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More than the Absence of Disease with Dr. John R. Beard

On February 5, 2024, the Center for Health Policy hosted a seminar titled, "More than the Absence of Disease," by Dr. John R. Beard. 

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Keys Bags Names Words

On November 15, 2023, the Center for Health Policy hosted an in-person documentary screening of Keys Bags Names Words, a documentary looking at the personal and global impacts of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. After the screening, Komal Murali, PhD, ACNP-BC, RN, from New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing facilitated a guided discussion with the attendees.

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Advocacy Training: Turning Research & Practice into Policy and Law 

On October 18, 2023, the Center for Health Policy and the Mailman School of Public Health hosted a training titled, “Advocacy Training: Turning Research & Practice into Policy and Law,” with Heather Krasna, PhD, MS, EdM, Ross Frommer, JD and Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, FNAM. The training included both nursing and public health students and focused on the I CAN Act, having students practice advocating either for or against the policy. 

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The Lost Art of Dying: What a Medieval Book Teaches About Living Well 

On May 2, 2023, the Center for Health Policy hosted an in-person event titled, “The Lost Art of Dying: What a Medieval Book Teaches About Living Well,” by Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR. Dr. Dugdale discussed The Lost Art of Dying, which reexamines death and how we can transform how we live each day, including our last.

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Indigenous Perspective on Aging and Policy with Dr. Poki'i Balaz

On April 25, 2023, the Center for Health Policy hosted a seminar titled, "Indigenous Perspective on Aging and Policy," by Dr. Poki'i Balaz. This was co-sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter, Columbia World Projects, Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Program, and Hawai'i Pacific Gerontological Society. 

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Nurse State Legislators: A Briefing with Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and Darlene J. Curley

On February 13, 2023, the Center for Health Policy, alongside the Biden Institute and the University of Delaware School of Nursing, hosted a panel discussion on nursing, policy, and advocacy. Panelists included Dr. Bethany Hall-Long, Dr. Darlene J. Curley, and Dr. Ross Frommer. Please click here for the map and bar graph that Dr. Darlene J. Curley presented regarding the recent data and trends on nurse state legislators. Lastly, please click here for the ANA 2023 Report on Nurse Legislator Numbers and Trends. 

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Healthy Policy, Anti-Trans Legislation, and the Fall of Roe

Columbia Nursing’s Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research and Center for Health Policy hosted a panel on November 16, 2022, entitled “Attack on bodily autonomy: Healthy Policy, Anti-Trans Legislation, and the Fall of Roe.” The expert panel discussed the ways in which policies restricting abortion rights and trans rights are inextricably linked.

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The Future of Nursing Home Quality

On April 13, 2022,  the Center for Health Policy, the Center for Improving Palliative Care in Vulnerable Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, and the Alumni Association hosted an expert panel discussion titled “Policy Dialogue for the Future of Nursing Home Quality.” The expert panel discussed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine’s recently released report, “The Quality of Care in Nursing Homes,” which examines how our nation delivers, regulates, finances and measures quality of nursing home care, including the long-standing challenges brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report

Columbia Nursing and NewYork Presbyterian hosted a panel discussion “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report: Charting a Path to Achieving Health Equity” on June 2, 2021. The expert panel discussed the goals of the National Academy of Medicine’s recently released study, which charts a course for the next decade of the nursing profession. 

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  • Antimonopoly and American Democracy

    Monday, April 22, 2024
    1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
    The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 315
    • Law
    • Journalism
    • Political Science
    • Research
    • Teaching and Learning
    • Social Justice
    • Other
    • International and Public Affairs
    • Government and Public Policy
    • Economics
    • Business
    Antimonopoly and American Democracy is a new history that traces antimonopoly ideas, organizing, and policy from the American founding era to the 1970's.  At this roundtable hosted by the Columbia Center for Political Economy and The Tobin Project, Bill Novak (University of Michigan Law School), an editor and contributor to the book, will join fellow contributors Richard John (Columbia Journalism School), Kate Andrias (Columbia Law School), and Tim Wu (Columbia Law School), to discuss how antimonopoly has figured importantly in the history of American democracy, and what lessons this history may hold for the challenges of market power, economic concentration, and democracy that we confront today. Center Co-Director Suresh Naidu (Columbia University) will moderate the discussion. This event is free and open to the public.

  • Narrative Intersections: Communicating Across Differences

    Friday, April 26, 2024 to Sunday, April 28, 2024
    1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
    Roy And Diana Vagelos Education Center, 104 Haven Ave., New York, NY 10032
    • Education
    • Healthcare
    • Humanities
    • Other
    A basic narrative medicine workshop held in-person at Columbia University Irving Medical Center Join us in-person for an immersive and intimate weekend at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York featuring distinguished guest speakers and a special thematic focus on communicating across differences and the complex intersections of healthcare and community! Register now for $50 off tuition with our Early Bird pricing! This workshop will provide a transformative introduction to the field of narrative medicine with a special focus on the ways the practice can be applied in communicating across differences and understanding the complex intersections of identity, community, self and other present in the exchanges between clinicians and patients and in the broader spaces of community that impact and are impacted by healthcare. The weekend will feature integrated practice of narrative medicine methods, along with interactive presentations by Columbia Narrative Medicine faculty Rita Charon, MD, PhD, Craig Irvine, PhD, Maura Spiegel, PhD and Deepthiman Gowda MD, MPH, MS, as well as FEATURED GUEST PRESENTATIONS BY:  Jae Sevelius, PhD clinical psychologist, Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center, and Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute will speak from their background of community-led research serving gender expansive people of color and those affected by HIV on “Reclaiming the Self: Autonomy, Authenticity, and Affirmation.” Christopher Travis, MD, MS alumnx of the Columbia Narrative Medicine masters program and Assistant Professor and Assistant Education Director for Narrative Medicine in the Department of OB/GYN at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University will present on the influence of narrative medicine in medical training with “Reflections on Training, Difference, and Collegiality,” where he will also dialogue with presenting faculty and Narrative Medicine Clinical Director and Assistant Dean of Medical Education for Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Deepthiman Gowda, MD, MPH, MS. Narrative medicine founding faculty will themselves present on how narrative medicine works, narrative ethics in the context of these concepts of intersection and difference, the power of film in understanding and witnessing dialogues, and pathways for connection in witnessing of self and other. These presentations by Division of Narrative Medicine faculty and our guest speakers, will combine with group discussions, practical exercises, and transformative small group work to provide an immersive introductory experience to the methods and skills of narrative medicine, and will offer rigorous skill-building in narrative practices.  Full schedule and details, including faculty presentations, tuition rates, our discount for cohorts, and travel information are available at the link above!

  • Columbia Aging Center Distinguished Lecture:The Longevity Imperative

    Thursday, May 2, 2024
    12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
    Hybrid Event Hess Commons
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Dental Medicine
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Columbia Nursing
    • Healthcare
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    • Natural Sciences
    • Research
    • Social Justice
    Please join us for the Robert N. Butler 2024 Distinguished Lecture in the Columbia Aging Center Series: THE LONGEVITY IMPERATIVE  Speaker: Andrew J. Scott, DPhil, MSc Professor of Economics London Business School This is a hybrid seminar. Please register in advance for in-person or online attendance at this link: https://tinyurl.com/CACScott You may attend VIA ZOOM OR IN PERSON: 722 West 168th Street, Rosenfield Building, Hess Commons About our speaker's work: Andrew J. Scott is a leading expert on the economics of longevity and on ensuring that our lives aren’t just longer but also happier, healthier and more productive. He is an award winning researcher, speaker, author and teacher. He is a co-founder of The Longevity Forum, co-author of the global bestseller, “The 100 Year Life,” and a professor of economics at London Business School. About this lecture: We live at a unique time in human history. For the first time ever, the young and middle-aged can expect to live long enough to become old. That requires all of us, regardless of age, to behave differently and ensure that lives are not just longer but also healthy, productive and engaged for longer. “The Longevity Imperative” outlines the fundamental changes needed in our health system, economy and financial sector as well as the critical cultural and political shifts needed if we are to adapt to a new longevity era’.

  • Student Perspectives from the AACN Policy Summit 2024

    Monday, May 6, 2024
    4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
    Columbia School of Nursing, 560 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 7th Floor Event Space
    • Columbia Nursing
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Healthcare
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    • Research
    The Center for Health Policy invites you to a student panel discussion where they will share their insights and reflections from their recent participation in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Policy Summit. The three students are: Taylor N. Onstott, Madeleine Chen, MSN, RN, and Susan Maloney, BSN, RN. The panel discussion will be from 4:00-5:00PM, followed by a reception from 5:00-6:00PM.