Date and Time
December 17, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Availability
RSVP Required by 5PM December 3

Speaker
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD - President, Institute of Medicine

Please join us for a presentation by Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, our honored guest and this year's John Eisenberg Legacy Lecturer.  Dr. Fineberg is President of the Institute of Medicine. He served as Provost of Harvard University from 1997 to 2001, following thirteen years as Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. He has devoted most of his academic career to the fields of health policy and medical decision making. His past research has focused on the process of policy development and implementation, assessment of medical technology, evaluation and use of vaccines, and dissemination of medical innovations. 

ABOUT DR. HARVEY V. FINEBERG

Dr. Fineberg helped found and served as president of the Society for Medical Decision Making and also served as consultant to the World Health Organization. At the Institute of Medicine, he has chaired and served on a number of panels dealing with health policy issues, ranging from AIDS to new medical technology. He also served as a member of the Public Health Council of Massachusetts (1976-1979), as chairman of the Health Care Technology Study Section of the National Center for Health Services Research (1982-1985), and as president of the Association of Schools of Public Health (1995-1996).

Dr. Fineberg is co-author of the books Clinical Decision Analysis, Innovators in Physician Education, and The Epidemic that Never Was, an analysis of the controversial federal immunization program against swine flu in 1976. He has co-edited several books on such diverse topics as AIDS prevention, vaccine safety, and understanding risk in society. He has also authored numerous articles published in professional journals. Dr. Fineberg is the recipient of several honorary degrees and the Joseph W. Mountin Prize from the US Centers for Disease Control. He earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.

ABOUT THE EISENBERG LEGACY LECTURE

The Eisenberg Legacy Lecture honors Dr. John Eisenberg, a renowned internist and health services researcher who directed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from 1997 to 2002. This annual event features experts and topics relevant to improving health policy and healthcare quality. The lecture is funded by the California HealthCare Foundation and is co-sponsored by the Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University; the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UC San Francisco; and the Center for Health Research/School of Public Health at UC Berkeley.