Health Workforce Seminar | Don Taylor | Fake News and False Equivalence: What Does a Post-Evidence Political System Mean for Researchers?

Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/22/2017
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location
Rosenfeld Conference Room (Room 306) – Sheps Center

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Please join us for the first seminar of our 2017-2018 series.

Dr. Don Taylor, Professor at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy (and a former Shepster), will speak about ‘Fake News and False Equivalence: What Does a Post-Evidence Political System Mean for Researchers?’ on Friday, September 22nd, 11:00 am-12:30 pm in the Rosenfeld Conference Room at the Sheps Center at UNC (announcement here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1286738074785810/ ).

Dr. Don Taylor is a health policy scholar who focuses on end-of-life policy. He was named a member of the HRSA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee which was created by the Affordable Care Act to reconsider how the federal government identifies Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas. He wrote 29 columns on health reform for the NC News and Observer and has contributed to The New York Times’ Room for Debate forum.  He holds three degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including PhD in Health Policy and Management from the School of Public Health.

Please invite interested colleagues.  Parking is free and available.

e-mail: juliespero@unc.edu

NC Health Professions Data System: nchealthworkforce.sirs.unc.edu

Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy: www.healthworkforce.unc.edu