Science and Practice Workshop

This workshop introduces participants to the role of networks—which lie at the very heart of every society—in population health. Using population health and healthcare examples, case studies, and big data, it covers network structure, organization, relationships among components, topologies, and dynamics, among others. Beyond a static representation of networks, emphasis is placed on dynamic visualization and analysis.

This workshop introduces participants to how systems thinking can improve understanding of health challenges and impactful health policies in a complex world. Using scenarios from population health and healthcare, it covers simple as well as more advanced concepts and techniques (e.g., complex adaptive systems, dynamic complexity, causal loop diagrams, networks, tipping points, simulation). Emphasis is placed on how community and stakeholder engagement can advance their causes.