Sponsored by George Mason University, the College of Health and Human Services Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, the Washington Health Policy Institute hosts its 16th annual meeting from June 3rd through 6th of 2008.At the meeting, “academics and health professionals interested in health policy research can learn firsthand about current policy issues and how policy is made through lectures and discussion with some of the nation’s leading policy makers. Students can also earn graduate credit through the Institute by attending morning didactic sessions and completing an analytic policy paper. An additional Institute option is the Policy Leadership Training Program for post-baccalaureate students and health professionals with a desire to enhance leadership capacity and skills in policymaking, research, and advocacy.”
Here’s a list of invited speakers –
BILL FINERFROCK
Vice President, Health Policy
Capitol Associates Inc.PATRICK FINNERTY
Director, Virginia Department
of Medical Assistance Services
PAULA HOLLINGER, RN
Associate Director, Health Workforce
Maryland Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, and Former Senator,
Maryland General Assembly
DIANA MASON, PhD, RN, FAAN
Editor in Chief, American Journal of Nursing
ERIN McKEON
Associate Director, Government Affairs
American Nurses Association
ALAN MORGAN, MPA
Executive Director
National Rural Health Association
FRANK PURCELL
Director, Federal Government Affairs
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
CATHY RICK, RN, CNAA, FACHE
Chief Nursing Offi cer
Veterans Health Administration
ALLISON WEBER SHUREN, MSN, JD
Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC
PEGEEN TOWNSEND, JD
Senior Vice President, Legislative Policy
Maryland Hospital Association
Since this meeting is slanted towards eligible graduate credit or CEU’s, I encourage students and policy practitioners with a few days in Washington D.C. to spare to attend.
After this affair, you may piggy back off the 25th annual AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, which follows soon after George Mason University’s affair.
