Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forum

• History
• Student Forum
• January 2007 Student Forum agenda
• Background Readings
• Funding
• Sponsoring Schools

History:

The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum (MHPF) located at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University was created in 1998 to bring public and private health care leaders together to engage in focused discussion on critical health policy challenges facing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Health Policy Forums generally include research issue briefs and presentations that are available at their website .

Student Forum:

The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum organizes an annual student forum designed to give advance graduate students in public health, medicine and health policy direct access to the workings of state government. Students have an opportunity to meet with the senior legislative and state administrative officials to discuss the operations and responsibilities of state government. This is generally done in the context of pressing contemporary issues.

Funding:

The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum is supported by grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Tufts Health Plan and Partners Health Care. The Forum is also part of the State Forums Partnership Program, a national network of nonpartisan health policy organizations supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Sponsors:

The Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forums are sponsored by the participating schools: The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University , Tufts School of Medicine , Boston University School of Public Health , UMass Medical School and Commonwealth Medicine , UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences , Harvard School of Public Health , Simmons Graduate Program in Health Care Administration ,  Boston University School of Medicine Primary Care Residency Program , and  Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University .