From Public Health to End of Life: Current Research and Critical Issues of Practice

 Learn About Recent Research, Dialogue with Colleagues, Meet National Leaders 

December 2, 2016

10:30 am to 5:00 pm

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Kresge G1)
Harvard Medical School (TMEC Amphitheater)

Limited seating. RSVP REQUIRED here

 

10:00 - 10:30 REGISTRATION


 

10:30 - 12:15 MORNING SESSION (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge G1)

 

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN RELIGIOUS SERVICE ATTENDANCE AND MORTALITY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE

 

Presenter:  Tyler VanderWeele, PhD, Harvard Chan School


 

Respondents:

  • Ken Pargament, PhD, Bowling Green University
  • Harold Koenig, MD, Duke University
  • Howard Koh, MD, Harvard Chan School

12:35 - 1:35 LUNCH ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION (Harvard Medical School, TMEC Amphitheater)

 

DO HEALTH, RELIGION, AND SPIRITUALITY NEED ONE ANOTHER?

 

  • Gloria White-Hammond, MD, MDiv, Harvard Divinity School
  • Kathy Gallivan, SND, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Harold Koenig, MD, Duke University
  • Ken Pargament, PhD, Bowling Green University
  • Christina Puchalski, MD, George Washington University 
  • Daniel Sulmasy, MD, University of Chicago

 

1:45 - 3:45 AFTERNOON SESSION (Harvard Medical School, TMEC Amphitheater)

 

SPIRITUALITY AND END-OF-LIFE MEDICAL OUTCOMES

 

Presenter:  Tracy Balboni, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School

 

Respondents:

 

  • Christina Puchalski, MD, George Washington University 
  • Daniel Sulmasy, MD, University of Chicago

 

3:45 - 5:00 RECEPTION (Harvard Medical School, TMEC Atrium)