FEATURED EVENTS Mission Impossible?: Budget Savings Through Operational Efficiency Presented by the Administrative and Financial Officers Special Interest Group Sunday, July 11 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Grand Hyatt Seattle: Leonesa I, First Floor Administrators are scrambling to find new ways to reduce expenses. Increasing operational efficiency using the LEAN approach has been proven successful at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Find out how the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy cut costs and learn how you can implement these same concepts.
Women Faculty SIG Luncheon, Business Meeting and “My Lunch”: A Live Social Network Activity
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Sunday, July 11 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Cirrus Room, 35th Floor This annual business meeting and luncheon of the Women Faculty SIG will engage participants in “My Lunch” – a live social networking activity. Discussion questions based on themes from the SIG book club selections will be placed at each table so that participants can “friend” each other while sharing observations, experiences and ideas. Fee: $45; Limited availability. Ticket and name badge required.
Fee: $250 (fee only applies if attendee is not registered for the full meeting) See the Registration and Information Desk.
2010 Science Plenary Monday, July 12 10:45 a.m.–Noon Grand Ballrooms A & B, Second Floor The 2010 Science Plenary features the work underway at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. IHME monitors global health conditions and health systems, as well as evaluates interventions, initiatives and reforms, and as such, provides high quality and timely information on health so that policymakers, researchers, donors, practitioners, local decision-makers and others can better allocate limited resources to achieve optimal results. Multiple global health efforts have sprung up over the past several decades as health spending has risen to unprecedented heights, accounting for 9 percent of world economic output. Yet a lack of objective, comparable and comprehensible information on health hinders these various efforts from achieving their highest aims. By attracting a core of talented researchers and collaborating with key actors and institutions to mutual benefit, the Institute will build the needed base of objective evidence about what works and what does not work to improve health conditions and health systems performance. Most importantly, the Institute intends to make this evidence base freely and readily available in the public domain. Better health information can be expected to lead to more knowledgeable decision-making and higher achievements in health.
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IHME Director Christopher Murray, M.D., D.Phil., will keynote the plenary to provide more insight into this important work. Andy S. Stergachis, Ph.D., R.Ph., professor of epidemiology and global health at the University of Washington Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health, will respond to this presentation by identifying key areas of research and education relevant to pharmacy and public health. Christopher Murray, M.D., D.Phil. Director Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Andy S. Stergachis, Ph.D., R.Ph. Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health University of Washington Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health
Expanding Our Horizons • July 10–14 • Seattle
Moderator: Thomas A. Baillie, Ph.D., D.Sc., M.Sc.
Dean University of Washington School of Pharmacy
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