RAND Conference Agenda

RAND-Andrus/AARP MiniMed School for Demographers and Economists 2003 Program

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Wednesday, July 9
9:00 - 9:30am	Breakfast — Wilshire Hall
9:30 - 10:00	Introductions and opening remarks
10:00 - 12:00	David Wennberg, Maine Medical Center Is More Better? The Relationship Between Intensity of Health Care and Outcomes in the United States
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch — Miramar Gardens
1:30 - 3:00pm	Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University What is Disease?
3:00 - 3:30	Break — Wilshire Corridor
3:30 - 5:00pm	Judith Campisi, University of California, Berkeley Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons
6:00 - 9:00	Dinner — Monsoon Cafe 1212 3rd Street Promenade
Thursday, July 10
9:00 - 9:30am	Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00	Opening remarks — Wilshire Hall
10:00 - 12:00	Andrew Steptoe, University College London Social Inequalities in Health: Behavioral and Biological Mediators
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch — Miramar Gardens
1:30 - 3:00pm	Jane Wardle, University College London Bio-Behavioral Aspect of Obesity
3:00 - 3:30	Break — Wilshire Corridor
3:30 - 5:00pm	Linda Fried, Johns Hopkins University Complex Pathways: Frailty and Disability
5:00 - 5:30	Concluding remarks
6:00 - 8:00	Reception — Veranda Room