California Water Markets Workshop
The RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center, USC ' s California Central, and the California Water Foundation held a workshop in Santa Monica, California, to convene leaders in California water policy to discuss water markets and trading. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - April 4, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Pung, Chataway and Manville Participate in Thought Leadership Programme
RAND Europe's Hans Pung, Joanna Chataway and Catriona Manville were among the experts Corsham Institute invited to discuss and debate the critical issues we face in making the digital society a reality for everyone. They participated in the annual Thought Leadership programme at St. George's House in Windsor Castle. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 7, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Groves and Lempert Lead Decision Making Under Uncertainty Training for Water Managers
David Groves and Robert Lempert conducted a training session on decision making under uncertainty (DMU) for members of the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) in Denver, CO on March 2-3, 2016. In the first session, they administered a “serious game” called “Decisions for the Decade” to help participants better appreciate planning under deep uncertainty. Subsequent sessions included lectures on RDM, MORDM, decision scaling, and dynamic adaptive pathways. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Pung, Chataway and Manville to Participate in Thought Leadership Programme
RAND Europe's Hans Pung, Joanna Chataway and Catriona Manville are among the experts Corsham Institute has invited to discuss and debate the critical issues we face in making the digital society a reality for everyone. They will participate in the annual Thought Leadership programme at St. George's House in Windsor Castle. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars
Student Jodi Liu (cohort '12), alum Jeffrey Wasserman (cohort '85) and RAND Health colleagues identified more than a dozen small ideas that, combined, could save the U.S. health care system a total of up to $26 billion a year. An interactive calculator lets users combine different small ideas and view projected savings. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 1, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Supports Louisiana’s Flood Risk and Resilience Program and Application to the National Disaster Resilience Competition
RAND helped Louisiana develop an application to the Natural Disaster Resilience Competition, a nearly $1 billion fund for states that have recently experienced a presidentially-declared disaster. Louisiana applied for funds to reduce the flood risk of storm surge by elevating residential structures in three areas. RAND provided a quantitative analysis of the baseline flood risks and different allocations of funds for mitigation across three parishes. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 1, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Supports Louisiana ’ s Flood Risk and Resilience Program and Application to the National Disaster Resilience Competition
RAND helped Louisiana develop an application to the Natural Disaster Resilience Competition, a nearly $1 billion fund for states that have recently experienced a presidentially-declared disaster. Louisiana applied for funds to reduce the flood risk of storm surge by elevating residential structures in three areas. RAND provided a quantitative analysis of the baseline flood risks and different allocations of funds for mitigation across three parishes. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - February 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Jordan Fischbach and Pittsburgh’s Chief Resilience Officer Lead Breakfast Briefing on Pittsburgh as a Resilient City
Jordan Fischbach, co-director of the RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center, and Grant Ervin, Pittsburgh’s Chief Resilience Officer, led a breakfast briefing at the Green Building Alliance on how Pittsburgh can move beyond planning for sustainability and towards planning for true resiliency. Fischbach and Ervin provided perspective about Pittsburgh’s involvement in the 100 Resilient Cities network— a Rockefeller Foundation program aimed at helping cities become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - February 23, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Jordan Fischbach and Pittsburgh ’ s Chief Resilience Officer Lead Breakfast Briefing on Pittsburgh as a Resilient City
Jordan Fischbach, co-director of the RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center, and Grant Ervin, Pittsburgh ’ s Chief Resilience Officer, led a breakfast briefing at the Green Building Alliance on how Pittsburgh can move beyond planning for sustainability and towards planning for true resiliency. Fischbach and Ervin provided perspective about Pittsburgh ’ s involvement in the 100 Resilient Cities network — a Rockefeller Foundation program aimed at helping cities become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - February 22, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
David Groves Participates on London Panel on Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Workshop
David Groves, co director of the RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center, participated on an international panel of specialists at a workshop exploring tools and frameworks for decision making under risk and uncertainty, hosted by the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. The workshop focused on decision making problems and provided frameworks and/or tools to help structure and solve problems with a view to highlighting areas for future development and collaboration with partners. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - February 9, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Studies Help Inform Pentagon Decision to Open Combat Roles to Women
RAND researchers addressed topics such as whether members of U.S. special forces are ready to integrate women into their ranks and what lessons may be learned from other militaries that already have integrated women into combat positions. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - February 5, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
IMPACT Europe Explores 'What Works' in Tackling Violent Radicalisation
IMPACT Europe needs practitioners and professionals actively involved in counter-violent-radicalisation initiatives to test its evaluation toolkit. RAND Europe is a partner in this European Commission project (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - January 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Chloe Bird: A Closer Look at Care
Senior sociologist Chloe Bird's research on gender disparities in routine aspects of care has attracted high-level attention. In this Q&A, she tells us what she has found, and why more work needs to be done. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - December 17, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
From the Archives: Help Wanted, Women
In the first of a new regular series, RAND archivist Cara McCormick looks at how RAND's early hiring practices offered rare opportunities for women. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - December 17, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Volkswagen Appoints Feinberg to Head Independent Resolution Program
Volkswagen has appointed CCRMC Advisory Board chair Kenneth Feinberg to design and administer an independent resolution program over claims related to diesel vehicles rigged to cheat emissions tests. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - December 17, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
