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The New York Academy of Medicine is hosting a unique symposium on Thursday, January 20, 2011 that will offer area policymakers strategies to stop the epidemic of obesity, particularly in New York’s low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. The event, "What Must New York Do Now to Prevent Obesity? A Symposium of Good Ideas from the Field,” is being sponsored by NYAM’s new obesity prevention policy center, Designing a Strong and Healthy New York (DASH-NY), and will focus on transformative policies and sustainable programs in four domains: neighborhoods, places for children, food systems, and health care. The symposium will feature two panels: “School and Community Food Interventions” and “Physical Activity Interventions.”
Lynne Holden, MD, Executive Director of Mentoring in Medicine, will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers include Benjamin Ortiz, MD, New York City School Meals Coalition; Stephen Ritz, Hunts Point HS and Green Living Technologies of Rochester; Kimberly George, Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition and CAMBA; Monica Serrano, United Neighborhood Houses; and Amy Klein, Capital District Community Garden.
Posted on January 18, 2011
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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