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Preventing the Next Global Pandemic: Lessons from Ebola and Zika
Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H. is Director for the Harvard Global Health Institute, K.T. Li Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a practicing Internal Medicine physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Dr. Jha’s major research interests lie in improving the quality and costs of healthcare with a specific focus on the impact of policy efforts. His work has focused on a broad set of issues including transparency and public reporting of provider performance, financial incentives, health information technology, and leadership, and the roles they play in fixing healthcare delivery systems. Jha’s interest in healthcare delivery systems and his concern over their lack of performance led him to start a blog called “An Ounce of Evidence,” a forum to “bring data to the discussions about health policy issues — what works, what doesn’t, and why.” The blog seeks to address the roots of the problems with our healthcare system from an objective, data-driven perspective. A prolific author, Jha has published over 200 hundred articles on healthcare and related issues.
Established in 2016, the Park Street Corporation Speaker Series seeks to engage students in exploring values and ethics related to health and healthcare practices.
Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 7:00pm to 8:15pm
Devlin Hall, Room 101
Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, University Calendar, Connell School of Nursing
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The Park Street Corporation Speaker Series in Health, Humanities, and Ethics is sponsored by the Park Street Corporation and by Boston College’s Institute for the Liberal Arts.
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Alyssa Bellows, Graduate Assistant (lordac@bc.edu)
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