The following is a list of upcoming events in the Department of Health Policy, or events related to the research and collaborative work the Department conducts. To learn more about our events or to receive email alerts about upcoming events, please reach out to Jake Lowary, Jacob.lowary@vumc.org.
Spring 2026
Thursday, March 19 – Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds | Ben Sommers, MD, PhD, Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He will speak on the topic "Medicaid’s Inflection Point: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going."
Monday, March 23 – Health Policy Grand Rounds | Betsy Cliff, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Thursday, April 23 – Zeke Emmanuel, MD, PhD, Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of “Eat Your Ice Cream”
Friday, March 20 – MPH Culminating Experience Presentations - Health Policy Track
Monday, March 23 – MPH Culminating Experience Presentations - Global Health Track
Friday, March 27 – MPH Culminating Experience Presentations - Epidemiology & Clinical Research Track
Monday, March 30 – MPH Culminating Experience Presentations -All Tracks
Recurring Events
Health Policy Seminar – Weekly semi-informal lecture series covering works in progress, dissertation preparations and other research topics.