The department of health policy and management at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is pleased to announce the following recent award winner and faculty involvement in Azerbaijan and Belgium.
Shea Selected for KL2 Award
Christopher Shea, PhD, clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and management, has received a career development award through the KL2 program at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) at UNC Chapel Hill.
The KL2 program is part of a larger group of training programs run by NC TraCS that aim to advance development in interdisciplinary clinical and translational science. This program, designed for junior-level faculty, focuses on educating participants through didactic and experiential learning in areas critical to the overall mission of the National Institute for Health. The goal of this national consortium is to transform how clinical and translation research is conducted, ultimately enabling researchers to provide new treatments more efficiently and quickly to patients.
Shea’s specific research interest is in the implementation of health information technology and the impact of information on clinical decision making. Bryan Weiner, PhD; Timothy Daaleman, MD; Carlton Moore, MD; and Donald Spencer, MD will serve as Shea’s mentors on the project. “I am thrilled to be participating in the KL2 program,” said Shea. “I realized that in order to achieve my research goals, I needed additional mentoring and training in informatics and research methods. The KL2 award will provide these opportunities.”
Scholars selected to participate in the program have access to courses offered by the NC TraCS Institute, including a core curriculum of required courses. For more information about the KL2 program, visit the NC TraCS website.
Harris delivers keynote address at a conference in Baku, Azerbaijan
Dean M. Harris, JD, clinical associate professor of health policy and management delivered the keynote address at a conference on October 12 about medical law and ethics in Baku, Azerbaijan. The conference was sponsored by the Institute on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Participants at the conference included ten members of Azerbaijan’s parliament and representatives of government ministries. Harris’ keynote address was titled, “The Meaning of ‘Medical Malpractice’ in Different Countries: Global Perspectives and Reforms.”
During his five-day stay in Azerbaijan, Harris also conducted a training program on issues of medical law, and presented two lectures at the Faculty of Law of Baku State University. Harris was also a guest on Azerbaijan television at a program about bioethics.
On his way to Azerbaijan, Harris stopped in Leuven, Belgium to give a presentation at the European Conference on Health Law. His presentation was titled “Health Care Across “The Pond”: Legal Rights and Obligations of US Citizens Who Seek Medical Care in Europe.” In addition, he served as chair of the parallel session on economic issues.