Workshop on Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy
Where: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC With the amount of data in our world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity to improve public health surveillance systems and develop predictive models. Advances in machine learning and crowdsourcing may also offer […]
Public Report Release: Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice
Where: NAS Building (Room 120) The Board on Children, Youth, and Families and the Committee on Law and Justice's will hold a public release of the report: Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice. This briefing on the release of a new consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will feature members […]
Identifying the Role of Violence Prevention in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Where: Keck Center (Room 100) Adopted by global leaders in September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build upon the success of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals adopted and in 2000 and supported globally through 2015. The 17 goals and 169 targets are expansive in their reach and will require collaborative, transnational efforts in […]
Vaccines: Ebola, SARS, MERS, Nipah, Zika virus, and beyond
*This event is invite-only and is closed to the general public* This international forum is being held under the Chatham House Rule. The purpose is to build on the momentum generated by Ebola and Zika to focus attention on the need for comprehensive reform of the vaccine development process and how to accelerate the availability of […]
Meeting of the Care Culture & Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative
Meeting focus: Strategic priorities in advancing the evidence base for patient- and family-engaged care Core questions: What is the current evidence of impact for various dimensions of patient- and family-engaged care? To what extent are patients and families involved in shaping the research agendas in health and health care? What are the priorities in accelerating […]
Assessing Progress in End-of-Life and Serious Illness Care
On May 23, 2016, representatives from 93 stakeholder organizations met to assess progress since the release of the Dying in America report in September 2014, identify remaining barriers, and agree on priority action items.
Public Report Release by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults
Where: Keck Center (Room 100) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a public release for the report by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults. This will take place June 2, 2016 at the Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, […]
Workshop on Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation
Where: NAS Building (Room 125) The Health and Medicine Division and the Transportation Research Board, program divisions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will jointly conduct a two-day workshop intended to examine community level data relating to building partnerships between health and transportation providers, including identifying data from health care providers, existing measures, and […]
The Intersections Among Health Disparities, Disabilities, Health Equity, and Health Literacy
Where: NAS Building (Room 120) On June 14, 2016 The Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will co-host a one-day workshop with the Roundtable on Health Literacy on the The Intersections Among Health Disparities, Disabilities, Health Equity, and Health […]
Multimodal Therapies for Nervous System Disorders
Where: Keck Center Multimodal therapy approaches (i.e., combinations of interventions aimed at different aspects of a disease) are emerging as a potential approach to enhance clinical outcomes for patients with nervous system disorders. This could include, for example, a drug prescribed along with a device, psychosocial intervention, lifestyle adjustment, or dietary intervention. While such an […]
