Announcements
CHW’s affiliated faculty and researchers have received recognition from various bodies, and highlights of their work have been featured in academic journals and the popular media. The Center has also hosted major events and launched several programs to foster teaching in health and health policy at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Harold Shapiro will receive the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences—the Academy's highest award, given in recognition of “distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare.”
The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) is launching a four-year program to support activities in domestic health policy. The program’s key elements will all relate to aspects of U.S. health care and health policy, and will include:
- Seed grants to support innovative faculty research
- Conferences and policy forums
- Workshops for members of the media covering health policy
- Graduate and undergraduate research/internship grants
- Seed grants to support innovative faculty research
- Conferences and policy forums
- Workshops for members of the media covering health policy
- Graduate and undergraduate research/internship grants
CHW affiliate Heather Howard, Director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network, has been elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI).
CHW Director Janet Currie led a study investigating the impact of traffic congestions on infant health. Her work was featured in the Wall Street Journal.