Forum Events

Alzheimer’s: What Is the Value of Knowing Early?
A View Across Five Countries

July 22nd, 2011 Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] This Forum event examined the results of a new poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe on perception and awareness of the disease among residents in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Poland – and their views on the value of diagnosis.

Governor Deval Patrick
The Next Phase of Massachusetts Healthcare Reform

April 28th, 2011 Part of: Policy Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] While federal budget battles and repeal threats shadow the national law, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick explored in this Forum webcast two important themes for the future of the state’s healthcare reform — containing costs while increasing quality.

Boosting Vitamin D
Not enough or too much?

March 29th, 2011 Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] Why do nutrition specialists disagree on how much vitamin D people should get? This Forum webcast examined the question, “Boosting Vitamin D: Not enough or too much?

Response to the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crises in Japan
Disaster Leadership in Action

March 16th, 2011 Part of: Policy Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] This Forum event examined the “Response to the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crises in Japan: Disaster Leadership in Action.”

Mammograms
Who in the World are They Good For?

March 8th, 2011 Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] On March 8, 2011, International Women’s Day, expert participants met at The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health to address the question, “Mammograms: Who in the world are they good for?”

Philanthropist Ted Turner in Conversation with Dean Julio Frenk
Driving Global Health from Goals to Action

December 9th, 2010 Part of: Policy Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] Philanthropist Ted Turner and Dean Julio Frenk discussed how to drive global health, using the framework of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.

The Impact of the 2010 Elections on U.S. Healthcare Reform

November 5th, 2010 Part of: Policy Controversies.

[FORUM VIDEO] Implementation of the new health care reform law will slow down—and some pieces may disappear altogether—now that Republicans control the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a panel of health policy experts who spoke at The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health on November 5, 2010, following the 2010 elections.