Harkness Fellowships Alumni Health Care Policy Forum, 2010
Award Amount:
$125,000
Approval Date:
April 14, 2009
Start Date:
May 1, 2009
End Date:
October 31, 2010
The Commonwealth Fund
1 East 75th Street
New York, New York 10024
Principal Investigator:
Robin Osborn
The Commonwealth Fund’s Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice have, since 1998, produced a cadre of 129 alumni across Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the U.K., and beginning in 2009, Switzerland. Recognizing the unique perspectives they offer, the Fund will support a high-level policy retreat to bring together a select group of Harkness alumni with leading health reform experts from each country. With the goal of engaging policymakers from the new U.S. administration, the forum will aim to identify lessons for the United States from abroad. Commissioned papers authored by Harkness alumni will be prepared for publication either by the Fund or in a special international issue of a policy journal. Cofunding will be sought from the Harkness program country partners.