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6:00- 7:00 p.m. |
Registration and reception |
7:00-10:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
Welcome: E. Culpepper Clark, Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
Introduction: Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health & Medical Journalism, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
Keynote: More is Worse in Medicine: How media help drive costs up and quality down - and what we can do to fix it. Shannon Brownlee, Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer |
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6:30-8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and introduction: Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health & Medical Journalism, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia |
8:30 a.m. |
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Statistics: How to tell good research from bad. Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, veteran freelance medical investigative journalist and BMJ contributor |
10:00-10:30 a.m |
Break |
10:30 a.m. |
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Statistics (continued) |
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. |
Water, Health and Global Warming: A Nexus of Concern.
Ron Carroll, Ph.D., Professor and Director for Science, River Basin Center, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgi
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2:15 p.m. |
Stress, salt and hypertension.
Gregory A. Harshfield, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Pediatrics and Director, Georgia Institute for the Prevention of Human Disease and Accidents, Medical College of Georgia
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3:15 - 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:30 p.m. |
The National Children's Study: Answering tough questions about child health.
Frances J. Dunston, M.D., MPH, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine.
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4:30 p.m. |
Conference wrap-up: Patricia Thomas |
4:45 p.m. |
Departure |
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