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Health economics and public policy

Dec 6, 2010
Another faculty member on loan from the University of Michigan this year is research professor Helen Levy, who was appointed this August to serve a one-year term as a senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)—an agency that...
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Demand-side solutions to health disparities

Dec 6, 2010
Professor Jim House is on a research leave this year as a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. From his office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he's writing a new book, tentatively titled Beyond Sicko and Health Care...
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Legislators, lobbyists, and health care reform

Dec 6, 2010
"Almost every month a new book comes out that impugns the integrity of lobbyists and legislators," says professor of public policy and political science Rick Hall, "that they're in bed together, that there's a corrupt conspiracy, that members are...
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Polling parents on children's health

Dec 6, 2010
Want to know what the nation thinks about childhood obesity, bullying, or genetic risk testing? Ask Dr. Matthew Davis, an associate professor at the Ford School and the Medical School. As director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll...
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Health care reform act unfolding, shifting the field

Dec 6, 2010
This September, the U.S. Census office announced that 14.3 percent of Americans are living in poverty, and 16.7 percent (50.7 million) are uninsured. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law eight months ago will welcome 32...
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Health policy diffusion both horizontal and vertical

Dec 6, 2010
Across the nation, cities have been pioneers in restricting restaurant and workplace smoking, and making it harder for children to acquire cigarettes. As a political scientist, Professor Chuck Shipan’s work seeks to understand how these policies...
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Local leaders open to regional partnerships-maybe

Dec 3, 2010
Government leaders in struggling communities across the state tend to be open to combining services with other towns, a new University of Michigan study finds.However, government officials who favor expanding regional planning are less supportive of...
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Matthew Davis quoted in Health Day article about gun safety

Dec 1, 2010
Matthew Davis was quoted in a Health Day news article called "Gun-Safety Talk a Safe Bet for All Families." The article, published in Business Week, presents the results of a new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health,...
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Ford School students attend 2010 UN Climate Change Conference

Nov 29, 2010
Two Ford School MPP students, Katlego Moilwa and Marisol Ramos, will travel in a group of thirty University of Michigan students, alumni, and faculty to Cancun, Mexico for the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The conference, lasting...
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Diversity Center issues call for proposals

Nov 22, 2010
The Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies has issued a call for project proposals that contribute to academic research on diversity or enrich the broader community’s engagement with issues of diversity. Up to four proposals—of two different...
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Rick Snyder holds press conference at Ford School

Nov 8, 2010
Rick Snyder, Michigan’s governor-elect, held his first press conference since the election today in the Ford School of Public Policy’s Great Hall. At the press conference Snyder announced two members of his cabinet—Andy Dillon as state treasurer and...
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Scott Atran pens New York Times op-ed

Oct 28, 2010
In "Turning the Taliban Against Al Qaeda," an op-ed appearing in the New York Times, Scott Atran discusses current and future U.S. and NATO strategies for negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban leaders. Atran also appeared on a...
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Carl P. Simon named to National Institutes of Health panel

Oct 14, 2010
Carl P. Simon was named to a National Institutes of Health panel charged with studying the origins of health disparities using a complex systems approach. The 20-member panel, called the Network on Inequality, Complexity, and Health, has...
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