8:45

Health Policy and Health Research Uses of Vital Statistics: Data Driven Policy; Health Risk Assessments; Health Surveillance; Health Disparities

Moderator: Louise Ryan, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University

Presenters:

• Nancy Krieger, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health

• Richard Rogers, Department of Sociology and Program on Population Processes, University of Colorado, Boulder

• Peter van Dyck, Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

10:00

Break

10:15

Understanding the Future: Life Expectancy, Population, and Fiscal Projections

Moderator: Samuel Preston, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Presenters:

• Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary, U.S. Social Security Administration

• Fred Hollmann, Population Projections, U.S. Census Bureau

11:00

Growing and Emerging Uses: National Security, Infectious Disease Surveillance, Small-Area Estimates for Local Planning

Moderator: Kenneth Prewitt, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Presenters:

• Michael A. Stoto, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University

• Ed Hunter, Deputy Director, Washington Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Victoria Velkoff, Assistant Division Chief, Population Estimates and Projections, U.S. Census Bureau