Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
Using Systems Applications to Inform Obesity Solutions: A Virtual Workshop
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Online via Zoom
Goals:
- Encourage and engage researchers and decision makers in using systems modeling techniques as an approach for better understanding of the obesity epidemic—both causes and solutions—more effectively and efficiently.
- Help inform decision making within policy and programmatic areas.
- Illustrate real-world applications.
INTRODUCTION
10:00 AM |
Nicolaas (Nico) Pronk, Chair, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions |
THE PROMISES AND PITFALLS OF SYSTEMS MODELING: A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE
10:05 |
Jack Homer, Homer Consulting |
MAIN SESSION: THE USEFULNESS OF SYSTEMS MODELING FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS
10:30 | Business/Private Sector (Project Play) |
Moderator: | |
Jamy Ard, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Wake Forest Baptist Weight Management Center |
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Panel: | |
Tom Farrey, The Aspen Institute |
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Bruce Y. Lee, City University of New York |
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Dev Pathik, Sports Facilities Companies |
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11:30 | Break |
11:45 | Communities (Baltimore, Maryland) |
Moderator: | |
Sara Czaja, Weill Cornell Medical College |
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Panel: | |
Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University |
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Bruce Y. Lee, City University of New York |
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Sarah Buzogany, City of Baltimore Department of Planning |
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12:45 PM | Lunch Break |
1:15 | Policy Makers |
Moderator: | |
Stella Yi, New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
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Panel: | |
Ana Diez Roux, Drexel University |
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Brent Langellier, Drexel University |
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Felipe Montes Jimenez, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
NEXT STEPS
2:15 | Moderators: |
Nicolaas (Nico) Pronk, Chair, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions; HealthPartners, Inc. |
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Christina Economos, Tufts University |
Reflectors: | |
Doug Luke, Washington University in St. Louis |
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Sara Czaja, Weill Cornell Medicine |
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David Mendez, University of Michigan |
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Jamy Ard, Wake Forest School of Medicine and Wake Forest Baptist Weight Management Center |
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Stella Yi, New York University Grossman School of Medicine |
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Daniel E. Rivera, Arizona State University |
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Bruce Y. Lee, City University of New York |
FINAL REFLECTIONS
3:15 |
Patricia (Patty) Mabry, HealthPartners Institute |
CLOSING
3:40 |
Christina Economos, Co-Vice Chair, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions |
3:45 | Adjourn |
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