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Baylor Health Policy Symposium 2024

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This event is organized by The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Center for Professionalism (bcm.edu).

May 14, 2024

Theme: When Medicine Becomes Political

Overview: Our annual event where we highlight health policy work at 7m��Ƶ and discuss contemporary challenges in health policy that impact our community. This year, we hope to have candid conversations about how to engage in productive discussion around controversial topics and promote respectful discourse in the face of disagreement. We will also have a poster session from Baylor students.

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Agenda
Time	Topic	People
8:45	Opening	Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ Ellen M Friedman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P, Senior Associate Dean of Professionalism, Director, Center for Professionalism and Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at 7m��Ƶ
9 - 9:40	Keynote: The Political Doctor	Bret Giroir, M.D., CEO, Altesa BioSciences, Inc.; Former Assistant Secretary for Health and Admiral, US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Moderator: Vaso Nataly Rahimzadeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
9:40 - 10:25	The Political Patient	Susan Patricia Raine, MD, JD, MEd, LLM, Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology at 7m��Ƶ April Dione Adams, MD MS, FACOG, FACMG Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Molecular and Human Genetics at 7m��Ƶ Joseph Shimon Kass, M.D., J.D., FAAN, Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Medical Ethics & Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Jean Raphael, MD, MPH, Professor, Pediatrics-Academic General at 7m��Ƶ
10:25 - 10:35	BREAK
10:35 - 11:15	Keynote: The Political Academic	Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at 7m��Ƶ, Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Texas Children's Hospital, Co-Director, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development Moderator: Laura A. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., Professor Medicine-Health Srvcs Research at 7m��Ƶ, Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
11:15 - Noon	Transcending Politics	Mary Brandt, MD, FACS, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Medical Ethics at 7m��Ƶ J. Wesley “Wes” Boyd, MD, PhD, Professor of psychiatry and medical ethics at 7m��Ƶ, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School Ricardo Nuila, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine-General Med/Ben Taub at 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Stacey Rubin Rose, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Huffington Department of Education, Innovation and Technology, Associate Director, Center for Professionalism at 7m��Ƶ
Noon - 12:20	LUNCH BREAK
12:20 - 1:20	Keynote: Where do we go from here?	Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Moderator: Ellen M Friedman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P, Senior Associate Dean of Professionalism, Director, Center for Professionalism and Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at 7m��Ƶ
1:20 - 1:25	Closing	Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
Virtual Poster Session

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May 16, 2023

Theme: Future of Medicine

Agenda: See full agenda below.

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Agenda
Time	Panel	Speakers
9 - 9:05 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
9:05 - 10	Intelligent Medicine	Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D., FASGE, AGAF, Vice President of Baylor Global Health, Professor of Medicine – Gastroenterology Erez S Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, 7m��Ƶ; Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, Rice University Kristin Kostick-Quenet Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Laura Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Center Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Associate Chief of Staff for Research (ACOS/R), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Section of Health Services Research, 7m��Ƶ
10 - 10:45	Brain Computing	Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby Ph.D., Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ Sameer Sheth M.D., Ph.D. –Professor, Vice-Chair of Research, Neurosurgery and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair Neurosurgery, 7m��Ƶ Wayne Goodman MD, Professor and Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at 7m��Ƶ. Moderator: Eric Alan Storch, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Psychiatry & Behav Sciences, Vice Chair of Psychology, Head of Psychology, 7m��Ƶ
10:45 - 11	Break
~11 - 11:45 a.m.	Medicine in the Metaverse	Teresia O'Connor M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. – Associate Professor, CNRC Associate Director for Human Sciences, Pediatrics Nutrition; and Academic General Pediatrics, 7m��Ƶ Deborah Thompson Ph.D., R.D., Professor, Pediatrics-Nutrition, 7m��Ƶ; Research Nutritionist, USDA-ARS, Children's Nutrition Research Center Vaso Nataly Rahimzadeh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Kristin Kostick-Quenet Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
11:45 – 12:30	Psychedelics	Lynnette A. Averill Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at 7m��Ƶ and Clinical Research Psychologist at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Sanjay Mathew M.D. Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Marjorie Bintliff Johnson and Raleigh White Johnson, Jr. Chair for Research in Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at 7m��Ƶ; Staff Physician Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Amy McGuire J.D., Ph.D. Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Mary Anderlik Majumder, J.D., Ph.D. Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
12:30 - 12:45	Break
12:45 - 1:45	Keynote	, A contributing op-ed writer for the New York Times, a lecturer at The Wharton School, and a former Google data scientist. His work focuses on using big-data sources to uncover previously hidden behaviors and attitudes. His book, Everybody Lies, was a New York Times bestseller and an Economist Book of the Year.
1:45 - 1:50	Closing Remarks	Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
1:50 - 3	Virtual Poster Session	Call for Abstracts: Submissions are invited for a virtual poster session via Voice Thread. Submit your abstract and get further details on eligibility, evaluation criteria and instructions. Please submit only your abstract by May 3. If you are selected you will then receive further instructions on a rolling basis/no later than May 5 for finalizing and submitting your poster.

In partnership with the , we hosted our annual, virtual, free event on May 4, 2022 from 9 - 3 p.m. CT.

Theme: Environmental Justice: how physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health

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Agenda

Time	Panel	Speakers
9 - 9:05 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Paul Klotman, M.D., FACP, President, CEO and Executive Dean, 7m��Ƶ
9:05 - 9:50 a.m.	How does criminal justice relate to environmental science?	, Vice President of Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures Chris Greeley, M.D., Vice-Chair of Community Health at 7m��Ƶ Marc Robinson, M.D., Assistant Professor, 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Christi Guerrini, JD, Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
9:50 - 10:35 a.m.	The health effects of environmental exposure to contaminants	Cheryl Walker, Ph.D., Alkek Presidential Chair in Environmental Health, Director, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Professor, Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and Medicine, 7m��Ƶ Drew A. Helmer, M.D., MS,, Deputy Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Professor, Medicine, Health Services Research Rosie Torres, Co-founder of Burn Pits 360 Moderator: Mary Anderlik Majumder, JD, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
10:35 - 11:35 a.m.	Keynote - Clean energy, equity and philanthropy	Danielle Deane-Ryan, Director, Equitable Climate Solutions - , former Senior Advisor for External Affairs and Acting Director for Stakeholder Engagement at the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy; in conversation with Jean Raphael, M.D., MPH, Division Chief, Academic General Pediatrics, Director, Center for Child Health Policy and Advocacy, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, 7m��Ƶ
11:35 - 11:45 a.m.	Break
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Astro-ethics and policy: the ethics and justice issues surrounding space exploration and space governance	Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D., Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health; Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and the Center for Space Medicine Jennifer Fogarty, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at 7m��Ƶ, Assistant Professor in the Center for Space Medicine 7m��Ƶ , Professor, Director, Adult and Transitional Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders, Neurology and Neurological Surgery at UW Medicine Moderator: Kristin Kostick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
12:30 - 1:15 p.m.	Maternal and infant health, mortality and the environment	Kjersti Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D., FACOG, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 7m��Ƶ, Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, 7m��Ƶ Denae King, Ph.D., Associate Director, in the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice housed in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. Carrey Eppes, M.D., Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7m��Ƶ, Texas Children’s Fetal Center, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Chair of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies, Chief of Obstetrics for Ben Taub Hospital Moderator: Faith Fletcher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	Keynote: Communicating injustice through the powerful lens of documentary	, Visiting Associate Professor, Environmental Justice, Water, University of Michigan. Dr. Taylor is a public sociologist who employs documentary film, visual media, and storytelling to engage the wider community in conversations around inequality. He is the writer, director, and co-producer of Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint’s Water Crisis; Laura Petersen, M.D., MPH, Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Professor, Medicine-Health Services Research at 7m��Ƶ will introduce him
2:15 - 2:20 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor

This free, virtual half-day event was held on May 4, 2021. We focused on pioneering partnerships - taking a closer look at what's changed in health care partnerships with the pandemic, how industry, governments and communities are working together and what lies ahead. It included a keynote from Adm. Dr. Brett Giroir, M.D., 16th Asst. Sec. for Health at HHS, and panels featuring thought leaders from 7m��Ƶ, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, University of Houston, Rice University, Episcopal Health Foundation, Harris Health System and more! See the .

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: Payers as key players
: The community opportunity: models of community health and frontline care
: New challenges, new opportunities: what’s next for academic medical centers? and closing remarks

Agenda

Panel	Speakers
Opening	Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
Keynote - What does "good" government look like?	, M.D., 16th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with James T. McDeavitt, M.D., SVP and Dean of Clinical Affairs at 7m��Ƶ
Payers as key players	, Chief Operating Officer and Division Senior Vice President, CHI Texas Division , Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia , M.D. MPH, CMO, Aetna Better Health of Texas, Regional CMO ABH Moderator: Stephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
Break
The community opportunity: models of community health and frontline care	, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute at the University of Houston and a University of Houston College of Medicine professor Elena Marks, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Episcopal Health Foundation , M.D., J.D., Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Health Policy Scholar, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 7m��Ƶ Moderator: Jean Raphael, M.D., M.P.H., founding Director of the Center for Child Health Policy and Advocacy at Texas Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at 7m��Ƶ
Break
New challenges, new opportunities: what’s next for Academic Medical Centers?	Paul Klotman, M.D., President, CEO and Executive Dean of 7m��Ƶ , Ph.D., CEO, St. Luke's Health and Senior VP of Operations, Texas Division, CommonSpirit Health , M.D., MBA, M.Ph., CCHP-A, President and CEO at Harris Health System Houston Moderator: Laura Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Center Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Associate Chief of Staff for Research (ACOS/R), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Section of Health Services Research, 7m��Ƶ
Closing Remarks	Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at 7m��Ƶ
Virtual Poster Session	Call for Abstracts: Submissions are invited for a virtual poster session via Voice Thread. Submit your abstract and get further details on eligibility, evaluation criteria and instructions. Please submit only your abstract by April 7. If you are selected you will then receive further instructions by April 13 for finalizing and submitting your poster, which is due April 28.

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