Mark Your Calendars

Mark Your Calendars now for these upcoming events in the School of Public Health. They are open to all (students, faculty, staff, etc.), and contact information can be found below

The Department of Health Services Administration will be hosting 4
research colloquium during the first two weeks of school. For more information, contact Dr. Mary Kivlighan at mkivligh@umd.edu

January 26, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room
"Do Copayments Affect Emergency Department Utilization of Medicaid
Enrollees?"

January 29, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Dean's Conference Room
"Performance Measurement Using Administrative Databases: Applications in
Children's Behavioral Health Services"

February 3, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room
"Changes in the Relationship Between Nursing Home Financial Performance
and Quality of Care Under Public Reporting"

February 4, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room
"A Longitudinal Analysis of Postpartum Depression Amoung Employed Women"

The Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy will soon be hosting an event in its ongoing Speaker Series. For more information, contact Dr. Bonnie Braun at bbraun@umd.edu.

"Improving the Quality of Patient-Physician Communications: A Prescription for Health Literacy"

Special Guest:
Debra Roter, DrPH
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Friday, January 30, 2009
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
School of Public Health Building, Room 1312