Out and About

2012 Conferences and Meetings

December

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—SSA's Disability Programs: New Findings on the Dynamics of Employment and Health—Washington, DC—December 6

Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University—Webinar—December 3

November

Center for Naval Analyses—Promoting the Resilience of Military Children Through Effective Programs—Washington, DC—November 29-30

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—New Evidence on Incentives for Electronic Health Records in Medicare—Washington, DC—November 29

Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference—Innovations in Measuring and Understanding Public Opinion—Chicago, IL—November 16-17

University of Arkansas—Understanding the Effectiveness of KIPP: Factors Related to Impacts—Fayetteville, AR—November 16

Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting—Charting New Frontiers in Aging—San Diego, CA—November 14-18

AcademyHealth Webinar—Rapid Cycle Evaluation of Health System Innovation—November 14

Rutgers University Industrial and Systems Engineering Seminar—Piscataway, NJ—November 13

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management—Policy Analysis & Management in an Age of Scarcity: The Challenges of Assessing Effectiveness & Efficiency—Baltimore, MD—November 8-10

Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity Seminar—New Haven, CT—November 7

American Institute for Cancer Research Annual Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Cancer—Washington, DC—November 1-2

October

H2R International Conference on Methods for Surveying and Enumerating Hard-to-Reach Populations—New Orleans, LA—October 31-November 3

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting—Prevention and Wellness Across the Life Span—San Francisco, CA—October 27-31

Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association—Evaluation in Complex Ecologies: Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance—Minneapolis, MN—October 23-27

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Paying Wisely: Using Incentive Reforms to Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Outcomes—October 23

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance—The ABC's of Creating Summer Youth Programs and Partnerships—Webinar—October 17

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies—Washington, DC—October 14

Princeton University—Researchers and Policymakers: Influencing Science Policy in America—Princeton, NJ—October 11

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research—Webinar—October 4

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Obstacles and Opportunities: The U.S. Economy, State VR Programs, and SSDI Beneficiaries—October 4

Frontiers in Education Conference—Soaring to New Heights in Engineering Education—Seattle, WA—October 3-6

CMIO Leadership Forum—Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-Based Medicine—Chicago, IL—October 3-5

George Mason University Applied Developmental Psychology Colloquia Series—Washington, DC—October 3

Center for Health Care Strategies—Integrating Medicaid Physical and Behavioral Health Services: Lessons from Pennsylvania's Serious Mental Illness Innovations Project—Webinar—October 1

September

Senate Office of Education and Training—Connecting the Dots: Statistics, Causality, and Policy—September 14

Datacenter Dynamics Converged—Washington, DC—September 12

Alliance for Health Reform Briefing—The Alphabet Soup of Care Delivery Transformation—Washington, DC—September 10

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Fall Conference—Effective Partnerships: Linking Practice and Research—Washington, DC—September 6-8

American Enterprise Institute—Getting America Back to Work: Can Training Programs Do the Job?—Washington, DC—September 7

Administration for Children & Families/Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation Methodological Advancement Meeting—Innovative Directions in Estimating Impact—Washington, DC—September 6-7

August

Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference—Boston, MA—August 19-23

National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics and the National Association of State TANF Administrators Annual Workshop—Using Research to Improve Program Effectiveness—Baltimore, MD—August 19-22

National Eligibility Workers Annual Training Conference—Kickin It Up With NEW: PATHS—Nashville, TN—August 12-15

The Alliance for Health Reform Briefing—Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Are More Caution and Oversight Needed?—Washington, DC—August 3

July

Joint Statistical Meetings—Statistics, Growing to Serve a Data-Dependent Society—San Diego, CA—July 28-August 2

Mathematica Policy Research and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Forum/Webinar—Allies, Adversaries, or Strange Bedfellows? The Relationship Between Research, Politics, and Policy—Washington, DC—July 18

June

Liberty Fund—Liberty, Public Policy, and the Blogosphere—Indianapolis, IN—June 28-30

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Coordinating Care and Services for Dual Eligibles: Bringing Medicare and Medicaid Together for People with High Needs and High Costs—Washington, DC—June 28

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—Orlando, FL—June 23-26

National Center for Postsecondary Research Conference—Strengthening Developmental Education: What Have We Learned, and What's Next?—New York, NY—June 21-22

Center for Improving Research Evidence Forum/Webinar—Measuring Performance of Teachers and Doctors: What's Doable and Is It Useful?—Washington, DC—June 20

Head Start Research Conference—Research on Young Children and Families: Effective Practices in an Age of Diversity and Change—Washington, DC—June 18-20

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Region 8 (Denver) State Medicaid Directors' Meeting—Webinar—June 12

International Conference on Establishment Surveys—Montréal, Québec, Canada—June 11-14

American Society of Health Economists Biennial Conference—Optimizing Health and Health Care—Minneapolis, MN—June 10-13

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—Implementing the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Remaining Questions and Challenges—Washington, DC—June 7

Urban Institute—The Food Safety Net During the Great Recession: Growth, Gains, Gaps—Webinar—June 7

Health Affairs Briefing—The Care Span for the Elderly and Disabled—Washington, DC—June 5

May

ACF/OPRE Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference—Washington, DC—May 30-June 1

Atlantic Causal Inference Conference—Baltimore, MD—May 24-25

NISH National Training and Achievement Conference—Indianapolis, IN—May 21-23

American Association for Public Opinion Research—Evaluating New Frontiers in Public Opinion and Social Research—Orlando, FL—May 17-20

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Working Group Meeting—Washington, DC—May 17

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—The Future for Young Americans with Disabilities: Economic Success or Dependence?—Washington, DC—May 16

National Bureau of Economic Research Education Meeting—Cambridge, MA—May 11

Academy for Healthcare Improvement Conference—Advancing the Methods for Healthcare Quality Improvement Research—Arlington, VA—May 7-8

McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy Annual Conference—Disability and Work: Global Strategies for Equity—Montreal, Quebec—May 5

Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Physician Workforce Research Conference—Washington, DC—May 3-4

April

Health Affairs Briefing—Trends in the Adoption of Health Information Technology—Washington, DC—April 25

International Blaise Users Conference—London, UK—April 23-26

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics State of the Science Conference—Bethesda, MD—April 23

Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference—San Juan, PR—April 22-27

Center on Health Care Effectiveness Forum/Webinar—A New Tool for Rapid-Cycle Comparative Effectiveness Research:
The Promise of Orthogonal Design—Washington, DC—April 18

Bayer Corporation Forum—Bridging the Gap: STEM Diversity and U.S. Higher Education—Recruiting, Retaining and Reinvigorating College STEM Programs—Washington, DC—April 18

National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect—Washington, DC—April 16-20

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting—Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—April 13-17

National Transitional Jobs Network Conference—Restoring the Promise of Work: Subsidized Employment & Transitional Jobs—Baltimore, MD—April 12-13

National Academy of Social Insurance Forum—Why Are More People Claiming Disability Insurance and What Should Be Done About It?—Washington, DC—April 3

Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society Spring Meeting—Washington, DC—April 1-4

March

Annual Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection (CASIC) Meeting—Washington, DC—March 27-29

International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation—Washington, DC—March 22-24

Interagency Committee on Disability Research, Interagency Subcommittee on Disability Statistics Meeting—March 21

Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference—Education Finance, Policy and Practice: The Role of Evidence in a Dynamic World—Boston, MA—March 15-17

Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) Webinar—Validating Quality Rating and Improvement Systems—March 15

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—Causes of the Chasm: Factors That Impact Employment Among Persons with Disabilities—Washington, DC—March 15

National Science Foundation STEP Grantees Meeting—Sustaining Excellence in STEM Undergraduate Education: Toward a Community of Practice—Arlington, VA—March 14-16

Unemployment Insurance Integrity Summit—Arlington, VA—March 12-14

National Health Policy Forum—Targeting High Cost Medicare Beneficiaries—Washington, DC—March 9

Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Spring Conference—Understanding Variation in Treatment Effects—Washington, DC—March 8-10

February

Center for Global Development Presents a Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar—Teacher Performance Pay and Long-Term Learning in India—Washington, DC—February 29

World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid Managed Care—Developing Solutions to Reform-Driven Challenges, Implementing Best Practices to Improve Overall Performance in the New Era of Health Care—Washington, DC—February 28-March 1

SAMHSA's Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity, and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health—Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Creating Social and Economic Opportunities—Webinar—February 28

National Medical Home Summit—Philadelphia, PA—February 27-29

National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs—Washington, DC—February 15-16

Beacon Evidence Generation and Dissemination Workshop—Washington, DC—February 15

American Youth Policy Forum—Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Improving College Readiness and Success for All Students—February 10

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Peer Learning Network—Chapel Hill, NC—February 8

University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform Lecture Series—Fayetteville, AR—February 3

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Practice Facilitation Program for Primary Care Transformation—Webinar—February 2

January

National Academy of Social Insurance Annual Policy Research Conference—Social Insurance in a Market Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities—Washington, DC—January 26-27

Medical Home Webinar—A Review of the Strength of Evidence re Patient-Centered Medical Home Effects—What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?—January 24

Center for Studying Disability Policy Forum/Webinar—The Transition to 21st-Century Disability Policy in an Era of Fiscal Austerity: A Road Map—Washington, DC—January 20

Region III and IV State Child Care Administrators Meeting—Atlanta, GA—January 18

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference—Washington, DC—January 10-12

American Economic Association Annual Meeting—Chicago, IL—January 5-8