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Workshop on the Application of Systems Thinking to the

Development and Use of Evidence in Obesity Prevention

Decision-Making

Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine

Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision-Making

March 16, 2009

Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine, California

Workshop Goal: Gain insights from experts on how a systems science framework and modeling could be helpful in generating and using evidence for decision-making about obesity prevention and other multifaceted areas of health promotion and disease prevention.

PROGRAM

9:30A                          Registration

10:00A                        Welcome Remarks

 Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Committee Chair

10:05A                                    Susan Jebb, PhD (via videoconference)

                                    Medical Research Council Collaborative Center for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK

Topic: UK Foresight Programme’s Tackling Obesities: Future Choices project

11:05A                                    Allan Best, PhD

                                    Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

Topic: Knowledge Synthesis and Integration:  Changing Models,

Changing Practices

12:05P                         Lunch Break

1:00P                           Bobby Milstein, PhD, MPH and Jack Homer, PhD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Homer Consulting

Topic: System Dynamics Simulation in Support of Obesity Prevention Decision-Making

2:45P                           Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH

                                    University of Michigan School of Public Health                  

Topic: Multi-level approaches to understanding and preventing obesity: analytical challenges and new directions

3:45P                           Closing Remarks

                                    Shiriki Kumanyika, MPH, PhD, Committee Chair

4:00P                           Adjournment of Workshop