Research Partners Forum: Partnerships in Global Health Research- A Bridge to the World

Wednesday, December 8, 2008

10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

City Club of San Francisco

Please note: We apologize for the slight gaps in the audio. We are aware of the problem and working to resolve it.

Part 1:

Opening remarks by Dial Hewlett Jr., MD, FACP, FIDSA, senior director, Medical Lead for Academic Medicine, U.S. External Medical Affairs, Medical Division, Pfizer Inc.

Part 2:

Poll Highlights by Mary Woolley, president and CEO, Research!America

Part 3:
Remarks on the University of California School of Global Health by Haile T. Debas, MD, executive director, UCSF Global Health Sciences; Maurice Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery; Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Medical Affairs; Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco

Part 4:
Introduction of Moderator by Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA, dean, professor of organization behavior, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health.

Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8:

Research Partners Forum moderated by Betty Ann Bowser, health correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Panelists:

• Joe Cerrell, director, Global Health Policy and Advocacy, Gates Foundation
• Haile T. Debas, MD, executive director, UCSF Global Health Sciences; Maurice Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery; Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Medical Affairs; Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco
• Charles Knirsch, MD, MPH, vice president and site head, Global Medical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc.
• Carmen J. Portillo, RN, PhD, professor and interim chair, Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco; ambassador, Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research
• Art Reingold, MD, professor and Epidemiology Division head, associate dean for research, associate director, Center for Global Public Health, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
• Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA, dean, professor of organization behavior, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health.

Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13:
Keynote Remarks by Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Your Candidates-Your Health Post-Election Meeting

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
AAAS Auditorium, Washington, DC
Keynote addresses by the Honorable John E. Porter
and Bart Moore of the National Journal

Show Notes:

Part 1

• Welcoming remarks by Alan Leshner, Ph.D., CEO of AAAS
• Keynote address by the Honorable John E. Porter, "New Congress, New Administration: New Possibilities"
• Partner Thanks by Mary Woolley, President of Research!America

Part 2

• Your Candidates Your Health 2008 Report by Stacie Propst, Ph.D., Vice President of Science Policy and Outreach, Research!America

Part 3

• Keynote address by Bart Moore of the National Journal, "Communicating with the New Congress"

Part 4

• Q & A
• Partner Comments
  
• Closing Remarks
  

Presidential Health and Economic Policy Discussion

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Newseum, Washington, DC
Moderator: David Leonhardt, New York Times
For John McCain 2008: Ike Brannon, PhD
For Barack Obama 2008: Tim Westmoreland, JD

From left to right: Ike Brannon, David Leonhardt, Tim Westmoreland, and Mary Woolley

Show notes:

Part 1:

• Introductory remarks by the Honorable John E. Porter
• Introductory remarks by Research!America President Mary Woolley

Part 2:

• What are your thoughts on removing the exclusion for employer-based health insurance (i.e. making them no longer deductible for employers), and the tax credit proposed by McCain?
• Teasing out the numbers- what is wrong with the following argument: “the McCain plan will provide $5,000 per family, but the typical family plan costs $12,000, so this will be a tax increase”?

Part 3:

• For Brannon: Health Affairs critiqued the McCain plan by saying that if the growth in premiums continues to increase at the same rate as the last decade, 5 million more people would be uninsured over the next 5 years. How would you address this?

Part 4:

• For Westmoreland: the cornerstone of the McCain plan is to reduce waste in health care. Health Affairs claims Obama’s plan does not address the core economic incentives that drive health care spending. This omission raises serious questions about fiscal sustainability. Is it sustainable to expand coverage without reducing costs?
• There are two ways to look at the NIH budget over the last ~50 years: the big picture view shows a steady increase; alternatively, there has not been a sufficient investment in research in recent years, and we are now moving backwards. Which view do you take? In real terms, what should we expect the NIH budget to be at the end of a second term (2016)?

Part 5:

• How could we make that money more cost-effective, and eliminate waste in the current system?
• What are your thoughts on the current administrations approach to science and scientific integrity? How would the McCain or Obama approach differ?

Part 6:

• (Audience question): McCain has talked about freezing Medicare spending. This would aggravate situation for doctors who already experience reduction in payments for treating patients on Medicare. Wouldn’t this essentially reduce coverage?
• (Audience question): concern within universities about science pipeline. We’ve all seen the NAS report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm; what are the campaigns doing to address this workforce shortage and global competitiveness?
• (Audience question): With regards to discretionary freezing that McCain has proposed—would science agencies be exempt?
• (Audience question): What are each of the campaigns doing to increase human capital plans to improve STEM teaching?

Garfield Economic Impact Award Luncheon

October 14, 2008
12:25 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Newseum, Washington, DC
2008 Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award Luncheon

From left to right: Mark McClellan, Eugene Garfield, Amitabh Chandra, and Douglas Staiger

Show notes:
The audio for the 2008 Garfield Award luncheon is in nine parts. Please click the links below to listen to the speakers.

Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable John Edward Porter
Eugene Garfield, PhD
Mary Woolley

Partner Remarks
Kevin White, PhD

Keynote Address
David Leonhardt

Introduction of Award Winners
Mark McClellan MD, PhD

Presentation of "Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks"
Amitabh Chandra, PhD & Douglas O. Staiger, PhD

Q&A
Award winners Chandra & Staiger

Closing Remarks
Mary Woolley