course for STEM field and journalism students on improving science communication. \n\n\n\nElana Newman \n\n\nNaseem Miller \n\n\nKatti Gray \n\n\nCaroline Chen \n\n\nKatherine Reed \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/make-it-stop-reporter-burnout-and-the-endless-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154736Z UID:26853-1632186000-1632186000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:What solutions journalism has to offer health care reporters DESCRIPTION:Sept. 21\, 2021\, 11 a.m. ET\nSolutions journalism goes beyond reporting on problems and explores the ways organizations and communities are trying to solve them. Learn what solutions journalism is\, what it is not\, and why it is so relevant to health care reporting. Get tips for generating and pitching great story ideas and for crafting a compelling narrative. Julia Hotz of the Solutions Journalism Network and Meryl Davids Landau and Sarah Kwon\, two freelance reporters who have written solutions-focused stories\, will guide the way. AHCJ’s freelance community correspondent Barbara Mantel will moderate. \nView the recording \nLinks from the webcast\n\n\nSolutions Journalism Network: Pitch your story \n\n\nIntroducing the Solutions Journalism Talent Network: Connecting Freelance Journalists to Editors \n\n\nWhat Editors Are Looking For in Solutions Pitches \n\nThe Top 10 Takeaways from the Newest Solutions Journalism Research\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nJulia Hotz is a journalist who’s reported solutions-focused stories for The New York Times\, The Boston Globe\, WIRED\, Scientific American\, Fast Company\, VICE\, Next City\, and more. With her podcast-partner-in-coolness\, Jay Woodward\, Julia cohosts “Google\, Tell Me Something Good” — a daily newscast exploring what’s working. As Network Manager at the Solutions Journalism Network\, she leads workshops\, directs strategy\, and manages initiatives like the LEDE fellowship and mentorship program –which empower journalists around the world to do and spread more solutions-focused journalism. \n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau is a novelist and freelance journalist\, reporting on health\, integrative health\, psychology\, science\, climate change/environment\, parenting\, and general-interest topics. Meryl’s articles have appeared in numerous publications and websites\, including The New York Times\, Prevention\, National Geographic\, O: The Oprah Magazine\, Vice\, Undark\, Glamour\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, Consumer Reports\, Everyday Health\, and AARP. In July\, her article\, “What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough\,” ran in The New York Times’ Fixes column. The column examines efforts to address social problems. \n\n\nSarah Kwon is an independent journalist who covers public health issues and the business of health care. Sarah’s stories have been published in Fortune\, Los Angeles Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, The Boston Globe\, and elsewhere. Before journalism\, she worked in health policy and the health care industry. Sarah has written several solutions-focused stories\, including an article for Health Affairs about the University of North Dakota’s approach to boosting American Indian representation in medicine and public health and an article about peer respites for people experiencing a mental health crisis that appeared in the Los Angeles Times. \n\n\nBarbara Mantel\, an independent journalist\, is AHCJ’s freelance community correspondent. Her work has appeared in CQ Researcher\, Rural Health Quarterly\, Undark\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com and NPR\, among others. She helps members find the resources they need to succeed as freelancers and welcomes your suggestions. \n\n\n\nJulia Hotz \n\n\nMeryl Davids Landau \n\n\nBarbara Mantel URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/what-solutions-journalism-has-to-offer-health-care-reporters/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211012T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211012T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151750Z UID:26866-1634000400-1634000400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Author explains how to push back on high health care costs DESCRIPTION:Recorded Oct. 12\, 1 p.m. ET\nThis past summer\, Penguin Random House published Marshall Allen’s book\, “Never Pay the First Bill\,” promoting it as “the guerilla guide to health care the American people and employers need.” On Tuesday\, Oct. 12\, Allen will explain why he wrote this important consumer guide to the high and rising costs of health care and outline the steps journalists and patients can follow to push back. \nView the webcast \n \n\n\nMarshall Allen is the author of “Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win.” A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and recipient of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting\, Allen spent 15 years investigating the health care system as a journalist\, including a decade as a reporter for ProPublica. He has also taught investigative reporting for more than a decade. He now works for the Office of the Inspector General for HHS and runs the Allen Health Academy to help boost the health care literacy of working Americans. \n\n\nJoseph Burns is the health reform topic leader for the Association of Health Care Journalists who writes about efforts to make the nation’s health care system more equitable and affordable for all and how health systems and health insurers can reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. He has written for The New York Times\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, Managed Healthcare Executive\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, the National Business Coalition on Health\, the National Committee for Quality Assurance\, and the National Quality Forum\, among others. \n\n\n\nMarshall Allen \n\n\nJoseph Burns \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/author-explains-how-to-push-back-on-high-health-care-costs/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151747Z UID:26869-1634259600-1634259600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet AHCJ President Felice Freyer DESCRIPTION:Friday\, Oct. 15\, noon-1 p.m. ET \nJoin fellow AHCJ members in welcoming new AHCJ President Felice J. Freyer. Two\, one hour sessions will be offered for our members. \nBring your questions\, goals\, and vision for the future of AHCJ and let’s get to work. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-ahcj-president-felice-freyer/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151744Z UID:26863-1634778000-1634778000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:PitchFest Perfect: How to give your best pitch on Zoom DESCRIPTION:Oct. 21\, 1 p.m. ET\nOn October 27-28\, freelancers will participate in a virtual version of our popular PitchFest\, where they will have a few minutes to meet editors and present ideas. \nIn this preparatory Zoom panel\, two editors — Ingrid Wickelgren of Spectrum and Kyung Song of WebMD — and journalist Laura Beil will offer advice on how to make the best use of those virtual one-on-one meetings and walk away with assignments. \nPanelists will share insights about how to frame a pitch that editors want. Should you pitch about COVID\, or not? How much time should you spend explaining your background and experience? How much detail do editors want about ideas? How should you follow up? \nBring your questions to the webcast\, and we’ll answer them. Moderated by Michele Cohen Marill of the freelance committee. \nView the recording URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pitchfest-perfect-how-to-give-your-best-pitch-on-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T183919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151743Z UID:26870-1634778000-1634778000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet AHCJ President Felice Freyer DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Oct. 21\, 7-8 p.m. ET \nJoin fellow AHCJ members in welcoming new AHCJ President Felice J. Freyer. Two\, one hour sessions will be offered for our members. \nBring your questions\, goals\, and vision for the future of AHCJ and let’s get to work. \nJoin Zoom Meeting URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-ahcj-president-felice-freyer-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151735Z UID:26878-1638320400-1638320400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Why Sex Matters: Sex differences in COVID and beyond DESCRIPTION:Dec. 1\, 1 p.m. ET\nCOVID-19 has\, in many ways\, been a different pandemic for men and women. Men are more likely to develop severe disease\, while women more often endure long-haul symptoms. Cases of myocarditis have occurred primarily in young men after vaccination while women have greater stroke risk. COVID also triggers different stress-related mental health challenges. This webinar explores how biological sex shapes our immune response\, how gender affects the way we experience stress—and how COVID focuses attention on the longstanding need to understand how sex and gender affect health and disease. \nView the recording \n\n\nLouise McCullough\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington distinguished chair of neurology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and chief of neurology at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center\, researches cerebral vascular disease with a focus on sex differences in cell death pathways during stroke. During the pandemic\, she turned her attention to sex differences in COVID—the strong inflammatory response in men that can lead to severe symptoms from a ‘cytokine storm\,’ and the adaptive immune response in women\, which may be linked to long-haul symptoms and perhaps the development of auto-antibodies. Among her many awards\, Dr. McCullough received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in 2016. \n\n\nSara Ghandehari\, M.D.\, is a pulmonologist and director of pulmonary rehabilitation in the Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is also an associate clinical professor of medicine at Cedars-Sinai and U.C.L.A. David Geffen School of Medicine. In caring for COVID patients\, she sees the greater severity of symptoms in men\, including severe lung damage. Dr. Ghandehari hypothesized that female hormones might have a protective effect\, and she and her colleagues conducted a pilot study of progesterone to reduce inffammation. Her work is part of broader investigations into COVID disparities and the potential role of sex hormones in immunomodulation. \n\n\nPsychologist Carolyn M. Mazure\, Ph.D.\, is the Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research and director of Women’s Health Research at Yale\, an interdisciplinary research center on the health of women and the interplay of sex\, gender\, and health. She is internationally recognized for her work on depression\, in which she was the among the first to demonstrate how stress is a more potent pathway to depression in women than men and to use these findings to inform treatment interventions. During the pandemic\, Dr. Mazure has focused on the consequences of stress on women. She chaired the American Psychological Association’s Summit on Women and Depression\, has testified before Congress on women’s health\, and served on the advisory committee for the NIH Office for Research on Women’s Health. \n\n\nModerator: Michele Cohen Marill \n\n\n\nLouise McCullough \n\n\nSara Ghandehari \n\n\nCarolyn M. Mazure \n\n\nMichele Cohen Marill \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/why-sex-matters-sex-differences-in-covid-and-beyond/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151733Z UID:26884-1638925200-1638925200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Beyond newsstands: how to expand your freelance business through niche publications DESCRIPTION:Dec. 8\, 2021\, 3 p.m. ET\nThere is a whole world of potential clients for freelancers to tap beyond newspapers\, general interest science and health magazines\, women’s magazines and other traditional consumer publications. Trade groups publish magazines for members\, companies for customers and universities for alums. Media conglomerates may have a stable of specialized publications targeting various professional groups. \nMany are looking for talented freelance writers to fill out the pages\, whether digital or print. In this AHCJ webinar\, freelance members will learn where to find niche publications and the pros and cons of working for them. They will get advice on pitching and introducing themselves to editors. They’ll learn about potential conflicts of interest if writing for both niche and consumer publications. And they will be able to ask questions of the panelists\, two editors and one freelancer who earns six figures by including non-consumer publications among her clients. \nView the recording \n\n\nJen A. Miller is an award-winning freelance writer and author. She’s a regular contributor to The New York Times and writes their weekly running newsletter. She also has written for The Washington Post\, The Guardian\, SELF\, Buzzfeed\, The Philadelphia Inquirer and for niche publications\, including Medscape\, Clinical Laboratory News and HealthTech. Miller is the author of the e-book\, Notes from a Hired Pen: Where to Find New Freelance Writing Clients and Turbocharge Your Career. \n\n\nRachel Coker is the director of research advancement at Binghamton University. Her mission is to advance an understanding of and appreciation for the university’s research and scholarship. Coker writes and edits its digital research magazine\, Discover-e\, an electronic newsletter and other material. One recent article on Discover-e profiled a graduate student’s research into how people with psychopathic traits achieve occupational success. Coker directly hires freelancers. \n\n\nShannon Muchmore is a senior editor at Healthcare Dive\, a vertical at the digital platform Industry Dive\, whose target audience is industry decision makers. Healthcare Dive provides in-depth journalism into news and trends shaping healthcare. Topic areas including health IT\, policy and regulation\, insurance\, digital health\, payer-provider partnerships\, value-based care and more. Before taking the job at Healthcare Dive\, Muchmore worked in the D.C. bureau for Modern Healthcare. She is actively seeking freelancers. \n\n\nModerator: Barbara Mantel \n\n\n\nJen A. Miller \n\n\nRachel Coker \n\n\nShannon Muchmore \n\n\nBarbara Mantel \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/beyond-newsstands-how-to-expand-your-freelance-business-through-niche-publications/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211208T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151733Z UID:26887-1638925200-1638925200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Regret the error: How greater access to medical records could make patients safer DESCRIPTION:Dec. 8\, noon ET\nJournalists should prepare to help their readers\, listeners and viewers for an inevitable downside of a welcome development with electronic health records. A federal rule that took effect in April has made it easier for many patients to access their medical records. While this move is welcomed by patient advocates\, it also will reveal many more cases of incorrect information recorded about people’s medical histories and treatments. \nThis webinar follows up on questions raised by veteran health care journalist Cheryl Clark in a series of articles for MedPage Today\, including one titled “Open Notes Shines Light on Errors in Patient Medical Records—Will the new rule lead to a flood of correction requests?” This webinar will begin with a brief talk by Clark about her articles\, followed by presentations from two of the leaders in efforts to help patients get easier access to their medical records. \nView the recording \n  \nCatherine DesRoches\nDeven McGraw\nKistein Monkhouse\nCheryl Clark\nKerry Dooley Young\n  \n\n\nThrough OpenNotes\, Catherine DesRoches is a leader of efforts to make health care more transparent by inviting doctors\, nurses and therapists to share their notes with their patients. She came to OpenNotes from Mathematica Policy Research\, a national firm with extensive expertise in social policy research\, where she was a senior fellow studying the use of electronic health records by hospitals and physicians\, the effect of health care organizations on physician clinical practice. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts\, School of Public Health\, she received her doctoral degree at the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. \n\n\nFormerly the director of the Center for Democracy & Technology\, Deven McGraw served as deputy director\, of health information privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration. During her time at HHS\, McGraw led efforts to issue guidance on the right of individuals to access and obtain a copy of their health information. She has a masters degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and a law degree from Georgetown University\, in addition to a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in journalism. \n\n\nKistein Monkhouse is the chief executive officer and founder of Patient Orator\, a digital health platform addressing healthcare disparities. She also produced the film\, “Humanizing Healthcare.” Monkhouse’s earliest experience in health care included working as a home-care coordinator and as a nursing assistant. She holds a masters in public administration from Long Island University. \n\n\nA medical and science journalist for more than three decades\, much of it spent at the San Diego Union­-Tribune\, Cheryl Clark developed one of the nation’s first beats on HIV-AIDS at a major newspaper in the early 1980s. She’s written more than 1\,000 stories about physicians and hospital quality and safety\, fraud\, over-utilization\, outcome research\, variation\, and healthcare policy. “I read the 3\,000­-page federal payment rules\, and I read the Affordable Care Act. Details are important\,” Clark wrote in her biography for the AHCJ website. \n\n\nModerator: Kerry Dooley Young \n\n\nThere will be a question-and-answer period after their presentations. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/regret-the-error-how-greater-access-to-medical-records-could-make-patients-safer/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151732Z UID:26888-1639530000-1639530000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Words matter: Responsible reporting on alcohol use and misuse DESCRIPTION:Dec. 15\, noon CT/1pm ET\nAs evolving science has helped researchers understand the science of addiction disorders better\, it’s become clear that much of the language we use to describe those conditions is outdated and can increase stigma\, particularly with disorders related to alcohol use. Journalists need to be aware of appropriate terms and their meanings as well as common misconceptions about alcohol use disorder. This webinar will cover the appropriate terminology in covering alcohol disorders\, current insights into how scientists now think of alcohol misuse\, and common misconceptions about alcohol use and risks\, including popular misunderstanding of the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy.  \nThe webinar features Dr. George Koob\, director of the NIAAA\, as well an NIAAA researcher\, a researcher into prenatal alcohol exposure\, and a journalist and best-selling author of a memoir about living with an alcohol disorder. These are some of the topics the webinar will address: \n* Basic terms everyone should accurately understand\, such as “overdose” and “blackouts”* Stigmatizing words to avoid* New terms that can increase the public’s understanding* Thinking of alcohol issues as a spectrum* Recognition of alcohol disorders as affecting all ages and genders* The most up-to-date research into risks of alcohol exposure during pregnancy \nView the recording \nGeorge F. Koob \nSarah Hepola \nLuisa Zuccolo \nPatricia Powell \nTara Haelle \n\n\nGeorge F. Koob\, Ph.D.\, is the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)\, where he provides leadership in the national effort to reduce the public health burden associated with alcohol misuse. As NIAAA Director\, Dr. Koob oversees a broad portfolio of alcohol research ranging from basic science to epidemiology\, diagnostics\, prevention\, and treatment. Dr. Koob earned his doctorate in Behavioral Physiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1972. Prior to taking the helm at NIAAA\, he served as Professor and Chair of the Scripps’ Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders and Director of the Alcohol Research Center at the Scripps Research Institute. \n\n\nSarah Hepola is the author of the bestselling book\, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank To Forget\, a memoir that was also the first book (that she knows of anyway) to discuss the science of blackouts. She began her journalism career twenty years ago at the Austin Chronicle\, where she wrote about culture\, and her gigs since then have included: music critic\, travel writer\, beauty columnist\, sex blogger\, and personal essays editor. In 2010\, she quit drinking after a pretty robust career in that\, too. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, the Guardian\, Elle\, Glamour\, Salon\, and Texas Monthly\, where she is a writer-at-large. She lives in Dallas with a very fluffy gray cat named Wallace. \n\n\nLuisa Zuccolo is Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of Bristol. Following her first degree in Physics\, she obtained a Fellowship from the University of Turin\, Italy\, in Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance. She then moved to the University of Bristol and was awarded a pre-doctoral Fellowship from the UK Medical Research Council to complete an MSc in Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology (University of Bristol). She was then awarded a second MRC Fellowship in population health science epidemiology\, after which\, in 2018\, she secured a tenured position at the University of Bristol. Dr Zuccolo researches the causal effects of alcohol on health\, in particular of prenatal alcohol exposure\, using methods and designs that improve causal inference. She is also interested in barriers to and effects of prolonged breastfeeding. \n\n\nPatricia Powell\, Ph.D.\, is the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Powell works closely with the NIAAA Director to provide scientific leadership in the development\, implementation\, and management of NIAAA’s broad research portfolio. Previously\, Dr. Powell held the position of NIAAA Associate Director for Scientific Initiatives. In that role\, she oversaw a broad range of research activities\, sought opportunities to jumpstart or expand projects that reflected the Director’s priorities\, and identified opportunities for NIAAA to become more involved in existing activities and initiatives across the National Institutes of Health\, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, and beyond. Dr. Powell has 20 years of research experience in developmental genetics and in cellular and molecular biology. \n\n\nModerator: Tara Haelle \n\n\n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/words-matter-responsible-reporting-on-alcohol-use-and-misuse/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151731Z UID:26890-1639702800-1639702800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Omicron\, future variants and reporting on COVID-19 in 2022 DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Dec. 17\, 12:30 p.m. ET \nOmicron is the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant to rock the scientific world\, but it won’t be the last. This webinar will explore what we are learning about omicron\, how the vaccines will work against it and its likely impact on those who have previously been ill or remain unvaccinated. What does it mean for kids? How do we assess our risks for this holiday season? What do variants like omicron mean for how the pandemic will unfold in 2022 and the likelihood that it will still be with us in 2023? Experts will answer those questions and more. Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader on infectious disease\, will moderate. \nView the recording \nKatelyn Jetelina \nJoshua Schiffer \nBara Vaida \n\n\nKatelyn Jetelina\, M.P.H.\, Ph.D.\, is a professor at the University of Texas Health Center\, an epidemiologist\, biostatistician\, researcher\, wife\, and mom of two little girls. She has a research lab and teaches graduate-level courses and she also writes the newsletter ‘Your Local Epidemiologist’. Her main goal is to “translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people will be well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions\, rather than decisions based in fear. \n\n\nJoshua Schiffer\, M.D.\, M.Sc.\, is an infectious disease physician and researcher who develops mathematical models to address significant medical challenges.A major focus of his work is to analyze strategies to achieve an HIV cure in people who require antiviral drugs for their entire lifetime\, due to reservoirs of latent virus. His team is also currently focusing on COVID-19\, including developing models of the immune response against the coronavirus and the best treatment strategies. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/omicron-future-variants-and-reporting-on-covid-19-in-2022/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151729Z UID:26895-1642554000-1642554000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health tech forecast for 2022: What's in store? DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 19\, 1 p.m. ET \nThe COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in health technologies such as telehealth and devices to monitor patients’ health at home during 2020 and 2021. Our panel of experts will discuss some of the trends in health information technology and what we’re likely to see in 2022. What will remain part of our lives\, and what didn’t make the cut? \nView the webcast \nTimothy Aungst \nKat Jercich \nSantosh Mohan \nMintu Turakhia \nKaren Blum \n\n\nTimothy Aungst\, Pharm.D.\, is an associate professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University in Boston and a clinical pharmacist in the home health setting. He has over a decade of experience in the digital health space focused on digital therapeutics\, remote patient monitoring\, medication adherence\, and digital biomarkers. He serves as an advisor and consultant to digital health and pharmaceutical companies\, and is a recognized expert with multiple publications and international and national speaking engagements. \n\n\nKat Jercich is the senior editor at Healthcare IT News and has more than a decade of journalism experience. Her bylines have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Advocate\, and others. Previously\, she was an award-winning managing editor at the Rewire News Group. \n\n\nSantosh Mohan\, M.M.C.I.\, C.P.H.I.M.S.\, F.H.I.M.S.S.\, is the vice president of digital in the Department of Digital Innovation at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa\, Fla. He is launching the digital organization within Moffitt’s Center for Digital Health\, to help leverage information technology and health data science competencies to advance the cancer center’s overall strategy. Previously\, he served as the managing director of the Innovation Hub at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. \n\n\nMintu Turakhia\, M.D.\, M.A.S.\, is professor of medicine and director and co-founder of the Center for Digital Health at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto\, Calif. A cardiac electrophysiologist\, outcomes researcher and clinical trialist\, he has an active multidisciplinary program in heart rhythm and digital health research\, where he uses biostatistics\, health economics\, artificial intelligence\, and data science approaches to examine quality\, outcomes and risk of heart rhythm disorders. He has served as principal investigator of several multi-center trials of digital health tools and wearables for heart disease diagnosis and treatment\, and he collaborates closely on research with medical device and technology companies. At the Center for Digital Health\, Turakhia leads several large public-private partnership efforts to develop tech-enabled disease management programs for heart disease. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-tech-forecast-for-2022-whats-in-store/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151727Z UID:26893-1643158800-1643158800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Successful aging at home: what reporters should know DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 26\, noon ET \nNearly 90% of older adults want to remain in their home or community as they age\, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Aging at home\, or in the community\, can help reduce health costs and improve outcomes. But it also requires more affordable housing\, additional home and community services\, better integration of these supports in the health system\, and advanced planning by seniors and their families to create a safe\, suitable environment. For some\, it may also mean finding a different community-based solution. \nWebcast panelists will discuss “aging in the right place\,” what it means for the future of health care\, and what older adults and families can do now to get ready for the future. \nView the webcast \n \n\n\nStephen M. Golant\, Ph.D.\, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida (Gainesville) and was earlier associate professor at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the housing\, mobility\, long-term care\, and technology needs of older adults. Dr. Golant is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a Fulbright Senior Scholar award recipient. In 2012\, he received the Richard M. Kalish award from the Gerontological Society of America in recognition of his insightful and innovative publications on aging and life development in the behavioral and social sciences. Dr. Golant has written or edited more than 140 papers and books. His latest book\, Aging in the Right Place\, was recently published by Health Professions Press. \n\n\nKrithika Srivats is the SVP of Clinical Practice and Product Innovation  for HGS AxisPoint Health\, an HGS Company\, having served in the role for over 11 years. She is an accomplished\, driven and results-oriented healthcare professional with 25 years of diverse experience in patient care\, strategic disease management in the field of Alzheimer’s and related dementias\, and healthcare technology and integrated solutions in medical management and population health management. As an occupational therapist\, Krithika believes in holistic person-centric care\, which is reflected in all facets of her approach to solutions and issue resolution. Kritika’s key accomplishments include setting up first of its kind day care and specialized dementia care in India\, USA and WA\, working closely with the local health departments\, and the centers of excellence. Her focus on functional independence to building resilience has been translated in the innovative products and aging in place solutions. \n\n\nAndrea King Collier is an award-winning journalist and author based in Lansing\, Mich. Collier has been writing about health and health policy issues for the past 20 years. In the last few years she has also cast her eye on food and food systems. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post\, the New York Times\, The Lansing State Journal and the PostTribune. Her work appears regularly in Essence\, More\, Ladies Home Journal\, Woman’s Day\, O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Real Health\, Heart Healthy Living\, Heart Insights\, the National Medical Association Magazine\, Better Homes and Gardens\, AARP Magazine\, More\, and others. She is the author of two award winning books\, The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health\, and Still With Me… A Daughter’s Journey of Love and Loss. \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ topic leader/aging URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/successful-aging-at-home-what-reporters-should-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151725Z UID:26901-1644973200-1644973200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reporting on the care and costs of diabetes DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: Feb. 16\, 1 p.m. ET \nHigh costs for doctor’s visits\, medications and supplies force many diabetes patients to forgo or delay routine care. Patients and lawmakers have expressed outrage at the rising price of insulin\, which Type 1 diabetes patients must take their entire lives and is sometimes required to keep Type 2 patients’ disease under control. Last month\, the National Clinical Care Commission endorsed limiting insulin price increases to the rate of inflation. \nExperts in the care and costs of diabetes will debate the need for a more comprehensive approach to this deadly disease and outline some of the ways the U.S. health care system can make care for patients with diabetes more affordable. \nView the webcast \nKaren Van Nuys \nTed Doolittle \nSanjoy Dutta \nEstelle Everett \nJoseph Burns \n\n\nKaren Van Nuys\, Ph.D.\, focuses on funding in the pharmaceutical supply chain and the effect of commercial practices such as copay coupons and copay clawbacks on the cost of prescription drugs. Her work has been published in leading journals in economics\, medicine\, finance and health policy. In addition to her work at the USC Schaeffer Center\, she is also a research assistant professor at the USC Price School of Public Policy. \n\n\nTed Doolittle is an attorney and former federal prosecutor who has had a long career in health care\, legal practice and law enforcement\, including service as the Deputy Director of the Center for Program Integrity at federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS). In this role\, Doolittle had oversight of Medicare and Medicaid health care fraud investigations and was responsible for leading the implementation of a variety of programs under the Affordable Care Act. \n\n\nSanjoy Dutta\, Ph.D.\, is the chief scientific officer at JDRF where he oversees all of JDRF’s efforts to cure Type 1 diabetes\, including beta cell therapies\, immunotherapies\, glucose control and complications. Before joining JDRF in 2009\, Dutta was the associate director of translational medicine and clinical biomarkers at Bristol-Myers Squibb and principal scientist of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases at Hoffmann-La Roche. \n\n\nEstelle Everett\, M.D.\, is an endocrinologist and health services researcher at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her research involves addressing the barriers to care among patients with diabetes\, inequities in diabetes care and outcomes and the disparities in access to diabetes treatment for vulnerable populations with Type 1 diabetes. She completed medical degree at UCLA and then completed her Internal Medicine residency and Endocrinology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-on-the-care-and-costs-of-diabetes/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151722Z UID:26915-1647478800-1647478800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Is Pitching Worth the Effort? DESCRIPTION:Join AHCJ for this week’s Lunch and Learn get-together where you’ll learn how to determine how much effort to put into your pitches. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to mix and mingle with fellow freelance journalists. \nWhen/Where: 1:00 p.m. ET\, March 17. (virtual) \nView the webcastMeeting ID: 961 8036 2044 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/is-pitching-worth-the-effort/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151721Z UID:26916-1648429200-1648429200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Transgender teens and gender-affirming care: What reporters need to know DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: March 28\, 1 p.m. ET \nAs multiple states introduce legislation related to the care of transgender children and teens\, it’s becoming an even more important health care issue to cover\, especially when so few people understand transgender health care or what gender-affirming care actually is. \nView the webcast \nSlides:Legislative overview (898 KB .pdf)Joshua Safer (791 KB .pdf) \nJoin us for a webinar with two experts\, Dr. Jason Rafferty\, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist who authored the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for gender-affirming care in children and adolescents\, and Dr. Joshua Safer\, a member of the Endocrine Society who serves as the Executive Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York. \nLearn what gender-affirming care involves\, how hormone therapy works\, how many teens actually receive hormone therapy\, the short-term and long-term risks and benefits of hormone treatment\, how fertility preservation works\, common pitfalls and errors in transgender health care reporting\, and the various misconceptions that exist about gender-affirming care before adulthood. \nYou’ll also hear from an Endocrine Society representative who will review the confusing legislative landscape on this topic and leave with a list of websites\, source recommendations\, and other resources for reporting on this timely hot button issue. \nDallas Ducar \nJason Rafferty \nJoshua Safer \nTara Haelle \n\n\nDallas Ducar is the founding CEO of Transhealth Northampton. Prior to assuming the CEO position\, Dallas served as the Clinical Lead for Mental Health Services at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program\, where she worked with an interdisciplinary team to provide novel gender-affirming care. Dallas worked to develop pathways for all patients to receive psychotherapy\, psychopharmacology\, and surgical assessments for life-saving interventions. Dallas is on faculty at Columbia University\, Northeastern University\, University of Virginia School of Medicine\, University of Virginia School of Nursing\, and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. She  serves on the Board of Directors for GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and of Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC). She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the Primary Care Alliance and is on the LGBTQI Federal Policy Roundtable. \n\n\nDr. Jason Rafferty is a board certified child psychiatrist and pediatrician at Thundermist Health Centers\, Hasbro Children’s Hospital\, and Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island.  He is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  He graduated from Harvard Medical School and obtained post-graduate training through the Triple Board Residency at Brown University.  The Triple Board is a combined program in pediatrics\, general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry. He has additional degrees from Harvard University in public health concentrating on maternal and child health\, and education focused on adolescent development and psychology.  He is involved with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)\, frequently reviewing policy and publications related to LGBTQ health. He was recently the lead author of the AAP’s policy statement\, “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents.” \n\n\nJoshua Safer is the executive director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City and professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Safer was the inaugural president of the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH). Dr. Safer serves as medical curriculum lead for the Global Education Institute (GEI) of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and has been a scientific co-chair for WPATH international meetings. Dr. Safer is a co-author of the Endocrine Society guidelines for the medical care of transgender patients\, the transgender hormone treatment sections for UpToDate\, the current transgender medical care review in the New England Journal of Medicine and the current review of transgender medical care in Annals of Internal Medicine. \nDr. Safer graduated medical school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, completed residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City\, and completed fellowship in endocrinology at the Harvard-Longwood program based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. \n\n\n  \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/transgender-teens-and-gender-affirming-care-what-reporters-need-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151720Z UID:26917-1649206800-1649206800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Aging-in-place technology: challenges and trends DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE: April 6\, 1 p.m. ET \nThere’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to aging in place. When the challenges older adults face are not adequately addressed\, that person either lives with a lot of risk or is forced out of the place they’d prefer to live. Health technology is the answer for some. But there are challenges\, including privacy issues\, cost and useability. Our expert panel will lay out some of the issues that arise as families try to support a parent’s desire to age in place. We’ll also look at one demo project that could help and highlight some of the latest tech trends that health reporters should have on their radar. \nView the webcast \nLeslie Kernisan \nJeffrey Kaye \nLaurie M. Orlov \nLiz Seegert \nKaren Blum \n\n\nLeslie Kernisan\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the popular aging health website and podcast BetterHealthWhileAging.net\, which she created to help families and older adults learn better ways to manage aging health challenges. She is also a clinical instructor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Dr. Kernisan has a special interest in the practical problems families encounter while assisting aging parents\, including how to help them age-in-place. She has been running “Helping Older Parents” online courses and group coaching programs since 2018\, and is the author of the book\, “When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician’s step-by-step guide to memory loss\, resistance\, safety worries and more.” \n\n\nJeffrey Kaye\, M.D.\, is the Layton Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health and Science University. He directs the Oregon Center for Aging and Technology\, the Oregon Roybal Center for Care Support Translational Research Advantaged by Integrating Technology\, and the NIA-Layton Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at OHSU. He leads or has led several longitudinal studies on aging and clinical trials including: Intelligent Systems for Detection of Aging Changes\, the ORCATECH Life Laboratory\, Ambient Independence Measures for Guiding Care Transitions\, and the Collaborative Aging Research using Technology Initiative studies\, all using pervasive computing and sensing technologies for assessment and interventions. He is listed in Best Doctors in America. He serves on many national and international panels and boards in the fields of geriatrics\, neurology and technology. He is an author of over 400 scientific publications and holds several major grant awards from federal agencies\, national foundations and industrial sponsors. \n\n\nLaurie M. Orlov\, a tech industry veteran\, writer\, speaker and elder care advocate\, is the founder of Aging and Health Technology Watch — market research\, trends\, blogs and reports that provide thought leadership\, analysis and guidance about health and aging-related technologies and services that enable boomers and seniors to sustain and improve their quality of life. In her previous career\, Laurie spent many years in the technology industry\, including nine years at analyst firm Forrester Research. She has spoken regularly and delivered keynote speeches at forums\, industry consortia\, conferences\, and symposia\, most recently on the business of technology for boomers and seniors. She advises large organizations as well as non-profits and entrepreneurs about trends and opportunities in the age-related technology market.  She has a graduate certification in geriatric care management from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s in music from the University of Rochester. Laurie has been named one of the Top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue and one of the women leading global innovation on age tech 2020. \n\n\nCo-moderator Liz Seegert (@lseegert)\, is AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. Her work has appeared in NextAvenue.com\, Journal of Active Aging\, Cancer Today\, Kaiser Health News and other outlets. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University and co-produces the HealthCetera podcast. \n\n\nCo-moderator Karen Blum is AHCJ’s core topic leader on health IT. An independent journalist in the Baltimore area\, she has written health IT stories for publications such as Pharmacy Practice News\, Clinical Oncology News\, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News\, General Surgery News and Infectious Disease Special Edition. \n\n\n  \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aging-in-place-technology-challenges-and-trends/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220419T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T184954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T194708Z UID:26907-1650330000-1650330000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Is it possible to have healthy people on a sick planet? DESCRIPTION:This webinar features\, Gary Cohen\, president of Health Care Without Harm and a pioneer in the environmental health movement for more than 35 years. Cohen has helped build coalitions addressing health impacts related to climate change and toxic chemical exposure. Health Care Without Harm\, created in 1996\, works to transform the health care sector to be environmentally sustainable. \nSponsor: The Hastings Center\, an ethics research institute \nSpeaker: Gary Cohen\, president\, Health Care Without Harm \nDate: April 19\, 2022 \nTime: 12:00 p.m. ET \nLocation: virtual \nCost: free \nRegister: https://tinyurl.com/bdzcuzzv URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-is-it-possible-to-have-healthy-people-on-a-sick-planet/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151717Z UID:26918-1652922000-1652922000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reporting and Sourcing DESCRIPTION:Gathering the information you need to tell your story can mean finding sources to interview\, searching the medical literature\, and digging through archives\, databases or social media. In our May 19  Lunch & Learn\, we’ll dig into reporting and sourcing stories. Whether you’re reporting a fast-turnaround news story or a juicy feature\, you’ll come away with plenty of helpful info \nWhen/Where: 1:00 p.m. ET\, May 19. (virtual) \nView the webcastMeeting ID: 961 8036 2044 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-and-sourcing/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151716Z UID:26921-1653440400-1653440400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Hiding in Plain Sight: Documenting the crisis in kids’ mental health DESCRIPTION:At 3 p.m. CST on May 25\, AHCJ will offer a special webinar on an upcoming two-part film\, produced by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns\, on the crisis in children’s mental health. \nThe PBS film\, “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness\,” is an intimate examination of a crisis that the American Academy of Pediatrics called a public health emergency in 2021. The documentary is anchored by the anguished voices of 20 young people\, ages 11 to 27\, who live with mental health conditions\, as well as parents\, teachers\, friends\, health care providers in their lives\, along with mental health experts with deep knowledge of youth mental health. \nWhat makes the film required viewing for health care reporters is its unusually frank and direct discussion of mental health among young people\, whose voices aren’t often heard in reporting on this topic. They talk about the stigma of mental illness\, how they hid their challenges and how their own personal crises unfolded. The result is a film that should advance the public’s understanding and awareness of the crisis and what can be done to help young people. \nScheduled to air on PBS stations on June 27 and June 28\, the films were directed by brothers Erik and Christopher Loren Ewers\, longtime members of the Ken Burns team and award-winning filmmakers in their own right. They will join AHCJ core topic leader for mental and behavioral health Katti Gray for a webinar discussion about how they gained the trust and confidence of their film subjects. Two of the young people profiled in the film\, Collin Cord and Makalynn Powell\, will join the discussion. The webinar audience will also see a short\, sneak preview of the film. \nView the webcast \nErik Ewers \nChristopher Loren Ewers \nCollin Cord \nMakalynn Powell \nKatti Gray \n  \nAbout the filmmakers: \nErik EwersCo-Director and Editor \nErik Ewers has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns for more than 30 years\, including nearly all of his single and multi-episodic films. He serves as Ken’s senior editor and as co-director and editor of Ewers Brothers Productions\, a preferred collaborative company in the co-creation of Ken’s films. \nErik has been nominated for more than seven personal and program Emmy Awards and has won one editing Emmy and three program Emmys\, as well as two prestigious ACE Eddie Award nominations and one ACE win for “Best Edited Documentary of 2015.” Erik is an expert in all aspects of filmmaking\, having served as music producer\, writer\, director\, film producer\, picture editor\, and sound effects\, music\, and dialogue editor. \nIn 2015\, Erik collaborated with Ken to create the two-hour PBS film The Mayo Clinic: Faith\, Hope\, Science\, serving as producer\, director and editor. Their partnership continues in an upcoming miniseries on America’s mental health crisis. \nChristopher Loren EwersCo-Director and Director of Photography \nChristopher Loren Ewers has been working behind the camera for over 20 years. He studied cinematography at Boston University and photojournalism at the New England School of Photography\, and has traveled the world exploring the human experience through the lens. His eclectic work includes a variety of subjects\, formats and collaborators\, from national networks like NBC and PBS to Fortune 500 brands like Apple\, Coca-Cola\, and IBM and to nonprofit organizations like the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Clinton Global Initiative. \nHowever\, it’s the unique mix of Chris’s film and journalism backgrounds that puts documentary filmmaking at the center of his work. His cinematography has been featured in each of Ken’s films since The Vietnam War. \nWorking with Ken as executive producer\, Chris co-directed and served as Director of Photography on feature length documentary\, The Mayo Clinic: Faith\, Hope\, Science\, broadcast nationally on PBS in September 2018. He and brother Erik are currently co-directing a series of films exploring the mental health crisis\, scheduled to air on PBS over a ten-year period beginning in 2022. \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/hiding-in-plain-sight-documenting-the-crisis-in-kidsae-mental-health/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T151715Z UID:26925-1654650000-1654650000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Tick boom: A physician's forecast for summer '22 DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 8\, noon ET \nTicks have proliferated – caused by the combination of overbuilding in previously forested areas\, climate change and international trade. \nWe all know about the tick-borne disease – Lyme – which can cause debilitating nerve and other damage\, but what are the new and emerging tick-borne diseases and where are they emerging? What does that mean for communities? What should reporters be writing about right now and what are the under covered stories related to tick-borne diseases? When will there be a vaccine for Lyme? What about the latest treatments and how can communities and individuals prevent getting bitten? \nA long-time tick expert\, physician and former co-chair of a national working group on tick borne diseases that advises the federal government will provide some answers. Please send your questions to bara@healthjournalism.org. \nView the slides \nJohn Aucott \nBara Vaida \n  \nDr. John Aucott is an internist and Lyme disease expert in the Division of Rheumatology\, and is the director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center. With more than 15 years of research experience on the crippling effects of Lyme disease\, he has published studies focusing on characteristics of early Lyme disease. His research is also focused on improved diagnostic testing and health related outcomes in Lyme disease. He is widely recognized an international expert in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. He is also former chair of the U.S. Health and Human Service’s department’s Tick-Borne Working Group that developed a set of recommended policies on preventing and responding to tick-borne diseases. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tick-boom-a-physicians-forecast-for-summer-22/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220622T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T152657Z UID:26931-1655859600-1655859600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reporting the facts on abortion DESCRIPTION:June 22\, noon ET \nWomen in many U.S. states are facing increased legal obstacles to abortion\, a trend that has been accelerating in recent years with laws now requiring waiting periods and “counseling\,” among other stipulations. A pending Supreme Court decision is expected to further limit access by banning the procedure outright in many states. \nTo help better inform your reporting\, using science and evidence-based information\, AHCJ will hold a webinar with Nisha Verma\, M.D.\, a fellow with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Patient safety core topic leader Kerry Dooley Young will host the webinar. This session will help journalists know what to ask when presented with research on abortion\, particularly medical abortions. The webinar will also explore how political agendas have skewed research. Verma will also address the potential of telehealth in states where abortion is not restricted. \nView the webcast \nNisha Verma \nKerry Dooley Young \nNisha Verma\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, F.A.C.O.G.\, was born in Greensboro\, N.C.\, and received her bachelor’s in Biology and Anthropology and her medical degree from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. She graduated from Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and completed her Complex Family Planning fellowship and Master’s in Public Health degree at Emory University. \nShe is currently serving as the Darney-Landy Fellow at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists with their Strategies for Healthy Equity team and provides abortion care at Planned Parenthoods in the Delaware area. She is also Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University. \nShe is particularly passionate about improving access to reproductive health care in the southeast United States\, her home region\, and has expertise in effective messaging techniques on complicated topics such as abortion. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-the-facts-on-abortion/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T152652Z UID:26928-1656464400-1656464400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:A Cochrane conversation on using systematic reviews DESCRIPTION:June 29\, 2 p.m. ET \nIn the era of big data\, some think that all you need for a systematic review is enough data. Not true\, say Cochrane experts\, who apply a rigorous methodology to their systematic reviews to minimize bias and produce more reliable\, higher quality research findings. Journalists who attend this webinar will learn: \n\n\nThe difference between a study\, a review\, meta-analyses\, and systematic reviews \n\n\nWhat’s so great about systematic reviews \n\n\nHow to read a systematic review and evaluate its quality \n\n\nWhat to care about in the summary of findings table \n\n\nHow to report on a systematic review to help your readers make informed health decisions \n\n\nCochrane’s protocol for assessing health evidence and how it compares to others’. \n\n\nView the webcast—Slides (892 KB .pdf) \nLisa Bero \nTara Haelle \nProfessor Lisa Bero is a researcher in evidence-based health care and is internationally known for her studies on the integrity of clinical and basic research evidence that is used to influence health policy. She is affiliate professor\, University of Sydney\, where she founded the multidisciplinary Evidence\, Policy and Influence Collaborative at the Charles Perkins Centre\, focusing on bias and its influence on the integrity of research. She is a professor of medicine and public health and chief scientist\, Center for Bioethics and Humanities\, University of Colorado. She has contributed to Cochrane as an author\, editor\, center director\, and member and co-chair of Cochrane’s Governing Board\, and is currently senior editor\, research integrity. She is also a longtime contributor to the work of the World Health Organization\, including serving as a member of the Guideline Review Committee\, and as chair of the Essential Medicines Committee. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/a-cochrane-conversation-on-using-systematic-reviews/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T010000 DTSTAMP:20260506T045939 CREATED:20231103T185111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153316Z UID:26949-1663117200-1663117200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding the pharmacy benefit manager 'shell game' DESCRIPTION:Sept. 14\, 1 p.m. ET \nIn this webcast\, Ohio-based\, award-winning journalist Darrel Rowland will explain the strategies pharmacy benefit managers use to boost profits by increasing what patients pay out of pocket for their medications and limiting the drugs that insurers will cover. He’ll also talk about how pharmacy benefit managers have driven smaller and locally owned pharmacies out of business. \nThese strategies and others led the Federal Trade Commission to begin an investigation this spring into the practices of the six largest PBMs — CVS Caremark\, Express Scripts\, OptumRx\, Humana Inc.; Prime Therapeutics\, and MedImpact Healthcare Systems — and Rowland will help prepare journalists to report on the outcome of that investigation. \n  \nView the webcast \n  \nLinks\nA press release about a report from the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on insulin and the role of PBMs and other actors in the drug-supply chain: \n\n\nhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/grassley-wyden-release-insulin-investigation-uncovering-business-practices-between-drug-companies-and-pbms-that-keep-prices-high \n\n\nThe press release includes a link to all of the material the committee reviewed\, including the full text of the committee’s investigative report and the committee’s records: HERE.   \nAnd here’s a link to the report itself: \n\n\nhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Grassley-Wyden Insulin Report (FINAL 1).pdf \n\n\nHere are links from the Federal Trade Commission on its PBM investigation into PBMs: \n\n\nhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2022/06/future-pharmaceuticals-examining-analysis-pharmaceutical-mergers \n\n\nFTC-DOJ Listening Forum – Health Care- April 14\, 2022 \n\n\nThe Future of Pharmaceuticals – June 14\, 2022 \n\n\nThe Future of Pharmaceuticals – June 15\, 2022 \n\nMerger Guidelines Listening Forum- June 21\, 2022\n\nOther sources mentioned included: \n\n\nAntonio Ciaccia at 3 Axis Advisors\, a consulting firm\, and at 46Brooklyn Research\, drug-price researchers and on Twitter at @A_Ciaccia \n\n\nAdam J. Fein\, PhD\, CEO of Drug Channels Institute. \n\n\nAnd here’s a link to a report in 2019 from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on what’s called the ‘black box’ in the relationship between health insurers and PBMs: \n\n\nCracking Open the Black Box of Pharmacy Benefit Managers \n\n\n  \nDarrel Rowland \nJoseph Burns \nDarrel Rowland is an independent journalist who has won multiple awards for his work over more than three decades at The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio as a reporter and editor. His work has focused on what he calls accountability stories about pharmacy benefit managers and on a wide variety of other topics. Stories he supervised led to the resignation of an Ohio attorney general\, and he has reported on a scandal in which state officials admitted to improperly withholding $40 million in child-support payments to single parents. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-the-pharmacy-benefit-manager-shell-game/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR