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SUMMARY:Private Healthcare Exchanges Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance. Instead of marketing almost exclusively to employers\, the ACA has forced insurers to focus on enrolling consumers. The conference is sponsored by Employee Benefit News.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/private-healthcare-exchanges-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000
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SUMMARY:Yankee Dental Congress
DESCRIPTION:Jan. 29-Feb. 2 \nBoston Convention Center \nThis annual meeting will include a celebration of the 150th birthday of the Massachusetts Dental Society and  the Ninth Annual Conference for Women In Dentistry which will focus on the theme “Surviving and Thriving: Treating Ourselves as Well as We Treat Our Patients.” Thousands of dentists\, dental students and other oral health professionals expected to attend programs\, workshops and exhibits.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/yankee-dental-congress/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140203T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140204T010000
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SUMMARY:AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference
DESCRIPTION:The 14th annual conference is designed to outline the critical health care issues and policy priorities for the coming year and offer attendees an insider’s perspectives from health policy leaders. \nItems on the agenda include: \n\nstate implementation of the health insurance exchanges\nbehavioral health policy\nphysician payment reform\nhealth care spending\nprice transparency\naccess to care\npreventing obesity\nend-of-life care\ndisparities in health care
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/academyhealthaes-national-health-policy-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
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SUMMARY:Webcast: Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs
DESCRIPTION:The CDC estimates that at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and at least 23\,000 people die annually from these infections. Additional risks are posed from other types of organisms once sensitive to antimicrobial medicines and now resistant. This Forum event will examine the public health menace posed by antimicrobial resistance and the steps to be undertaken to fight the “superbugs.” Presented in collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH. \nFeb. 512:30 PM – 1:30 p.m. ETWatch at ForumHSPH.org \n E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can from the media and online and in-person audiences. \n Expert Participants \n\nMarc Lipsitch\, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics\, Harvard School of Public Health\nAaron Kesselheim\, Director\, Program on Regulation\, Therapeutics\, and Law\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nStuart Levy\, President of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine\nBeth Bell\, Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases\, CDC\n\nModerator \n\nDavid Baron\, Health & Science Editor\, PRI’s The World\n\n Participate During The Live Webcast \n Join the live comments\, which will be featured on The Forum’s Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs web page. We’ll also be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using #superbugsrise. \nPresented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBHPart of The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies \nContact: Marge Dwyer\, 617-432-8416\, mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webcast-battling-drug-resistant-superbugs/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140205T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160215Z
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SUMMARY:"Drink to Your Health" Meetup
DESCRIPTION:The Everyday Health editorial team is hosting another drink night for health journos at the White Horse Tavern. The goal is to create a community where we can share ideas and\, of course\, drink to our health! \nWednesday\, Feb. 5\, 6:30 p.m. EST \nReally hope you can make it and help us spread the word.  \nFacebook RSVPs are appreciated as they help the bar staff itself accordingly.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/drink-to-your-health-meetup/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140206T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140206T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160214Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Health Under The Affordable Care Act
DESCRIPTION:The Kaiser Family Foundation Foundation is hosting a webinar for journalists to look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. \n“Women’s Health Under the Affordable Care Act” will be Feb. 6\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. \nNow that the ACA’s coverage expansions are in effect\, the Foundation’s latest webinar takes a look at how the law affects women’s access to health coverage and care. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Alina Salganicoff\, Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy\, and Laurie Sobel\, Senior Policy Analyst\, will give a brief presentation on how the ACA expands access to coverage and preventive care for women\, and how these elements of the law are being implemented. The webinar will also review current legal issues related to the contraceptive coverage requirement as well as state and federal policies affecting insurance coverage of abortion. Most of the webinar will be devoted to a question and answer session with journalists. \nResources for the webinar include Foundation briefs\, “Health Reform: Implications for Women’s Access to Coverage and Care\,” “Coverage for Abortion Services and the ACA” and “A Guide to the Supreme Court’s Review of the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement.”  \nTo register for the webinar\, click this link. If you are unable to attend the webinar\, but would like to receive future updates on the series\, please email your name and media affiliation to acawebinars@kff.org. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/womens-health-under-the-affordable-care-act/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140210T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140211T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160213Z
CREATED:20231025T161523Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Neuroscience
DESCRIPTION:The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will publicly meet Feb. 10 & 11 in Washington\, D.C. \nThis meeting will focus on President Obama’s request that the Bioethics Commission examine the ethical implications of neuroscience research and the application of neuroscience research findings\, as part of the federal government’s new Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. \nThis meeting is free and open to the public on a first come\, first served basis. The meeting will be live-streamed and live-blogged on the Bioethics Commission website at www.bioethics.gov \nThe Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues seeks to identify and promote policies and practices that ensure that scientific research\, health care delivery\, and technological innovation are conducted by the U.S. in a socially and ethically responsible manner. The Commission is an independent\, deliberative panel of thoughtful experts that advises the President and the Administration\, and\, in so doing\, educates the nation on bioethical issues. Read more on our website www.bioethics.gov\, follow us on Twitter @bioethicsgov\, and watch our videos on YouTube. \nTopics: Neuroscience and Related Ethical Issues \nSpeakers: \n\n\nNicholas Steneck\, Ph.D.\, University of Michigan \n\n\nTimothy Caulfield\, LL.M.\, F.R.S.C.\, F.C.A.H.S.\, University of Alberta \n\n\nDavid E. Wright\, Ph.D.\, Office of Research Integrity\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services \n\n\nEric Racine\, Ph.D. \, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal  \n\n\nPeggy Mason\, Ph.D. \, Society for Neuroscience \n\n\nBarbara Herr Harthorn\, Ph.D.\, Director\, NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society \n\n\nMildred Cho\, Ph.D.\, Stanford University \n\n\nPamela Sankar\, Ph.D.\, University of Pennsylvania \n\n\nUshma Neill\, Ph.D.\, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center \n\n\nErik Fisher\, Ph.D.\, Center for Nanotechnology in Society \n\n\nStephen J.A. Ward\, Ph.D.\, University of Oregon-Portland \n\n\nWho: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues  \nWhat: Public Meeting \nWhen: Feb. 10\, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. and Feb. 11\, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. \nWhere: Washington Marriott\, 1221 22nd Street\, NW Washington\, D.C. 20037 \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/presidential-commission-for-the-study-of-bioethical-issues-neuroscience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140213T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140217T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160212Z
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SUMMARY:American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting theme focuses on finding sustainable solutions through inclusive\, international\, and interdisciplinary efforts that are most useful to society and enhance economic growth. \nThousands of leading scientists\, engineers\, educators\, policymakers\, and journalists will gather from around the world to discuss recent developments in science and technology. \nOnly individuals with a press badge will have access to the embargoed news briefings\, workrooms\, interview rooms\, the library\, and coffee lounge. Click here to find out how to get credentials.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140215T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140216T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160212Z
CREATED:20231025T161509Z
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SUMMARY:Science Writers in Italy 2014 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Italian chapter of AHCJ will collaborate on the first national meeting of the Science Writers in Italy\, to take place Feb. 15-16 in Florence. \nOn Feb. 15\, the venue will be the Museum of Natural Sciences (Skeletons’ room in the Specola) in the city center. On Feb. 16\, the gathering will be at Galileo’s House\, “Il Gioiello\,” in Arcetri. \nThe fee (50 euros) will cover coffee and lunch breaks. The official language will be Italian. Visit this website for more details (in Italian). \n \nSaturday\, Feb\, 15 \n10:30 a.m.: Arrival and registration al La Specola\, Sala degli Scheletri\, via Roma 17\, Firenze. \n11-12:30 p.m.: Discussion on the education and continuing education of science journalists in ItalyModerator: Daniela Ovadia (board member of Science Writers in Italy\, member of AHCJ) \n12:30-1:30 p.m.: buffet lunch \n1:30-3 p.m.: Discussion on national and international networks for science journalism\, grants and research projects on science journalismModerator: Fabio Turone (President of Science Writers in Italy\, member of AHCJ) \n3-3:30 p.m.: Coffee break \n3:30-5:00 p.m.: Dealing with a changing job market for science journalistsModerator: Silvia Bencivelli (Treasurer of Science Writers in Italy) \n5-7 p.m.: General Assembly of Science Writers in Italy (restricted to members) \n \nSunday\, Feb. 16 \n9:30 a.m.: Arrival at Galileo’s House\, “Il Gioiello\,” in Arcetri \n10 a.m. –noon: Workshop on data journalism and data visualization by Alessio Cimarelli and Andrea Nelson Mauro (Dataninja.it) \nNoon-1 p.m.: Meeting with the researchers of the National Institute of Optics in occasion of the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of Galileo’s birth. \n1 p.m.: Good-bye lunch
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/science-writers-in-italy-2014-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140222T010000
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SUMMARY:Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 149th annual society meeting will feature lectures\, demonstrations\, courses and a trade show with 600 exhibit booths at Chicago’s McCormick Place West.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/chicago-dental-society-midwinter-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140224T010000
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SUMMARY:Complex Systems\, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges
DESCRIPTION:Learn about and see examples of how complex systems science can help guide research and policy efforts to eliminate health disparities and improve the health of populations. \nExperts will look at the determinants of population health and provide an overview of health disparities. They also will look at disparities from a variety of perspectives\, including health care\, socioeconomics\, neighborhoods\, institutions and more. \nSee the agenda. \nNIH Campus45 Center DriveBethesda\, MD \nContact: Carmel Scharf\, 301-897-2789 x105\, cscharf@thehillgroup.com
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/complex-systems-health-disparities-population-health-building-bridges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140226T010000
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DTSTAMP:20231109T160209Z
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SUMMARY:Accountable Care Organizations and Provider Integration Under Health Care Reform Online
DESCRIPTION:The teleconference will take place 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT on Feb 26. Sarah Swank\, a lawyer with the Health Law Group of Ober Kaler\, a law firm in Baltimore\, will present a live teleconference online on Feb. 26 at 11 am on provider integration for accountable care organizations\, an important issue for health care journalists covering how hospitals and physician groups are joining together to improve care delivery and yet not run afoul of antitrust laws.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/accountable-care-organizations-and-provider-integration-under-health-care-reform-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140227T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140227T010000
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SUMMARY:Expanding freelance options: Grant writing
DESCRIPTION:Join the Association for Health Care Journalists for the first in what is hoped to be a series of programs over the next couple of years\, pinpointing new options for freelancers to use their journalistic skills to make a living. \nDate: Thursday\, Feb. 27 \nTime: 6-8 p.m. (Light meal available 6-6:30 p.m.) \nLocation: The Open Office2843 Washington Blvd.Cleveland Heights\, OH 44118 \nFreelancers in the Cleveland-Akron area have many opportunities to do grant writing. Locally\, grant writers are in demand by health-care organizations\, disease-specific organizations and health-welfare focused charities\, organizations and/or groups. \nThree local experts will share “been-there\, done-that” insights and anecdotes about \n\n\nwhat it takes to recognize your transferrable grant writing skills \n\n\nwhat it takes to make the mind-shift needed to be a successful grant writer; \n\n\ntips\, tricks and strategies for successful grant writing (which is a lot more collaborative and iterative than you might think); \n\n\nnavigating the non-profit landscape; and \n\n\nhow to position and market yourself as a grant writer. \n\n\nPresenters include: \nSandy Erlanger\, senior development officer at University Hospitals \nTopics: What she does on a daily basis as a grant writer\, including working with colleagues (grant writing is often a team process)\, dealing with those for whom grants are being written as well as the funders to whom proposals are sent\, and the iterative process that grant proposals go through. \nSusan Ackerman\, chair\, Health Policy and Planning\, Center for Community Solutions \nTopics: The many health- and human welfare-focused organizations and agencies Northeast Ohio; the kinds of grants they will be seeking (based on the Center’s respected research); areas/topics of interest to grant funders — and therefore grant writers. \nKim St. John-Stevenson\, Principal\, InkPlusLLC and a former grant administrator at the St. Luke’s Foundation \nTopics: The mechanics of grant writing (and why every grant form/format is different); the mind-shift that journalists must make to pursue freelance opportunities in grant writing; and tips and strategies for marketing yourself as a grant writer. \nThe panel will be followed by a Q&A period. \nPlease contact Eileen Beal (eojb@visn.net or 216-320-1358) to register a space (and so she and co-chapter chair\, Carrie Buchanan\, journalism instructor at JCU\, will know how much food to order).
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/expanding-freelance-options-grant-writing/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
DTSTAMP:20231109T160207Z
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SUMMARY:Deadline for Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship program
DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: Feb. 28\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard Medical School’s media fellowship program is entering its seventeenth season. This spring’s two fellowship programs are “The Eyes (and Ears) Have It: Sensory biology and its promise for patients” (March 31 – April 4) and “Trauma: Mending cells\, bodies and minds” (May 5 – 9). Descriptions of each program can be found online. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nReporters are invited to choose one of these programs and apply. Three applicants will be chosen for each program. \nFor a one-week period\, three fellows will visit researchers at the medical school and at its affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes\, meeting with a broad spectrum of faculty and other stakeholders. Although reporters will attend as a group\, prior to arrival we will work with each fellow to cater to any individual interests and the interests of their media outlet and tailor the experience within the broader theme. \nThe application process is simple: just email me three to five relevant clips and two to three paragraphs detailing what you want to take away from the fellowship. In addition\, please state that you have license from your editor\, or usual freelance clients\, to cover the topic generically in the future. (You are not obligated to cover Harvard’s work in the area\, just the field as a whole.) \nApplications are due Friday\, February 28\, 2014. We plan to notify successful applicants very soon afterward. Harvard Medical School will pay for participants’ lodging and meals (but not travel to and from Boston).These fellowships are offered as educational opportunities on a background basis. We do not monitor or “gate-keep” fellows’ contact with faculty throughout the program. \nContact: David Cameron\, Director of Science Communications\, Harvard Medical Schooldavid_cameron@hms.harvard.edu\,  617-432-0441
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-for-harvard-medical-schoolaes-media-fellowship-program/
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140228T010000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Basics of Pitching: Becoming That Dream Writer
DESCRIPTION:Resources\nSee a recording of this webcast. \nSpeakers’ presentation: \n381 kB PDF \n\nFeb. 28\, 12 p.m. CT\nEditors are busy folks who receive many more emails each day than they can ever hope to answer. How can a writer\, who’s new to a publication\, craft such an impressive pitch\, that even if the story doesn’t sell\, keeps the door wide open for next time? A panel of top editors will talk about pitches they loved and could not walk away from. Using examples of successful pitches-to-story\, they’ll explain the formula for pitches that are memorable – in a good way – starting with the subject line. \nPerhaps most important\, even experienced writers can struggle with writing pitches that identify a story and not a topic. Writers may do so much pre-pitch research that it’s easy to forget that we’re actually not prepping for a master’s thesis; there’s a great story somewhere in that pile of PubMed searches. Our panel of editors will give their best advice on how to make your pitch communicate that story\, and impress them in the process. \nParticipating editors:\n\n\nJim Giles\, Matter \n\n\nRobin Lloyd\, Scientific American \n\n\nMore about the speakers:\nJim Giles writes about the interface between science\, technology and society. He is the co-fournder of Matter and a Medium editor. His work has appeared in The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, Nature\, New Scientist\, the Guardian and many other outlets. \nRobin Lloyd\, a science writer going back to the Galileo mission to Jupiter\, is Scientific American’s news editor\, responsible for planning\, editing and assigning stories for SA‘s website and managing its home page. She also oversees SA‘s social media efforts. Previously\, she was a senior editor for LiveScience.com and SPACE.com. She has experience in print journalism (Pasadena Star-News)\, wire service journalism (City News Service in Los Angeles) and network online journalism (CNN.com). She worked for five years as a science publicist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California\, Santa Barbara\, and received a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 1998-1999 academic year.  \nThe webcast will be moderated by Jeanne Erdmann\, a freelance health and science writer based near St. Louis. She writes about cancer\, genetics\, genetic testing\, genetic counseling and osteoarthritis. Her stories have appeared in Women’s Health\, Slate\, The Washington Post\, Nature Medicine\, Nature\, Cure and others. Erdmann was chosen for a 2013 AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care Performance\, with assistance from the Commonwealth Fund. She also co-produces The Open Notebook\, a craft-focused website for science writers. 
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