The Center for the History of Medicine and IHPI are proud to co-sponsor "Vested Interests: Who Really Influences American Medicine, Public Health and Health Policy" Conference on October 1 - 2, 2015 at the Rackham Graduate School.

The conference kicks off with this public keynote talk from Richard Besser, M.D., ABC News chief health and medical editor, followed by a question and answer panel moderated by Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent for the Huffington Post.

Agenda

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Keynote by Richard Besser, Medical Editor ABC News

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on the Vested Interests involved in writing the ACA of 2010, Moderated by Jonathan Cohn

Panelists:

John McDonough, Dr.P.H., M.P.A., professor of the Practive of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Christopher Koller, president, Milbank Memorial Fund
Nicholas Bagley, J.D., associate professor of law, University of Michigan School of Law

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Reception