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2007 Conference

Fourth Annual Health and Public Affairs Research Conference

 University of Central Florida

 

 Challenges of Global Development and Transformational Leadership

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007

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 Call for Scientific Papers and Poster (~160k)

Background:

 

Since the turn of the 21^st century, the worldwide political arena has faced unparalleled challenges, including terrorist insurgents, the spread of life-threatening diseases and global warming.  Social scientists theorize that these unpredictable and harmful events depress economic growth and global development.  The need for strong leadership has never been more important.   

 

Today’s world leaders must understand the challenges that impact global development.  In facing the spread diseases such HIV/AIDS and Asian bird flu, for example, leaders must understand how to adapt by implementing new strategies and effectively communicating them to protect the public.  They also must learn how a challenge like this impacts local economies and how they can promote the development of social capital.

Academicians and publicly elected officials must work together to identify ways to foster global development and transformation in spite of living in a turbulent world.

 

The Conference:

 

Trained leadership can help prevent some challenges that hinder development and reduce the impact of others.  To this end, the College of Health and Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida proposes a one-day international conference titled “The Challenges of Global Development and Transformational Leadership.”  The conference, to be held on Friday October 26^th at the UCF campus, will focus on the impact of leadership, both strong and weak, on global development as exemplified in fields such as economics, political science and medicine.  Conference speakers will possess strong academic and professional experience in international development, as well as a vested interest in global development beyond theory to include practice.  Faculty members and students from UCF and national and international communities will be invited to present academic work as it relates to the field of global development. 

 

UCF’s Doctoral Program in Public Affairs will bring together the nation’s leading scholars to share their scholarship and strategic agenda for resolving the most urgent global development issues of our time.  This annual research forum will be a gathering of change agents in their field to address best-practice solutions for perfecting our community and nation’s proactive response for global development, evaluate global development centers and identify successful stories in transforming global health and development.  We invite your active participation in this exciting conference and sincerely hope that you may join us.  The conference is an annual event sponsored by UCF’s Center for Community Partnerships and the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs.

 

The conference will generate debates on important issues pertaining to health and public affairs research, build consensus on the domains of scientific inquiry relevant to public services, identify evidence-based approaches to enhance quality and efficiency of services organizations, and guide the strategic development of research partnerships with community agencies.  The conference will be organized into three parts: 1) speakers and commentators on health and public affairs research and practice, 2) research project presentations and 3) research poster presentations.

Invited Speakers

Dr. Gary Strack, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boca Raton Community Hospital, Florida
Dr. Roice Luke, Professor, Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University 
Mr. Andreas Hipple, Associate of the Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors 
Dr. Douglas F. Barnes, World Bank

 

Featured Moderators

Dr. Kenneth Adams, Professor, Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, UCF

Dr. Brandon Applegate, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, UCF

Dr. Robert Langworthy, Professor and Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, UCF

Dr. Wendell Lawther, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, UCF

Dr. Aaron Liberman, Professor, Department of Health Professions, UCF

Dr. Lawrence Martin, Professor, Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, UCF

Dr. Bernardo Ramirez, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Professions, UCF

Dr. Thomas T.H. Wan, Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, UCF

 

Featured Respondents

Mr. Richard Morrison, Regional Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Adventist Health System Florida Division

Dr. Henry M. Peskin, Principal of Edgevale Associates

Dr. Kevin Sherin, Director of the Orange County Health Department, Orlando, Florida

Dr. Roger Handberg, Chair, Department of Political Science, UCF

 

Conference Events

 

 

 

 

8:00 - 8:30       Check-in and Continental Breakfast (Fairwinds Alumni Center)

 

8:30 - 8:45       Welcoming Remarks

                        Dr. Terry Hickey, Provost and Executive Vice President, UCF

Associate Professor Joyce Dorner, Interim Dean, College of Health and Public Affairs, UCF

 

8:45 - 9:45       Plenary Session 1 -  Transformational Leadership ― A Global and Spiritual
                        Perspective

Dr. Gary Strack, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boca Raton Community Hospital, Florida
Moderator:       Dr. Aaron Liberman

                                    Respondent:    Dr. Kevin Sherin

                                                             

9:45 - 10:30     Plenary Session 2 -  System Transformation:  Domestic and International Strategies in Healthcare Organization and Policy

Dr. Roice Luke, Professor, Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University

Moderator:       Dr. Bernardo Ramirez

Respondent:    Mr. Richard Morrison

 

10:30 - 10:45    Morning Break

10:45 - 11:30    Plenary Session 3 -  Impact of the Centers of Global Development

Mr. Andreas Hipple, Research Associate, Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors

Moderator:       Dr. Wendell Lawther

Respondent:    Dr.  Roger Handberg

 

11:30 - 12:15     PLENARY SESSION 4 -  Measuring Social and Economic Benefits of Rural Electrification and Development in a Developing Country

                        Dr. Douglas F. Barnes, World Bank

Moderator:       Dr. Brandon Applegate

                                    Respondent:    Dr. Henry M. Peskin, Principal of Edgevale Associates                                                          

12:15 - 1:30      LUNCH

                       

 

1:30 - 4:00       Concurrent Session A - Health and Social Services Research 

Moderator:       Dr. Lawrence Martin

 

1.      Wang, Fahui and McLafferty, Sara “Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis and Healthcare Access in Illinois:  Poisson Regression Controlling for Spatial Autocorrelation.”  Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, and Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2.      Harrison, Jeffrey P. and Radcliffe, Kim.  “Evidence-Based Medicine as a Strategy for Quality      Improvement.”  Department of Public Health, University of North Florida.

3.      Sam Marathe.  “Factors Influencing Community Health Centers’ Efficiency:  A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach.”  Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, UCF.

4.   Gammonley, Denise.  “Community-based Participatory Research to Explore Caregiving Responsibilities in Transnational Families.”  School of Social Work, UCF.

5.      Zhang, Jackie and Wan, Thomas T.H.  “Comparing Long-Term Care Services Between the United States and China.”  Doctoral Program in Public Affairs, UCF.

 

1:30 - 4:00       Concurrent Session B - Public Affairs Research 

Moderator:       Dr. Robert Langworthy

 

1.      Conroy, Annabelle.  “Explaining Decentralization Policies in Developing Countries.”  Department of Political Science, UCF.

2.      Winton, Mark A. and Unlu, Ali.  “Assessing Risk and Reducing Violence During and After Disasters.”  Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, UCF.

3.      Tang, Chiung Ya.  “The Relationships Between Marital Commitment and Housework.”  Center for Community Partnerships, UCF.

4.      Ellis, Nancy.  “The Effect of Nutrition Knowledge on Food Choices and Body Mass Index Percentile Rankings of Elementary School Children:  Results from an In-School Nutritional Education Program.”  Center for Community Partnerships, UCF.

5.      Adams, Kenneth; Allgood, Jane; Hazlett, Rebekah; Ronneau, John; and Surette, Raymond.  “The Changing Face of Juvenile Violent Crime in Orlando, Florida.”  Center for Community Partnerships, UCF.

6.      Mary Van Hook.  “Human Trafficking Research studies in Eastern Europe.” Center for Community Partnerships, UCF.

 

4:00 - 5:00       Research Poster Session (Fairwinds Alumni Center)

Faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, doctoral students, graduates and other invited researchers

                        Moderator:       Dr. Kenneth Adams