Join Us at the 2018 Population Health Conference: Day 1

Today we’re live at the first day of our 2018 conference, “Pushing the Boundaries of Population Health Science: Social Inequalities, Biological Processes, and Policy Implications,” in Washington DC.

Stop by and say hello. If you can’t make it in person, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, @ia4phs and the conference hashtag, #pophealth2018.

Today’s highlights:

8:15 am: Joint Symposium of the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement and IAPHS  (#RoundTableRT)

• “Population Health in the United States: The Stakes Are High”
  Follow David Williams, @highereddavid
• “Policy-Relevant Evidence for Population Health: Promise and Challenges”
  Follow Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Jennifer Doleac (@jenniferdoleac), and Paula Lantz (@paulalantz)
• “Effective Population Health Policy and the Science: Finding Common Ground”
  Follow Joshua Sharfstein (@drJoshS), Leana Wen (@drleanawen), Ellen Marie Whelan (@emwhelan), Raul Gupta (@drguptamd)

12:45  Closing Remarks
Follow David Kindig (@PopHealth)

2:30: Concurrent Sessions

• “Integrating Genetics into Population Health Research”
  Follow Jason Fletcher (@jasonmfletcher), Robbee Wedow (@robbeewedow), Sam Trejo (@trejosamtrejo), and Dalton Conley (@daltonconley)
• “Restrictive Immigration Policy and Population Health”
  Follow Jackie Torres (@jackie_m_torres), and Alana Lebron (@alana_lebron)
• “State Drug Policies, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and Trends in the Opioid-Related Overdose Epidemic”
  Follow Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz (@nkravitzwirtz), Scott Hadland (@drscotthadland)
• “Selection and Scarring Over the Life Course”
  Follow Jenna Nobles (@je_nobles), Alison Gemmill (@Alisongemmill), and Alberto Palloni (@albertopalloni)
• “Landing Upon the Body: Racism as Violence in the US”
  Follow Rachel Hardeman (@RRHDr), Maeve Wallace (@Maebes)
• “Your Trauma is Not Your Own: Research and Perspectives on Childhood Trauma and Mental Health”
  Follow Jessica Minor (@jes_minor), Adrian Nelly (@anneely5), Raven Hardy @neuraven1)

4:00 Poster Session and Reception

The 2018 conference is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Academy of Medicine Roundtable for Population Health Improvement, the Department of Health Policy and Management at George Washington University,  RWJF Health Policy Research Scholars Program,   Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Colorado University Population Center, Public Health National Center for Innovations, and the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).