Science for Health Systems Inaugural Conference

9:30–10:30 a.m. CT

Opening panel: What are the pressing challenges for health systems? Views from local, state, national and global leaders

Moderator:

• Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH, Distinguished Endowed Professor of Health Systems & Medicine, WashU Medicine; director of universitywide QuEST Center and Network; professor of public health, WashU Public Health

Presenters:

• John Lynch, MD, president, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
• Joao Breda, MPH, PhD, MBA, head of WHO Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety, Athens, Greece
• Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, MD, MHA, professor of practice of public health, executive director of Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Brett Moorehouse, MHA, senior vice president of membership services, Missouri Hospital Association
• Heidi B. Miller, MD, chief medical officer, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

10:45 a.m.–noon CT

Panel: People’s Report Card on U.S. Health Systems Performance

Moderator:

• Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH, Distinguished Endowed Professor of Health Systems & Medicine, WashU Medicine; director of universitywide QuEST Center and Network; professor of public health, WashU Public Health

Presenters:

• Todd Lewis, PhD, assistant professor, WashU Medicine; People’s Voice survey lead at QuEST Network
• Timothy McBride, PhD, MS, Bernard Becker Professor at WashU School of Public Health; co-director of Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research
• Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health; Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health; vice provost for interdisciplinary initiatives
• Spring Schmidt, PhD, MPH; CEO, president, Missouri Public Health Institute; director of public health practice, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
• Chike Nwangwu, MBBS, MPH, DrPH, CEO of NOIPolls Limited, Nigeria

1–2:15 p.m. CT

Plenary paper session: Evidence to policy pathways, insights from different disciplines

Organizer:

• Kevin Croke, PhD, associate professor of global health, International Health Systems Program director, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Presenters:

• Ross Brownson, PhD, Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor, WashU School of Public Health; director, Prevention Research Center at WashU
• Jacinta Nzinga, PhD, senior lecturer, assistant professor, health systems & social sciences, Institute for Resilient Health Systems, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Scott Greer, PhD, professor of health management and policy, and of global public health, University of Michigan; senior expert advisor on health governance for the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

4:45–6 p.m. CT

Panel: How to have policy impact: What works, what fails, and how to do better

Moderator:

• Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in cardiology, WashU Medicine; professor of public health, WashU Public Health; co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research, WashU

Presenters:

• Blerta Maliqi, PhD, unit head of patient safety and quality of care, WHO
• Munira Z. Gunja, MPH, senior researcher, Promoting International Learning and Exchange, The Commonwealth Fund
• Douglas Luke, MA, PhD, Distinguished Professor in Public Health Systems Science, WashU Public Health
• Ryan Barker, MSW, MPPA, chief program officer & vice president of policy and advocacy, St. Louis Integrated Health Network
• Lisa Hirschhorn, MD, MPH, director of Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health — Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; professor of medical social sciences (implementation science) in psychiatry & behavioral sciences

9–10:15 a.m. CT

Plenary paper session: State of the science: Innovations in measurement methods

Moderator:

Catherine Arsenault, MSc, PhD, assistant professor of global health, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

Presenters:

• Mahima Venkateswaran, MBBS, PhD, physician, researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• Irene Papanicolas, MSc, PhD, professor of health services, policy, and practice, Brown University School of Public Health
• Adam Wilcox, PhD, professor of medicine, WashU Medicine
• Jennifer Bright, MPA, president and CEO, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement

12:45–1:15 p.m. CT

Keynote: From Evidence to Policy: The Journey of a Knowledge Broker

Presenter:

• Josep Figueras, MD, MPH, PhD, director emeritus, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; ambassador, European Health Union Fellowships program

3:15–4:30 p.m. CT

Plenary paper session: State of the science: Methods for improvement

Moderator:

• Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH, Distinguished Endowed Professor of Health Systems & Medicine, WashU Medicine; director of universitywide QuEST Center and Network; professor of public health, WashU Public Health

Presenters:

• Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and of public health; co-director of Dissemination & Implementation Science Innovation Research Network, WashU Public Health
• Mark Huffman, MD, MPH, William Bowen Professor of Medicine; professor of public health; co-director, Global Health Futures Innovation Research Network, WashU Public Health
• Rosanna Tarricone, MSc, PhD, associate professor, social and political sciences; associate dean, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan
• Tracey McNeill, RN, director of primary health care, Gates Foundation
• Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH, associate professor of health policy and management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School 

10:15–10:45 a.m. CT

Keynote: Improving health system performance: What evidence do we need?

Presenter:

• Jean Kaseya, MD, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

10:45 a.m.–noon CT

Closing panel: Which path to transformation: How do health systems and research need to change to respond to health needs and expectations?

Moderator:

• Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH, Distinguished Endowed Professor of Health Systems & Medicine, WashU Medicine; director of universitywide QuEST Center and Network; professor of public health, WashU Public Health

Presenters:

• Josep Figueras, MD, MPH, PhD, director emeritus, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; ambassador, European Health Union Fellowships program
• Patricia J. Garcia, MD, MPH, PhD, professor, School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru; adjunct professor, Global Health Department, University of Washington
• Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health; Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health; vice provost for interdisciplinary initiatives
• Andwele Jolly, DPT, MBA, MHA, president and CEO of St. Louis Integrated Health Network
• Muhammad Ali Pate, MD, MSc, MBA, minister of health and social welfare of Nigeria; director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents of the World Bank; the Julio Frenk Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health