As part of its leadership training, Columbia H&SS invites journalists, policymakers, foundation or NIH program officers, and representatives of community-based organizations to campus for informal discussions about the politics and process of research, policy, and public debate. These meetings are attended by the H&SS Scholars and core faculty.

2009-2010 (Year 8)

Susan Rabiner(Author and editor), September 24th, 2009

Bruce Link and Peter Bearman (H&SS program directors at Columbia University), October 27th, 2009

Anne Vernez Moudon (Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture at University of Washington) February 2nd, 2010

2008-2009 (Year 7)

Shelley Correll (Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University), May 20th, 2009
Sudhir Venkatesh (Professor of Sociology at Columbia University), March 11th, 2009
Leonard Syme (Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Community Health (Emeritus) at the University of California, Berkeley), September 22nd, 2008

2007-2008 (Year 6)

Joseph Fins (Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College), February 27, 2008

Jack Rowe (Former CEO of Aetna, Professor in Health Policy and Management, MSPH), January 23, 2008

Vickie Mays (Professor, Departments of Psychology and Health Services, UCLA), December 6, 2007

Robert Krulwich (Science Journalist, NPR, ABC), October 10, 2007

Bruce Link and Peter Bearman (Directors, RWJ H&SS Program at Columbia), September 12, 2007

2006-2007 (Year 5)

Lorne Thorpe (Deputy Commissioner for Epidemiology Services, NYC Department of Health), October 27, 2006
Ichiro Kawachi (Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University), March 9, 2007

2005-2006 (Year 4)

David Mechanic (René Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University), September 16, 2005
Janny Scott (Reporter, New York Times and co-author of the "Class Matters" series), October 7, 2005
Christine Bachrach (Chief of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, NICHD), December 2, 2005