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SUMMARY:Globalist Coffeehouse: Healthcare Around the World and Your Own Experience – the Good\, the Bad\, or Rather Unusual
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting in person in the semi-private dining room at the Shoal Creek Saloon\, 909 N. Lamar. This month’s topic is:  \nHealthcare Around the World and Your Own Experience – the Good\, the Bad\, or Rather Unusual\nRegardless of what country we come from\, medical emergencies happen all over the globe on a daily basis. Healthcare policies determine if one decides to receive treatment in one particular country over another. The cost of living\, the government structure\, as well as insurance coverage can all be factors even for just a simple surgery of any kind. \nIn the United States\, for instance\, healthcare is privatized\, meanwhile in Switzerland\, it is regulated by Swiss Federal Law on Health Insurance. Yet in France\, it is universal\, which combines a more centralized and national government aspect. In Asia\, countries such as Singapore\, Hong Kong\, and South Korea also offer world-class services. And then there is Australia\, which is considered one of the top countries in the world for overall healthcare quality.  \nWhat about your own experience when you got sick abroad? How was the doctor\, the healer\, the clinic and the hospital or even the dentist? What about the actual medicine? Were you treated with pharmaceuticals or traditional herbal medicines from that culture? What was the cost in dollars\, from a minor cut to a root canal or even a complex surgery? Tell us about your good\, bad or rather unusual medical experiences. \nPlease join us at the Shoal Creek Saloon for what will be a very interesting discussion. \n \nFor more details contact: \nEllen Murry\, Co-chair\, of the Globalist Coffeehouse: ellen.murry@yahoo.com \nPolina Anastassieva\, Co-chair\, of the Globalist Coffeehouse: polina@wacaustin.org  \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/globalist-coffeehouse-healthcare-around-the-world-and-your-own-experience-the-good-the-bad-or-rather-unusual/
LOCATION:Shoal Creek Saloon\, 909 N. Lamar Blvd\, Austin\, TX\, 78703\, United States
CATEGORIES:healthcare,Member Social
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Impact of the Covid19 Pandemic on U.S. and Global Mental Health\, Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin and the Kozmetsky Center\, in collaboration with the Carter Center in Atlanta\, is pleased to present Dr. Eve Byrd\, Director\, Mental Health Program\, Carter Center on the topic Assessing the Impact of the Covid19 Pandemic on U.S. and Global Mental Health\, Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future. \nThe Carter Center was established by President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter with the purpose of supporting human rights and the alleviation of human suffering seeking to prevent and resolve conflicts\, enhance freedom and democracy and improve health. Dr. Eve Byrd became director of the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program in Atlanta in 2017. Prior to joining The Carter Center\, she was a faculty member of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and served as executive director of the Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression\, Department of Psychiatry at the Emory School of Medicine. She has held leadership positions both nationally and locally in work aimed at eliminating stigma and improving access to care for people with behavioral health disorders. \nEve Byrd earned a doctorate of nursing practice with a concentration in health systems leadership and implementation science from Emory University’s School of Nursing\, where she also earned a master of science in nursing with a concentration in psychiatric/mental health nursing. She earned her master of public health in health policy from Emory’s School of Public Health and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from Emory and in psychology from Florida State University. Register in advance for the ZOOM Webinar at:  https://stedwards.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YiAS_DUqR326gajY-AyzYw
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/assessing-the-impact-of-the-covid19-pandemic-on-u-s-and-global-mental-health-lessons-learned-and-recommendations-for-the-future/
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CATEGORIES:educational,healthcare
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SUMMARY:Walter Isaacson: The Code Breaker - Jennifer Doudna\, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to partner with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston in hosting David Rubenstein in a discussion with Walter Isaacson on his new book\, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna\, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race.  The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases\, fend off viruses\, and have healthier babies. \nWhen Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade\, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside\, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday\, she discovered she was right\, in a way. As she sped through the pages\, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists\, she decided she would. \nDriven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions\, she would help to make what the book’s author\, James Watson\, told her was the most important biological advance since his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR\, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. \nThe development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age\, based on the microchip\, computer\, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code. \nShould we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents\, if they can afford it\, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids? \nAfter helping to discover CRISPR\, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and\, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier\, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is a thrilling detective tale that involves the most profound wonders of nature\, from the origins of life to the future of our species. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nWalter Isaacson\, a professor of history at Tulane\, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute\, chair of CNN\, and editor of Time. The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases\, fend off viruses\, and have healthier babies. He is also the author The Innovators;  Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography\, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu \nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nDavid M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group\, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then\, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $246 billion from 29 offices around the world. \nMr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art\, the University of Chicago\, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center\, Johns Hopkins Medicine\, the Institute for Advanced Study\, the National Constitution Center\, the Brookings Institution\, and the World Economic Forum; a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and President of the Economic Club of Washington. \n  \nTo redeem your exclusive membership price ticket for this event\, add one “Non-members -3/24” ticket to your cart. After clicking Get Tickets\, click Proceed to Checkout on the following page when ready.  On the Checkout page\, please click on the green box containing the text “Have a coupon? Click here to enter your code”. Enter “houston” in the box and press Apply coupon to see your reflect discounted rate.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/walter-isaacson-the-code-breaker-jennifer-doudna-gene-editing-and-the-future-of-the-human-race/
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SUMMARY:Coping with COVID19
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence at St. Edward’s University\, the World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to present Andrew S. Natsios\, Executive Professor  and Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government and Public Service\, Texas A & M University on the topic “Coping with COVID19.” Professor Natsios previously directed the U.S. Agency for International Development leading USAID’s emergency disaster management. \nNatsios has extensive policy and research experience on pandemics and has called for creating a new global early-warning system that would have been effective in early detection of the COVID19 virus threat. He recently released a report entitled “Preparing for a Collision” focused on the escalating challenges posed by the spread of COVID19 with seasonal influenza offering specific recommendations to avoid overwhelming medical capacity. \n \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/coping-with-covid19/
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SUMMARY:Rethink Health Care Spending: Are You (and Your Employees) Getting Your Money’s Worth?
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin\, in partnership with the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business\, is proud to present the Texas Enterprise Speaker Series. \nJoin us on 20 April for a presentation by Elizabeth Teisberg\, Ph.D.Executive Director\, Value Institute for Health and Care at Dell Medical School\, McCombs School of Business.  \n \nDoes health care spending seem uncontrollable and ineffective? Are you and your employees adrift in an ever-shifting landscape of legislation\, mergers\, rising costs\, and ineffective care? Does your organization lose productivity and profit due to poor employee health and high spending on health benefits? \nAs we all know\, there are no quick fixes\, but the trends won’t change unless employers take a new stance. What if health benefits promoted health and catalyzed change in health care delivery? \nJoin us to discuss what high-value health care means and how employers can catalyze change that improves health outcomes and expands meaningful\, effective choices for your employees. \nAttendees will learn: \n• How employers can be catalysts in health care transformation\n• How to improve employee health while reducing cost\n• How to find and understand hidden costs in health care\n• How to create and sustain value \nElizabeth Teisberg is co-creator of the idea of value-based health care strategy and an internationally recognized author and professor. She currently serves as Dell Medical School’s Executive Director of the Value Institute for Health and Care. \nTeisberg has won the Wachovia Award for outstanding research\, the Frederick S. Morton Award for Leadership\, and the Book of the Year Award from the American College of Health Care Executives. She comes to Dell Medical School from Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine and was previously on the faculty of the University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School. She earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the Stanford University School of Engineering. She also holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Virginia and an A.B. degree\, summa cum laude\, from Washington University in St. Louis. \nRegistration cost includes lunch.  RSVP via the event website link here or below. \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/rethink-health-care-spending-are-you-and-your-employees-getting-your-moneys-worth/
LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center\, 1900 University Ave\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,educational,healthcare,Law and regulations,Luncheon Series,Texas Enterprise Speaker Series
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