Dr. Laura A. Schmidt of the University of California, San Francisco will discuss the factors in determining a population’s health and longevity from 1- 2 p.m. Friday, May 2, in Science I, room 147. Her presentation, “The Best Health Policies are Economic Policies: How Nations Can Move Towards a ‘Grand Convergence’ in Population Health,” is free and open to the public. It is hosted by the Central Valley Health Policy Institute  at Fresno State with the Social Work Education Department and Research Infrastructure for Minority Institutions Program. INFO: 559.228.2152.