Out and About

2011 Conferences and Meetings

December

Interagency Committee on Disability Research, Interagency Subcommittee on Disability Statistics—Webinar—December 14

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services QualityNet Conference—Learn. Act. Improve. Spread: Accelerating Large-Scale Improvement in Health Care Quality—Baltimore, MD—December 13

National Training Institute—Connecting Science, Policy, and Practice—Washington, DC—December 9-11

Children's Bureau Combined Discretionary Grant Kick-Off Meeting—Washington, DC—December 6

Integrating Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Conference—Philadelphia, PA—December 5-6

November

The Commonwealth Fund—The Innovation Center: Testing Reforms with Rigor and Speed—Webinar—November 30

University of Notre Dame Center for Research on Educational Opportunity—Lecture—Notre Dame, IN—November 21

Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America Preconference Workshop—Boston, MA—November 18

Association of Health Care Journalists—Implementing Health Reform in the States—Atlanta, GA—November 15

Joint Meetings of the State and Territory CCDF Administrators and the Child Care Policy Research Consortium—The Intersection of Research and Practice: Meeting Child Care Goals in Challenging Times—Bethesda, MD—November 14-17

Association for Women in Science—Alexandria, VA—November 13-15

North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting—Banff, Alberta, Canada—November 12-16

Center for Improving Research Evidence Webinar—Effectively Using QRIS Data and Research to Inform Program Design and Management: Sharing New Tools and State Experiences—November 10

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management—Seeking Solutions to Complex Policy and Management Problems—Washington, DC—November 3-5

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sanitation Models Results Framework Workshop—Nairobi, Kenya—November 2-4

University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability Annual Compendium of Disability Statistics and Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable—Washington, DC—November 2

Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association—Values and Valuing in Evaluation—Anaheim, CA—November 1-6

October

American Public Health Association—Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies—Washington, DC—October 29-November 2

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Speaking for Themselves: Including People with Disabilities in Survey Research—Washington, DC—October 27

American Heart Association Annual Tu Corazón Latino Summit—New York, New York—October 27

National Health Policy Forum—Washington, DC—October 21

Center for State Innovation Policy Directors Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—October 13

National Comparative Effectiveness Summit—Washington, DC—October 12-14

Millennium Challenge Corporation—Washington, DC—October 11

International Conference on Health Policy Statistics—Cleveland, OH—October 5-7

Center for Improving Research Evidence Forum/Webinar—GPRA Modernization: How Can Federal Agencies and States Deliver High Quality Data?—Washington, DC—October 5

September

American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference—San Diego, CA—September 24-27

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Forum/Webinar—A "Work First" Fix for a Failing Disability System—Washington, DC—September 22

Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation—Washington, DC—September 21-22

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Can Shared Decision Making Improve Health Care Delivery and Control Costs?—Washington, DC—September 21

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration—Bethesda, MD—September 18-21

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Annual Workshop—Connecting Across Programs and Systems: Doing More with Less—Vail, CO—September 12-14

Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange—U.S. Launch and Symposium for the World Report on Disability—Arlington, VA—September 12-13

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness—Building an Education Science: Improving Mathematics and Science Education for All Students—Washington, DC—September 8-10

Health Affairs Briefing—Confronting Costs—Washington, DC—September 8

Workshop on Developing a Measure of Medical Care Economic Risk—Washington, DC—September 8

Annual Meeting of Care Continuum Alliance—Innovative Solutions for Wellness & Chronic Care—San Francisco, CA—September 7-9

National Institutes of Health Nutrition Coordinating Committee Meeting—Washington, DC—September 1

August

Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Conference—Improving Veterans Mental Health Care for the 21st Century—Baltimore, MD—August 23-25

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference—Improving Care, Lowering Cost—Baltimore Inner Harbor, MD—August 23-24

Alliance for Health Reform—Managing Costs and Improving Care: Term-Based Care of the Chronically Ill—Washington, DC—August 11

National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media—Listening for Change—Atlanta, GA—August 9-11

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation—Roundtable on Establishment Surveys—Washington, DC—August 9

National Disability Institute Policy Forum—Innovative Legislative Strategies for Promoting Economic Advancement of Persons with Disabilities in the 112th Congress—Washington, DC—August 2

July

Joint Statistical Meetings—Statistics: An All-Encompassing Discipline—Miami Beach, FL—July 30-August 4

National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Mental Health Services Research—Improving Public Health in an Era of Change—Washington, DC—July 27-28

National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices Policy Forum—Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness—Providence, RI—July 18-19

Alliance for Health Reform—The Innovation Center: How Much Can It Improve Quality and Reduce Costs and How Quickly?—Washington, DC—July 18

World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicaid—Medicaid Expansion and Care Delivery: Examining Best Practices from Individual States to Develop Cost-Driven Solutions—Falls Church, VA—July 13-15

Interagency Committee on Disability Research State of the Science in Disability Research Conference—Meaningful Outcomes for Health, Wellness, and Quality of Life Through Disability Research and Knowledge Translation—Arlington, VA—July 13

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Status Improvement Workshop—Monitoring Health Reform at the State Level: Health Status Improvement—Fairfax, VA—July 12

Managed Long Term Care Implementation and Waiver Redesign Work Group—Albany, NY—July 8

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Identifying Effective Health Care Services for Adults with Disabilities—Choosing Wisely: Why Study Designs and Outcome Measures Matter—Washington, DC—July 7

June

Medicare Advantage Congress—Washington, DC—June 28

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research—Teacher Pay Incentives: Lessons from North Carolina's Teacher Bonus Program—Washington, DC—June 28

Minnesota Department of Health Provider Peer Grouping Reliability Workgroup—Minneapolis, MN—June 23

Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting Grantees Meeting—Alexandria, VA—June 20-21

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)—MIND THE GAP: From Evidence to Policy Impact—Cuernavaca, Mexico—June 15-17

National Medicaid Congress—Special Health Reform Implementation Edition—Washington, DC—June 13-15

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—Seattle, WA—June 11-14

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Federal Spending for People with Disabilities: Continuing Society's Commitment While Reducing the Deficit—Washington, DC—June 8

Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation—Washington, DC—June 7-8

ACF/OPRE Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—June 1-3

May

Health Economics Webinar—Health Care Delivery Evaluation and Demonstration Projects as Platforms for Economic Inquiry—May 25

Oklahoma Marriage Initiative and Oklahoma Department of Human Services Family Support Services Division Practice & Policy Lecture Series—Oklahoma's Building Strong Families Project—Oklahoma City, OK—May 19

American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference—Public Perception & Societal Conflict—Phoenix, AZ—May 12-15

International Reading Association Conference—The Power of Literacy—Orlando, FL—May 8-11

School of Public Policy, University of Maryland—Public Policy Research: The View from the Private Sector—College Park, MD—May 5

Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting—The Many Faces of Generalism: Building 21st Century Medicine Through Education, Research, Policy, and Practice—Phoenix, AZ—May 4-7

April

Clinical and Translational Research and Education Meeting: ACRT/SCTS/AFMR Joint Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—April 27-29

Brookings Institute—Comparing Teacher Evaluation Systems—Washington, DC—April 26

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—The Accelerated Benefits Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Impacts on Health and Employment at 12 Months—Washington, DC—April 21

State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE)—Medicaid Eligibility Determination Under the ACA: Challenges for States—Webinar—April 14

Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation—Arlington, VA—April 12-13

Experimental Biology—Washington, DC—April 9-13

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting—Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good—New Orleans, LA—April 8-12

Health Survey Research Methods Conference—Peachtree City, GA—April 8-11

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Evaluating the Comparative Effectiveness of Care Coordination for Disabled Populations—Washington, DC—April 5

SAS Global Forum—Las Vegas, NV—April 4-7

National Research Council Planning Meeting—Developing a Future Research Agenda for English Language Learners (ELLs)—Washington, DC—April 4

March

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting—Montréal, Quebec, Canada—March 31-April 2

Population Association of America Annual Meeting—Washington, DC—March 31-April 2

Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions Annual Meeting—Unifying Efforts to Advance Hispanics—San Juan, PR—March 27-29

ASCD Annual Conference—Bold Actions for Complex Challenges—San Francisco, CA—March 26-28

Annual Conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy—Taking Stock in Race to the Top: Research to Inform the Next Generation of Education Reform—Seattle, WA—March 24-26

International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation—City University London, UK—March 24-26

National Lieutenant Governors Association Federal-State Relations Meeting—Washington, DC—March 23-25

Annual Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection (CASIC) Meeting—Washington, DC—March 22-24

Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Policy Forum—Princeton, NJ—March 22

Annual National Institutes of Health Conference—Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Policy and Practice—Bethesda, MD—March 21-22

Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting—St. Louis, MO—March 18-20

National Academy of Social Insurance Webinar—Designing a Health Insurance Exchange—March 8

American Housing Survey User Conference—Washington, DC—March 8

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness—Building an Education Science: Investigating Mechanisms—Washington, DC—March 3-5

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—SSA's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Delivering Employment-Focused Services and Waivers to Youth with Disabilities—Washington, DC—March 3

February

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies—Workshop on Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce—Washington, DC—February 28-March 1

Learning Disabilities Association of America Annual International Conference—Jacksonville, FL—February 23-26

The Urban Institute Event/Webinar—How Should the Safety Net Be Retooled to Work in Times of High Unemployment?—Washington, DC—February 23

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation—Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review: Process and Results—Webinar—February 22

National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs—Connecting Research to Policy and Practice—Washington, DC—February 16-17

National Health Policy Conference—Minicourse on Health Policy Tools and Techniques—Washington, DC—February 9

Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies—The Building Strong Families Evaluation—Seminar—Baltimore, MD—February 3

January

AARP Foundation—Drive to End Hunger—Washington, DC—January 26

The Business of Medicare Advantage Forum—Washington, DC—January 25-27

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation—Washington, DC—January 25

Millennium Challenge Corporation Inaugural Impact Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—January 21

The Citizens Budget Commission and New York State Health Foundation—New York, NY—January 19

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families—Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grantee Kickoff Meeting & Tribal Early Learning Communities Consortium—Washington, DC—January 18-20

Washington Statistical Society—Washington, DC—January 12

AARP National Policy Council Annual Policy Development Meeting—Washington, DC—January 11

American Economic Association Annual Meeting —Denver, CO—January 6-9