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On October 22, 2018, PolicyLab held the “Charting New Frontiers in Children’s Health Policy and Practice” forum, a commemorative event for our 10th anniversary. The forum brought together regional and national leaders in children’s health policy to outline the emerging innovative solutions that will move the dial on child, adolescent and family health and well-being over the course of the next decade. It was an energizing event with deep discussions on issues such as successful transition for youth with special health needs to adult care, health care delivery reform and social determinants within pediatric health systems. Relive the event with us by viewing the final agenda.
We were honored to have Ms. Stephanie Barna, under secretary of defense for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), as our keynote speaker for the day, and heard from exciting speakers such as Madeline Bell, president and CEO of CHOP; Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus; and Rodney Whitlock, vice president of health policy at ML Strategies. In our breakout sessions, we had important conversations on:
With the forum over and 2018 coming to a close, we’re actively looking towards our next decade of work. You can read more about our leadership's vision for PolicyLab's research and program development in this blog post, as well as gain a sense for where some of our investigators’ research is heading next in these posts from our 10th anniversary series:
Photo credit: Gary Walens
Photo credit: Gary Walens
Photo credit: Susan Lee
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