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Department of Health Administration and Policy

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Point of Contact

Dr. PJ Maddox
Chair, Department of Health Administration and Policy
(703) 993-1982
pmaddox@gmu.edu
Fax: (703) 993-1953

News

Peace Corp World AIDS Day Information Session
November 5, 2009 - The Peace Corps’ Mid-Atlantic Regional Office is hosting an information session on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Washington, DC that will focus on what Peace Corps Volunteers are doing to address the global HIV/AIDS crisis.  A panel of returned Peace Corps Volunteers who worked in communities affected by the epidemic, along with Pamela Martin, Peace Corps’ AIDS Relief Coordiantor, will discuss their experiences and answer questions.

What: Peace Corps World AIDS Day Information Session
Where: Peace Corps Headquarter's Office, 1111 20th St, NW. Washington, D.C. 20526
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

HAP Seminar Series
November 2, 2009 - The HAP Seminar Series originally scheduled for November 3rd has been canceled.  Please continue to check this site for updates on when the Seminar Series will be rescheduled.

HAP Seminar Series
October 2, 2009 - Brad Gray of The Urban Institute will present "Charitable Expectations for Nonprofit Hospitals".  Nonprofit hospitals have often been criticized as insufficiently charitable. Three kinds of evidence is cited: anecdotal accounts, research making comparisons with for-profits, and research making comparisons with estimates of the value of tax exemptions. Requirements for charitable spending thresholds are common policy proposals. I'll argue that such proposals are based on a misreading of what it means for nonprofits to be charitable and an inadequate reading of the research evidence. Wiser public policies would cover the uninsured and require better accountability of nonprofits' charitable performance.

Event details:
October 6, 2009
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
Read the Event Flyer

HAP Faculty featured in BBC Documentary
September 30, 2009 - Dr. Tracy Koehlmoos, currently working in Bangladesh, is featured in the BBC Documentary "Think Zinc". 

Program Description: Diarrhoea kills over 1.5 million children every year. This is more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.

It is in the developing world where this deadly condition takes its heaviest toll. In countries such as Bangladesh children are already malnourished, sanitation is poor and running water is seen as a luxury. Here, zinc treatment has been estimated to save the lives of as many as 50,000 children a year.

Will zinc be the silver bullet in the fight against diarrhoea and can it help to save the lives of millions of children globally?

Watch Episode 1 of this series.

Health Reform Summit led by Dr. Mark Meiners
September 23, 2009 - Dr. Mark Meiners lead the dicussion at The Long-Term Services and Supports Health Reform Summit on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, September 23. The Summit brought together Congressional, policy, and LTSS experts to synthesize Health Reform proposals with LTSS principles, experience, and evidence.

America and a Public Option
September 11, 2009 - Families throughout the U.S. are considering the highly-debated health care reform public option. Dr. Peter Kongstvedt was interviewed for this Special Report on CBS News.  Watch the report.

Archive of Previous News Items

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Email Adam McCutcheon at amccutch@gmu.edu.

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