Past Events
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Apr 26PHS 820 Graduate Student Seminar Featuring Lauren Giurini
Please join us for PHS 820 featuring Lauren Giurini – The association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer screening: evidence from the Southern Community Cohort Study. Please join remotely by Zoom with meeting ID 925 9118 4216 and password 068300 or this URL
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Apr 24PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Gretchen Schwarze, Dept. of Surgery
Dr. Schwarze is a board-certified vascular surgeon and medical ethicist. She is a nationally recognized expert in surgical decision making, informed consent, advance directives and end-of-life care. Her research focuses on improving communication between older patients and their surgeons so that patients can avoid unwanted treatment and make decisions that align with their values, preferences …
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Apr 17PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter
Dr. Pollack Porter is a health equity scholar whose research advances policies that create safe and healthy environments where people live, work, play, and travel, with an emphasis on addressing structural drivers of health through policy change and promoting effective cross-sector collaborations. Dr. Pollack Porter engages with policymakers to inform the development and implementation of …
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Apr 12PHS 820 Graduate Program Student Seminar Featuring Aly PfaffJoin us for PHS 820 featuring epidemiology student Aly Pfaff – The effect of attitudinal barriers on the provision of MOUD in the United States jails. Please join remotely by Zoom with meeting ID 925 9118 4216 and password 068300 or this URL
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Apr 10PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Joshua Ehrlich, University of Michigan
Dr. Ehrlich is a clinician-scientist specializing in epidemiologic and health services research and the clinical care of patients with glaucoma, cataract, and anterior segment disease. He completed his undergraduate education at Washington University in St. Louis, studying anthropology and Spanish. He attended medical school at Cornell University, graduating with honors in research, and he earned …
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Apr 5PHS 820 Graduate Program Student Seminar featuring Olivia Pokoski
Join us for PHS 820 featuring Population Health PhD candidate, Olivia Pokoski – The associations between socialization scores and physical activity in children with autism. Please join remotely by Zoom with meeting ID 925 9118 4216 and password 068300 or this URL
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Apr 3PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Tim Benton, Royal Institute of Intl Affairs Chatham House
Abstract: Climate change obviously has the potential to create direct impacts on health through exposure to the local hazards of heat or storm. However, perhaps the largest challenge will come from hazards elsewhere, where the risks are indirect and cascade across borders and sectors. Such risks may influence food supply and price (and thus food …
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Mar 27PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Hoa Vu, PHS Postdoctoral Research Associate“The Effects of Residential Segregation on Infant Health” – Prior research has found that a high level of residential racial segregation, or the degree to which racial/ethnic groups are isolated from one another, is associated with worsened infant health outcomes, particularly among non-Hispanic (NH) Black infants. However, because exposure to segregation is non-random, it is …
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Mar 20PHS Monday Seminar Featuring Barry Levy, Author – Public Health Effects of War
Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is a physician and epidemiologist. Since 1993, he has directed the Environmental and Occupational Health course for MD/MPH students. Dr. Levy’s professional interests include occupational and environmental health and the public health impacts of war and terrorism, climate change, and social injustice. He has edited 20 books, including serving as …
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Mar 8PHS 820 Graduate Student Seminar Featuring Paije Wilson
Please join us for PHS 820 featuring Paije Wilson, Health Sciences Librarian, Ebling Library – Library Resources Please join remotely by Zoom with meeting ID 925 9118 4216 and password 068300 or this URL