Oct 11, 2022
For most
of healthcare training, our clinical learning experiences take
place in clinic and/or hospital settings. Yet, at the same time,
evidence shows that most of health improvement is a result of
behaviors that occur at home, by the patient. Without a
greater understanding of the challenges faced in achieving health
improvement through patients’ at home behavioral changes, we cannot
achieve the desired goal our expert counseling in maximizing
outcomes. For patients with special needs and/or
disabilities, this challenge becomes even greater. You will be
inspired in learning from Matthew Weed; a scholar, a person with
special needs and with disabilities, an engaging keynote speaker,
and a patient who wants to help us help him.
Bio:
www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-weed-08a72412
Dr. Weed is a totally blind and very brittle type I
diabetic three-time Yale graduate, including his Ph.D. in
Genetics earned in 2004. He also has master’s degrees earned at
Princeton and Harvard. During his dissertation work he was an
informal adviser on international policy on embryonic stem cell and
human cloning research to the Acting Director of the National
Institutes of Health.
After six years of post-doctoral work in bio ethics and medical
education at Yale Dr. Weed became the Interim Associate Director of
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s $150 million Wisconsin
Institute for Discovery which he helped launch in 2010-2012.
Matthew co-created one of the first methods for making electronic
text available to the blind in 1990. He has worked with, and
mentored, hundreds of student volunteer caregivers, many of whom
are now in careers in healthcare and health policy. He is working
with people at a variety of institutions to find cost-effective
ways to lower the barriers to millions of elderly and disabled
Americans’ ability to live independently and
productively.
Matthew skis, kayaks, has completed a rollerblading marathon, and
has traveled around the world—twice.
Among his other projects, Dr. Weed is an accessibility consultant
for colleges and corporations. He completed a contract on web
accessibility with the National Institutes of Health in 2021. He is
also co-developing tools and techniques to help people who aren’t
comfortable with technology learn how to use smart devices so they
can become full participants in our information driven
society.