The Future of Public Health Research
Event Information
Description
Examine the changing landscape of public health research from across perspectives in health sciences, design, and engineering.
This work is being supported by the IPH Technology and Health working group. The event is intentionally targeting breadth of topics over depth such to help the UCSD and broader San Diego see the forest from the trees related to this important topic.
AGENDA
8:00a-8:30a | Light breakfast/coffee
8:30-8:45a | Introductions & Setting Stage for event
Speaker: Eric Hekler
8:45a-9:30a | Why does public health research need to change?
Speakers: Larry Smarr, Doug Ziedonis, Cheryl Anderson; Moderator: Mike Pratt
9:30a-10:15a | What is needed from design, engineering, and health sciences to transform public health?
Speakers: Don Norman, Geert Schmid-Schobein, Pedja Klasnja; Moderator: Kevin Patrick
10:15a-10:30a | Networking & Light Snacks
10:30a-11:15a | Who needs to be involved in this transformation?
Speakers: Dana Lewis, Cinnamon Bloss, Eliah Aranoff-Spencer; Moderator: William Griswold
11:15a-12:00p | How are we going to do this to support equitable, positive improvements to public health
Speakers: Lara Mangravite (SAGE), Camille Nebeker, Mike Pratt; Moderator: Jenni Vanos
12:00p-1:00p | Tying it together, Open Discussion, & Next Steps
Speaker: Eric Hekler
Organizer UC San Diego Institute for Public Health, Center for Wireless & Population Health Systems, The Design Lab
Organizer of The Future of Public Health Research
Institute for Public Health - The Institute for Public Health was established in 2014, to address and expand on emerging opportunities for promoting public health through trans-disciplinary efforts, with Technology as one of its three emphasis areas. The Institute supports and closely collaborates with faculty, researchers, clinicians and students from the UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (FMPH), as well as external institutions and the local community.
Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems - We are housed within the California Institute for Telecommunications and Technology (Calit2). Our research focuses on how the health of individuals, families, communities, social networks, and populations can be improved through the creative use of wireless and networked technologies and ubiquitous computing. We also study how to promote health and prevent disease and disability through systems-level interventions in clinical and community settings.
The Design Lab - The UC San Diego Design Lab, led by Dr. Don Norman, is a relatively new enterprise intended to develop high visibility, high impact programs in human-centered design. We are located on the UC San Diego campus which gives us freedom to move seamlessly across all the departments, schools, and divisions of the university such as Art and Humanities, Medicine, Global Policy and Strategy, Engineering, Management, and Social Science. Our major focus is design as a way of thinking, of focusing how people interact with complex systems and technology, and ensuring that we solve the right problem, the root issues that define the true needs of the people and groups that we serve. One of the ways we work with the community is via partnerships with companies, civic entities, and community organizations. Our approach to these partnerships is one of collaboration and co-creation. Companies that we have partnered with include SAP and Nissan as founding members of the collaborative, and Adobe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, IBM, National Science Foundation, Toyota ITC, and Viasat.
