NIH's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
in partnership with
CDC's Syndemics Prevention Network
presents the
2007 Symposia Series on Systems Science and Health
The four-part symposia series includes the following:
Inaugural Symposium:
Systems Methodologies for Solving Real-World Problems:
Applications in Public Health
John Sterman, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kenneth McLeroy, PhD (Texas A&M University)
March 22, 2007 12-2pm
Second Sympsium:
Network Analysis:
Using Connections and Structures to Understand and Change Health Behaviors
Katherine Faust, PhD (University of California, Irvine)
Thomas W. Valente, PhD (University of Southern California)
June 12, 2007 10am-12pm
Third Symposium:
Agent Based Modeling: Population Health from the Bottom Up.
Michael W. Macy, PhD (Cornell University)
Joshua Epstein, PhD (The Brookings Institution)
July 13, 2007 10am-12pm
Final Symposium:
System Dynamics Modeling for Population Health
Jack Homer, PhD (Homer Consulting)
George Richardson, PhD (University at Albany - State University of New York
)
August 30, 2007 1-3pm
In the event you are unable to attend the symposia series, the events have been archived.
Videocast is archived at:
http://videocast.nih.gov
see “Past Events” – “Special”.
Podcast is archived at:
http://videocast.nih.gov/podcasting
Questions/Comments about the series can be directed to the following points of contact:
Patty Mabry (
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research): 301.402.1753;
mabryp@od.nih.gov
Bobby Milstein (
CDC Syndemics Prevention Network):
770.488.5528;
bmilstein@cdc.gov