BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists 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:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180415T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155515Z CREATED:20231025T162011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155515Z UID:24235-1523494800-1523754000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Health Journalism 2018 DESCRIPTION:Presentations\nConference coverage\n\n \n\nConference home\n\n\nProgram\nField trips\nRegistration\nHotel\n\n\nFreelance PitchFest\n2018 Exhibitors\nExhibit or advertise\nFellowships\n\n\nThings to do\nShare a room or ride\nGetting there\n\n\nThank you for attending!\n\n\n\n\nCall for ideas\nAHCJ is gathering ideas for conference workshops and panels. Please submit suggestions before Oct. 9. \nClick here for your opportunity to submit ideas for consideration. \n\n\n\n\nAHCJ celebrates 20 years with conference in the desert\nMore than 700 people attended the world’s premier training event for journalists interested in covering health care\, medical  research\, public health issues\, consumer health\, ethics and the business of health care. \nHealth Journalism 2018 hosted hundreds of reporters\, editors\, producers and news directors taking part in educational sessions\, skills-building opportunities and career networking. \n\nSpotlight speakers included:\nJohn Carreyrou\, Pulitzer Prize- and AHCJ Award-winning investigative reporter\, The Wall Street Journal; author \,“Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” \nDonald K. Warne\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, chair\, Department of Public Health at North Dakota State University; senior policy adviser of Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board \nDavid Blumenthal\, M.D.\, president\, The Commonwealth Fund \nOtis Brawley\, M.D.\, M.A.C.P.\, chief medical and scientific officer and executive vice president\, American Cancer Society \nWilson Bryan\, M.D.\, director\, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies\, U.S. Food and Drug Administration \nCarolyn Jones\, director and executive producer\, Defining Hope \nMary L. Smith\, member\, Cherokee nation; former principal deputy director\, Indian Health Service \nJulie Willems Van Dijk\, R.N.\, Ph.D.\, F.A.A.N.director\, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps and RWJF Culture of Health Prize \n  \n\nHighlights included:\n\n\nPanels\, including: \n\n\n\nThe rise of gene therapy \n\n\nStates and health care in the age of Trump: Wishes and waivers \n\n\nHow hospital consolidations are affecting the cost of health care \n\n\nWhat you need to know about reporting on Native American health issues \n\n\nSpecial challenges of covering immigrant health \n\n\nFree health data for journalists: How to make the most of it \n\n\nFinding organization in the chaos of mass violence \n\n\nThe health care role ahead for artificial intelligence \n\n\nHow to evaluate hospital charity care and bad debt \n\n\nThe future of veterans’ health \n\n\nEvolving pain control \n\n\nWill Congress protect Medicare? \n\n\nAnd dozens more panels\, classes and workshops \n\n\n\nField trips \n\n\nAnnual journalism awards luncheon \n\n\nFreelance PitchFest \n\n\nNetworking receptions \n\n\nConference location\nPointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort11111 North 7th Street Phoenix\, AZ 85020 \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nSponsorship team\n\nHosts\nBarrow Neurological Institute \nMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research \nBanner Health/University of Arizona \n \nEndowing sponsors\nRobert Wood Johnson Foundation \nW.K. Kellogg Foundation \nThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust \n\nSponsors\nThe Arizona Republic/azcentral \nWalter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication \nPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute \nThe Pew Charitable Trusts \nThe Commonwealth Fund \nGordon and Betty Moore Foundation \nJohn A. Hartford Foundation \nLaura and John Arnold Foundation \nInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation \nCalifornia Health Care Foundation \nMissouri Foundation for Health \nColorado Health Foundation \nNew York State Health Foundation \nHealth Foundation for Western & Central New York \nKansas Health Foundation \nRhode Island Foundation \nVitalyst Health Foundation \nThe JAMA Network \nThe Wiley Network \nBurroughs Wellcome Fund URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-journalism-2018/ CATEGORIES:Annual Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180416T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155514Z CREATED:20231025T162037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155514Z UID:24264-1523840400-1524013200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Patient Experience Conference 2018 DESCRIPTION:This is the largest independent\, non-provider or vendor hosted event bringing together the collective voices of health care professionals across the globe to convene\, engage and expand the dialogue on improving patient experience.  \n \nApril 16-18\, 2018 • Hyatt Regency Chicago • Chicago \nContact: 866-488-2379 URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/patient-experience-conference-2018/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180421T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180421T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154202Z CREATED:20231103T172935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154202Z UID:26428-1524272400-1524272400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Celebration of Life: Uwe E. Reinhardt DESCRIPTION:AHCJ members are invited to a memorial for late health economist Uwe E. Reinhardt.  Reinhardt\, who earned degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and Yale University\, was a giant in his field. \nReinhardt was one of the first speakers to attend the Midwest Conference on Health Journalism at Indiana University\, a predecessor conference of AHCJ\, and later spoke at several AHCJ conferences. Read more here. \nThe service will be at 2 p.m. at the Princeton University Chapel. A reception will follow at Chancellor Green. Get more information and RSVP here. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/celebration-of-life-uwe-e-reinhardt/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180423T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155513Z CREATED:20231025T162036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155513Z UID:24263-1524445200-1524618000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:2018 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research DESCRIPTION:The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases will hold its 2018 Annual Conference on Vaccinology Research on the latest scientific and clinical knowledge in vaccinology. The conference will bring together more than 350 researchers from across the globe – including health care professionals\, government officials\, and industry and academia representatives from the many disciplines involved in vaccinology. Conference topics include progress in preventing emerging infectious diseases\, using vaccines to prevent antibiotic resistance and communicating about vaccines in a post-fact world. \nKeynote speakers include: \n\n\nBarton F. Haynes\, M.D.\, the Frederic M. Hanes Professor\, Medicine and Immunology and Global Health Director\, Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology \n\n\nPenny M. Heaton\, M.D.\, C.E.O.\, of The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute \n\n\nApril 23-25\, 2018\, at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda\, in Bethesda\, Md. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2018-annual-conference-on-vaccinology-research/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180424T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180424T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155512Z CREATED:20231103T173235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155512Z UID:26441-1524531600-1524531600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Why adults aren't getting their vaccines DESCRIPTION:Recorded April 24\n \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nTan’s presentation\nHanen’s presentation\nAHCJ core topic on infectious diseases\nInfectious disease news from Covering Health\nTip sheet: Older adults vulnerable without vaccinations\nAdult Vaccine Access Coalition\nImmunization Action Coalition\n\n \n\nAs adults age\, so do their immune systems\, leaving them vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases like the flu\, shingles and pneumonia. Yet adult vaccinations are low in the U.S.\, which can result in costly hospitalizations and other medical interventions. This panel will explore some of the reasons for low adult vaccination rates\, which range from the failure of insurers to cover adult vaccines to lack of information from health providers. \n\n\nLaura Hanen\, interim executive director and chief of government affairs \, National Association of City and County Health Officials \n\n\nLitjen (L.J.) Tan\, M.S.\, Ph.D.\, chief strategy officer\, Immunization Action Coalition \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader on infectious diseases \n\n\nAt NAACHO\, Hanen oversees policy development\, federal lobbying\, and the Big Cities Health Coalition. She also is co-chair of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition. Prior to coming to NACCHO\, Hanen was the director of government relations for the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors for 11 years. She was the senior lobbyist for the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and before that was a legislative assistant for Rep. Rick Boucher\, D-Va. She also was a legislative assistant in the Government Relations Department of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. \nTan joined the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) in 2013. Prior to the coalition\, Tan was the director of medicine and public health at the American Medical Association\, a position he held since 2008. From 1997 to 2008\, he was the AMA’s director of infectious disease\, immunology\, and molecular medicine. He co-founded and currently co-chairs the National Adult Immunization Summit and the National Influenza Vaccine Summit. He serves or has served on the steering committees of the 317 Coalition\, the National Network for Immunization Information\, and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable and on the IAC scientific advisory board. \n \n\nLaura Hanen \n\n\nLitjen (L.J.) Tan \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/why-adults-arent-getting-their-vaccines/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180425T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155511Z CREATED:20231103T173236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155511Z UID:26442-1524618000-1524618000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media Briefing on Use of Genetic Technology to Stop Spread of Mosquito and Tick- Borne Diseases DESCRIPTION:Gene drives represent a new take on genetic engineering that offers previously impossible means of fighting disease-spreading insects and invasive species but also raises the specter of ecological disruption. SciLine’s live\, web-based video briefing will feature leading experts who can get you up to speed on the current status of gene-drive technology\, applications under consideration\, and related ethical\, legal\, and regulatory issues. The briefing will include an open Q&A for reporters. SciLine is funded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \nWHEN: April 25\, 1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT \nWHO: \n\n\nZach Adelman\, associate professor of entomology\, Texas A&M University \n\n\nAnthony James\, professor of microbiology and molecular genetics\, University of California\, Irvine \n\n\nJennifer Kuzma\, professor of social sciences and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\, North Carolina State University \n\n\nRenee Wegrzyn\, Safe Genes program manager\, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency \n\n\nSciLine director Rick Weiss will moderate the briefing. \n\n\nHOW:  \nThe briefing is open only to members of the media. \nTo receive log-in or call-in information\, you must register in advance here. \nFor more information about gene drives and the media briefing: check our event page\, here. \n  \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-briefing-on-use-of-genetic-technology-to-stop-spread-of-mosquito-and-tick-borne-diseases/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180426T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155511Z CREATED:20231025T162037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155511Z UID:24265-1524704400-1524790800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:2018 Health Datapalooza DESCRIPTION:The gathering place for people and organizations creating knowledge from data and pioneering innovations that drive health policy and practice. \n \nFederal policymakers and regulatory leads take their seats beside Silicon Valley startups and the health system’s chief information officers. More than a meeting\, Health Datapalooza is a diverse community of big thinkers and roll-up-our-sleeves-and-get-it-done problem solvers who share a mission to liberate and use data to improve health and health care. \nToday\, as the challenges facing health and health care continue to evolve\, we’re digging into the real world experience of turning information into innovation. What works\, what doesn’t\, why\, and what’s coming next? \nSpeakers will include:  \n \n\n\nScott Gottlieb\, M.D.\, commissioner\, U.S. Food and Drug Administration \n\n\n \nBruce Greenstein\, B.S.\, M.S.\, CTO\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) \n\nDon Rucker\, M.D.\, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/2018-health-datapalooza/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180426T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180428T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155510Z CREATED:20231025T162032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155510Z UID:24257-1524704400-1524877200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Ontario Dental Association 2018 Annual Spring Meeting DESCRIPTION:The annual spring meeting will feature a trade show\, educational sessions and keynote speaker Rick Hansen\, a paralympic athlete and advocate for people with disabilities\, who will discuss his views on creating a world that is accessible and inclusive for all. \nMetro Toronto Convention CentreToronto\, Ontario\, Canada \nFor more information see this link: http://asm.oda.ca/ URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ontario-dental-association-2018-annual-spring-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154201Z CREATED:20231103T172735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154201Z UID:26413-1524790800-1524790800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Division\, denial and journalism ethics DESCRIPTION:The Center for Journalism Ethics’ annual conference will bring together journalists\, scholars and advocates to address critical issues facing journalism today: \n\n\nAudience psychology \n\n\nConspiracy theories \n\n\nDisinformation \n\n\nPublic mistrust \n\n\nPossible solutions to create a common set of facts \n\n\nNearly 200 journalists\, students\, scholars and community members are expected to discuss the problems news media and news audiences face\, and some positive steps we can take to repair democracy. \nKeynote speaker\nJustin Gillis is an author and consultant working on a book about how to solve global warming. He spent nearly a decade as a reporter for The New York Times covering environmental science\, with a special focus on climate change\, and is now a contributing opinion writer for the newspaper. He was the author of a Times series called “Temperature Rising” that ran from 2010 to 2013 and updated readers on major developments in climate science\, winning the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism from Columbia University. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/division-denial-and-journalism-ethics/ CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR