Annual Meeting Program

THE DONAGHUE FOUNDATION 2008 ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
Beyond Eureka! Turning what we know into what we do.
Reflections, success stories and cautionary tales.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008      FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Hilton Hartford
8:30am-9:30am REGISTRATION
Continental Breakfast
9:30am-9:45am WELCOME
Lynne Garner, PhD, Trustee & Executive Director Recognition of 2007 Grantees
9:45am-11:00am INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ray Andrews, Trustee 1993-2007

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH

Better: The Problem of Performance in Medicine

11:00am-12:15pm PANEL BRIEFS

Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM, Professor of Medicine, Yale University, Director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE)  

Elizabeth Pivonka,  PhD, RD, President and CEO
Produce for Better Health Foundation

Veronica Nieva, PhD, Vice President, Westat

Project Director and Editor-in-Chief AHRQ Innovations Exchange

KEYNOTE Q&A WITH PANEL
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
12:15pm-12:30pm MORNING SESSION WRAP-UP REMARKS
Lynne Garner
12:30pm-12:50pm BOX LUNCH BREAK
12:50pm-2:00pm RECONVENE FOR AFTERNOON SESSION
Sheilah Rostow, Senior Vice President and Philanthropic Market Director,  Bank of America, Trustee

PANEL DIALOGUE WITH AUDIENCE Q&A
Nancy Yedlin, MPH, Director of Program Communications & Management
2:00 pm CLOSING REMARKS
Sheilah Rostow
Meeting Adjourns
2:00pm – 3:00pm RECEPTION
Ballroom Foyer