September – December 2012
Local, national, and international speakers address foundational changes in the political and economic forces shaping personal, state, national and international health. What are the facts of the Affordable Care Act? How can we provide equitable care and access to preventive services in Rhode Island and throughout the country and the world? How can we combat obesity through education and advocacy? And how are such organizations as Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders fighting to address the medical needs of the world’s poor?
Coordinators
Jef Bratberg, Mary Cloud, Roger LeBrun, Shahla Yekta
Speakers
Tracy Kidder - Discusses his book Mountains Beyond Mountains
September 11, 2012
Mary Wakefield - The Affordable Care Act and The Future of U.S. Health Care
September 18, 2012
Robert Tosatto - Discusses how health, politics, and money affects participation in public health initiatives and emergency preparedness
September 25, 2012
Joia Mukherjee - Addresses Partners In Health's mission to deliver hope for the poorest of the poor
October 2, 2012
Gregory Poland - Vaccines in the 21st Century: Innumeracy, Cognitive Biases, the Power of Story, and Other Survival Lessons
October 7, 2012
Alumni Panel - Moderated by Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts
October 16, 2012
Roberta Friedman - Creating Optimal Defaults to Prevent Obesity
October 23, 2012
Jonathan Gruber - Discusses the political and economic impact of health care reform and the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act
November 1, 2012
Stephanie Chafee - Healthy Children, Healthy State
November 13, 2012
Paul Farmer - Haiti Since the Earthquake
November 19, 2012
Michael Fine - Discusses Rhode Island's health care needs based on its changing demographics and the financial challenges associated with providing equitable health care
November 27, 2012
“Damaged Care” - A musical comedy
December 4, 2012
Unni Karunakara - Discusses the role of Doctors Without Borders in alleviating the gap in access to health care that affects people in low-and middle-income countries globally
December 10, 2012
Sustaining Sponsors:
URI Office of the President; URI Office of the Provost; The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment; The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment.
Leadership Sponsors:
URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences, URI College of Pharmacy, URI College of Arts and Sciences, URI Multicultural Center, URI Department of Communications and Marketing.
University Sponsors:
Cox Communications.
Sponsors:
URI College of Business Administration, URI Department of Publications and Creative Services, URI College of Engineering, URI College of Nursing, URI College of Human Sciences and Services, URI Division of Administration and Finance, URI Division of Student Life, URI Department of Communications Studies of the Harrington School of Communication & Media.