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Hilde and Bill Birnbaum Endowed Lecture on Benefiting Patients Through Health Research

The annual Birnbaum Endowed Lecture was established in 2000 to honor Group Health founders Hilde and Bill Birnbaum's long term commitment to Group Health and their passion for using research to improve patient care. 

In addition to the lecture, the event features the presentation of the annual Birnbaum Award, an honor that goes to a Group Health work team that has made extraordinary contributions to successful research at Group Health. Each year, Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS) staff members nominate teams for this award. Winners are selected by CHS scientific investigators.

 2008 Birnbaum Lecture

Richard Deyo, MD, MPH, of Oregon Health and Science University, presented the 2008 Hilde and Bill Birnbaum Endowed Lecture in Seattle on Tuesday, June 10 at the Westin Hotel. Dr. Deyo discussed the influence of commercial, political, and media forces on scientific inquiry.

• View the 2008 lecture slide presentation
  (birnbaum_2008_lecture_slides_deyo.pdf, 138KB)

• View the 2008 lecture (38 minutes, Flash required)
  (Also available for download in Windows Media format: birnbaum_2008_lecture_deyo.wmv, 134MB)
  
  

• View the 2008 Panel Discussion (26 minutes, Flash required)
  (Also available for download in Windows Media format: birnbaum_2008_panel.wmv, 92MB)
  
  
  

2008 Birnbaum Award Winners

• Medical Home team at the Group Health Factoria Medical Center
• Hugh Straley, MD

Past Lectures and Awards

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2000

2007
"Aligning the Forces of Health Care for Quality and Fairness for All"
Speaker: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD
President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Read a transcript of the lecture ( PDF 62KB)
• Listen to audio of the lecture ( 50 minutes, MP3 46MB, WMA 23MB)

Award: Group Health Cooperative's Northgate Medical Center Team #2

2006
"With So Many Problems, Why Worry About Global Health?"
Speaker: William "Bill" H. Foege, MD, MPH
Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Award: Group Health’s Breast Cancer Screening Program

2005
"Achieving a High-Performance Health System."
Speaker: Karen Davis, PhD
President of The Commonwealth Fund

Award: Group Health’s Physical Therapy Department

2004
"Transforming Health Care for Preventive Care Services: 30 Years of Learning/Projections for the Future."
Speaker: Robert "Tommy" Thompson, MD
Director Emeritus, Group Health Permanente Department of Preventive Care; Senior Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies

Award: Group Health’s Central and Eastside Gastroenterology (GI) Teams 

2003
"The Center for Health Studies: Leading by Example."
Speaker: Eric Larson, MD, MPH
Director, Group Health Center for Health Studies

Award: Group Health’s Information Systems Division

2002
"Closing the Quality Chasm: The Transformation of Chronic-Illness Care Nationwide."
Speaker: Ed Wagner, MD, MPH
Director, MacColl Institute; Senior Investigator, Center for Health Studies

Award: Group Health’s Breast Cancer Screening Program nurses

2000
"Patients as Partners: Empowering Patients to Improve Health Outcomes."
Speaker: David Sobel, MD, MPH
Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

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