2021
9th Annual Research Symposium
Virtual Health Care:
Implications for Health Equity and Health Policy
The CDRP will present our 9th annual symposium on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
This will be a one-day virtual event.
All times are CDT.
8:45 am – Opening Remarks
Elbert Huang, MD, MPH
Director of the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
9:00 am
Sachin D. Shah, MD, FACP, FAAP
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Chicago Medicine
Seizing the moment for telehealth policy and equity
9:45 am
Megan Huisingh-Sheetz, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
EngAGE Frail Older Adults with Diabetes Using Alexa:
Design, Utilization, & Impact of a Socially Motivated Exercise Program
10:30 am
Timothy McBride, PhD
Bernard Becker Professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-Director, Center for Health Economics and Policy, Institute for Public Health
Telehealth as an Answer to Rural Health Challenges:
Present and Future Policy Responses and Challenges
11:15 am
Scott Lawrence, DC
Deputy Director, Division of Practitioner Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Center for Medicare
Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group/Center for Medicare
Bringing Care to the Patient
12:00 pm – Extended Q & A
12:30 pm – Lunch break
1:00 pm – Poster session
2:00 pm – Closing remarks
The CDRP’s 2020 symposium can be viewed on YouTube. Please watch here.
Contact Mary King for further information.