The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health is proud to host our annual Public Health Leadership Conference on
Saturday Dec. 7th, 2019
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Breakfast and Lunch Included
Hosted by:
Public Health Leadership (PHL) Lab,
Office of Educational Programs
and
Office for Student Affairs
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Morse
Dr. Michelle Morse, MD MPH
Founding Co-Director of Equal Health
Dr. Michelle Morse works to rethink and advance medical education globally, expand the teaching of social medicine in the US and abroad, and to support health systems strengthening through equitable approaches to human resources for health. She is an internal medicine hospitalist, Founding Co-Director of EqualHealth, and social medicine course director at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she served for three years as deputy chief medical officer at Partners In Health (PIH) and as Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and now serves on the Board of Directors of PIH. In 2015 Dr. Morse worked with several partners to found the Social Medicine Consortium (SMC), a global coalition of over 1000 people representing over 50 universities and organizations in twelve countries, which seeks to use activism and disruptive pedagogy rooted in social medicine to address the miseducation of health professionals on the root causes of illness.
She was awarded the 40 under 40 Leaders In Health Award by the National Minority Quality Forum in 2018. The Society of Hospital Medicine awarded her the Excellence in Humanitarian Services award in 2018. In 2019 she was the first black woman to receive the George W. Thorn Award, which was established in 1975 and is the highest clinical education honor awarded by the BWH Department of Medicine. In 2018, Dr. Morse was awarded a Soros Equality Fellowship to work on the SMC’s global Campaign Against Racism. In September 2019 she began a year-long Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy fellowship in Washington, DC.
Dr. Morse earned her B.S. in French in 2003 from the University of Virginia, her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2008, and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health in May 2012.
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Arrival, Check-In, and Breakfast | Kresge Lobby |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Welcome and Framing | TBD |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Transition to Workshops | – |
| 9:15 – 10:45 am | PHL Team Led Workshops (1) | Kresge Classrooms |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | BREAK | – |
| 11:00 – 12:30 pm | PHL Team Led Workshops (2) | Kresge Classrooms |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | Kresge Cafe |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Morse, MD MPH | TBD |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Closing Remarks | TBD |
Workshop Descriptions
You will have the option to attend two 90 minute workshops.
Workshops (Session 1) 9:15 – 10:45
Applying Design Thinking to Public Health Leadership
Is innovative thinking a skill that can be taught? We say it can be! Design Thinking teaches us how to approach complex problems with creative solutions. Join us to learn how to apply Design Thinking to public health and beyond.
Calling Racism Racism: A Lens for Leadership Practice at Harvard and Beyond
How can we lead conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion? This workshop will help participants develop skills to enable change in communities and organizations.
Leadership: Keeping it Authentic
This workshop will examine theories of authentic leadership, recently popularized by Harvard Business School Professor and former Medtronic CEO Bill George. Hands on exercises and subsequent group discussions will introduce participants to commonly accepted components of authentic leadership – self-awareness, internalized moral perspective, etc. – that participants can leverage to be more effective in both their personal and professional lives.
Navigating Conflict and Difficult Conversations
The framework of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is used to transform challenging conversations and conflict. By learning to hear our own needs and those of others, embedded in the stories we tell, NVC is a tool that creates a path for healing and reconciliation in it’s many diverse applications – personal and professional.
Workshops (Session 2) 11:00 – 12:30
What is Implementation Science? Applications for Public Health Practice
Introduction to Implementation Science as a framework and a set of tools to create organizational or practical change. Participants will learn the basics of Implementation Science and practice using the framework during this workshop.
The Power of Language
This workshop will provide a safe space for hands-on exploration about the topic of language in the context of power and privilege.
Who, What, Why? Self-awareness in Leadership
Lost at leadership sea? Are you ready to set sail? We’ll help you build a compass by exploring personal value, individual skills, and global needs to build a framework for ongoing self-awareness in leadership. Get ready for self reflection and activities to learn more about who you are and how you fit into the world.
Reframing Failure: Transforming Setbacks into Opportunities for Growth
The workshop focuses on changing mindsets around failure as an integral part of leadership. Participants will learn concrete strategies and tools to welcome failure for themselves and their teams as a component of growth and learning.
Event Logistics
Kresge Building
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Registration Form
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
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