UM SPH Calendar of Events

UM SPH Calendar of Events http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/index.cfm November 23: University Health Service (UHS) Flu Vaccine Offering Clinic https://tools.uhs.umich.edu/scheduler/appointment.php?pid=14 2009-11-19 November 23: Food Unincorporated: What does it take? http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1668 2009-11-23 The Sustainable Agriculture Working Group invites you to our next speaker series event. How can we change the food system to one that provides healthy, local food; protects biodiversity and water quality; and provides good livelihoods locally and globally?  Join us to find out: "Food Unincorporated: What does it take?" Featuring: Professor Catherine Badgley, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology November 24: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: Determining People's Motives for Preferring Specific Health http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1541 2009-11-18 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the third speaker in the Research Discussion Series: Daniel Degbotse, MSc Deputy Head, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Ghana “Determining People's Motives for Preferring Specific Health Related Goods and Services” December 1: Assessing Where Men Are: Preliminary Findings From the International Men and Gender Equality Survey http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1666 2009-11-20 The Measuring Gender Speaker Series is pleased to host: Assessing Where Men Are: Preliminary Findings From the International Men and Gender Equality Survey Gary Barker, PhD - Director of Gender, Violence and Rights, International Center for Research on Women Gary Barker, PhD, is Director of the Gender, Rights and Violence portfolio at the International Center for Research on Women, in Washington, DC, US.  Prior to joining ICRW in 2009, he served as founding Executive Director of Instituto Promundo, a Brazilian NGO, based in Rio de Janeiro, that works locally, nationally and internationally to promote gender equity and to reduce violence against children, women and youth. He has carried out research on men, violence, gender, health and conflict in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, and co-authored numerous training materials, including the Program H series for working with young men to promote gender equality and reduce violence against women. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, WHO, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Brazilian government on issues related to gender, engaging men, health promotion and violence prevention.  He holds a master’s in public policy and a PhD in child development and is an Ashoka Fellow. Some of his recent publications include Dying to be Be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion (Routledge, 2005) and Engaging Men and Boys in Changing Gender-Based Inequity in Health: Evidence from Programme Interventions (WHO, 2007). He is co-chair and co-founder of MenEngage, a recently formed global alliance of NGOs and UN agencies working to engage men and boys in gender equality.  He is co-principal investigator for the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), a 9-country study on men, women and gender equality being carried out in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. His novel, The Weight of the Living, set amidst violence and conflict in Guatemala, will be published in 2010 by De Geus (Amsterdam). Sponsored by: IRWG's Gender & Global Health Program; UM Global Health Center; Department of OB/GYN, UM Medical School December 2: Pediatric Injury Prevention http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1513 2009-11-20 The Center for Injury Prevention among Youth, a joint effort of the U-M School of Public Health and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), presents a Seminar on Pediatric Injury Prevention, with support from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Speaker: Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. December 2: Brown Bag Recital http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1524 2009-11-05    Thom Spafford, tenor (and recent staff member in Biostat), will join members of the Vocal Arts Ensemble (and accompanist Ted Wyatt) in a performance of "Historia di Jephte" by Giacomo Carisimmi. These are informal events to which you are invited to bring your lunch (pack your own or stop by the Glass House Cafe). Programs begin at 12:15 and end in time for you to reach your 1:00 appointments. Please plan to join us for these bi-weekly interludes and please feel free to share this announcement with others.   December 2: After-AIDS Day: Perspectives From Ghana http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1663 2009-11-19 While AIDS-related deaths can be devastating for families, AIDS-related disabilities are causing increasing ruin for larger societies in the marginal economies of Africa and other developing nations. In order to highlight the overwhelming need to support disability-related programs, Gifty Nyante, a African Presidential Visitng Scholar, is joining the International Rehabilitation Forum to give a talk on AIDS and rehabilitation in Ghana recognizing December 2, 2009 as After-AIDS Day. December 2: Pediatric Injury Prevention http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1669 2009-11-23 The Center for Injury Prevention among Youth and the Injury Research Center invite you to a seminar on 'Pediatric Injury Prevention'  to be given by Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Light refreshments provided       December 3: Unpacking Neighborhood Effects: Mechanisms, Heterogeneity, and an Agenda for Future Research http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1534 2009-11-10 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fall 2009 Health Policy Research Seminar Series This is the fourth in the series of five featuring: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Unpacking Neighborhood Effects: Mechanisms, Heterogeneity, and an Agenda for Future Research David Harding, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center - University of Michigan Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program December 3: Public Health Student Assembly General Meeting http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1621 2009-10-26 PHSA meetings are open to the student body. Those who wish to speak at meetings should request presence on the agenda by e-mailing bensette@umich.edu with name of speaker and a brief summary of discussion points. December 3: Facilitating Venture Development in Base of the Pyramid Markets: The Inter-American Development Bank's Strategy http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1667 2009-11-23 Global Impact Speaker Series Facilitating Venture Development in Base of the Pyramid Markets: The Inter-American Development Bank’s Strategy  Luiz Ros - Manager Opportunities for the Majority Initiative Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)    Luiz Ros, was appointed Manager for the Opportunities for the Majority (OM) Sector Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in January 2008, with the responsibility of promoting and coordinating activities corresponding to the OM initiative.  He joined the IDB in 2007, as a Principal Business Development Specialist for the OM Office. Before joining IDB, Luiz was the Global Manager for Markets and Sustainable Enterprise at the World Resources Institute (WRI); where he directed the Sustainable Enterprise Program and also participated as a member of the Executive Management Team.  Luiz also led WRI’s Sustainable Growth in Emerging Economies team, which engages the private sector in key economies such as Brazil, China, Mexico, Indonesia and India.  He served as an advisor to the DuPont Global Vice-President for Emerging Markets Growth & Latin America Presidency.  In this capacity, he provided strategic advice on how to meet the needs of low-income markets in Latin America. Luiz has served as a member of the strategic board for VCIII/Stratus Investment Fund.  He also served as a member of IFC’s advisory panel under the Sustainable Finance Initiative and the Latin America UNEP-Financial Initiative Advisory Group.  Luiz lectured at the Harvard Business School on “Private sector strategies to serve low-income markets in Latin America”. Prior to working at WRI, Luiz was the Director for the National Environmental Fund at the Ministry of Environment in Brazil, where he funded more than 100 projects, including those with local communities and indigenous people in the Amazon region.  He worked as a Task Manager for the World Bank, managing projects in Brazil for the Global Environmental Facility. Luiz has a B.S. in Economics, a post-graduate degree in Latin American Economics, and an M.Sc. in International Relations/Environmental Economics from the University of Brasilia, Brazil.  Luiz has been recently selected among the top 6 business leaders working for a great cause “Executivos de Grandes Causas” by Época Negócios, a leading business magazine in Brazil. About Opportunities for the Majority (OM) Initiative The Opportunities for the Majority initiative promotes and finances private sector business models that develop and deliver quality products and services, create employment, and enable low-income producers and consumers to participate in the formal economy.  The objective is to stimulate economic growth and raise the incomes of the 360 million people in Latin American and the Caribbean who are at the Base of the Pyramid. The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) involvement in the initiative ensures that each of its projects will undergo a rigorous evaluation that stresses economic and financial viability as well as the targeting of investments to benefit low-income populations. The IDB has the capability to promote partnerships and multiply the effectiveness of successful projects by applying lessons learned and by financing similar programs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Reception to Follow     Free & Open to the Public December 8: Segregation Anew? The Rise of Pharmacogenomics and the Implications for Race in America http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1563 2009-09-29 As the growing field of pharmacogenomic research offers us the potential benefits of personalized medicine and targeted therapies, it also brings with it the risk of reinforcing racial differences and stereotypes. Will pharmacogenomics increase the importance of race in American society? Will it exacerbate existing inequalities and stereotypes, or will it diminish them? Are there ways to mitigate these risks, through scientific, engineering, or policy solutions? This panel, featuring keynote speaker Jonathan Kahn, explores whether and how racial concepts and categories are influencing scientific, medical, and industrial development in this arena. It will also investigate whether there are policy interventions available that will allow us to exploit the potential of pharmacogenetics, while avoiding its pitfalls. December 9: Improving Chronic Illness In a Time of Scarcity http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1662 2009-11-18 The Center for Managing Chronic Disease Presents: Dr. John D. Piette, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Internal Medicine “Improving Chronic Illness In a Time of Scarcity”   Dr. Piette is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and Senior Research Career Scientist with the Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence (COE), VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. He also serves as the Director of the Quality Improvement for Complex Chronic Conditions (QUICC) program at the University of Michigan Health System, which develops and evaluates interventions to improve the primary care and illness self-management of chronically ill patients.  After receiving his Master’s degree in Health Management and Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health, he completed a Ph.D. in Epidemiology at Brown University. He has published extensively on improving diabetes self-managed care. Dr. Piette’s current research nterests focus on improving patient outcomes and identifying high risk patients by utilizing self-reported patient information during automated assessments. December 10: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fall 2009 Health Policy Research Seminar Series http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1535 2009-09-15 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fall 2009 Health Policy Research Seminar Series This is the last of the series of five featuring: Daniel Carpenter, Ph.D., Allie S. Freed Professor of Government Department of Government - Harvard University Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program   December 15: MHESA: December General Meeting/Holiday Party http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1510 2009-08-28  wraps up the semester with a final general meeting where committees will present updates and plans for the Winter '10 semester. We will provide holiday treats and continue our time together out on the town for an end of the semester celebration! December 17: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Global Health http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1542 2009-09-15 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the fourth speaker in the Research Discussion Series: Edith A. Parker, DrPH Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor for Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health “Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Global Health Equity” Faculty will reflect on how equity or inequity plays out in their research, followed by an open discussion. January 18: Breast Cancer Awareness, Treatment, and Transformative Health: a Catalyst for Change http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1671 2009-11-23 Lisa A. Newman, MD, surgical oncologist and Director of the BreastCare Center at the University of Michigan, is our honored guestspeaker for the Health Sciences Symposium. Her presentation addressescurrent and future research, treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Although breast cancer affects women of all races and ethnicities,Dr. Newman is searching for reasons why certain groups are more at risk for particular cancers and why there are disparities in outcomes for different patient populations. Focusing on a particularly aggressive type of the disease "triple negative breast cancer" which affects African-American women twice as often as white women, Dr. Newman regularly travels to Ghana to find answers and a cure. Her story and her work provide hope and inspiration for the future of breast cancer treatment in America and across the world. Monday, January 18, 2010 11:45 am- Dow Auditorium Towsley Center University of Michigan Hospital-2nd floor January 21: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: Equity in Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Care: A Local and Global Challenge http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1543 2009-11-23 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the fifth speaker in the Research Discussion Series: Sofia D. Merajver, MD, PhD Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical School; Director, Breast & Ovarian Cancer Risk and Evaluation Clinic, University of Michigan Hospital “Equity in Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Care: A Local and Global Challenge” Faculty will reflect on how equity or inequity plays out in their research, followed by an open discussion. February 15: Michael Boehnke's Distinguished University Professorship Lecture http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1613 2009-10-20 <img src="http://www.sph.umich.edu/faculty/images/profiles/boehnke.jpg" alt="Michael Boehnke" width="72" height="106" align="right" />Lecture by Michael Boehnke, Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health. Reception following in the Rackham Assembly Hall. More details to follow early 2010. February 18: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: Persistent Inequality and its Implications for the Health of Young People http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1544 2009-09-15 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the sixth speaker in the Research Discussion Series: David Lam, PhD Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, and Arts; Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research “Persistent Inequality and its Implications for the Health of Young People in South Africa” March 17: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: Education Collaboratives in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1545 2009-09-15 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the seventh speaker in the Research Discussion Series: Joseph C. Kolars, MD Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives; University of Michigan Medical School “Education Collaboratives in Sub-Saharan Africa” Faculty will reflect on how equity or inequity plays out in their research, followed by an open discussion. March 19: Influenza as a Global Concern: Where Do We Go from Here? http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1670 2009-11-23 This all-day symposium honoring UM SPH Professor Arnold Monto features internationally renowned influenza experts as well as the Thomas Francis Jr. Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Monto, on the topic of "The Francis Legacy of Influenza." April 15: 2009-10 Research Discussion Series on Global Health: How Foreign Aid Makes Health Equity Worse. What to do about it? http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1546 2009-09-15 The Center for Global Health invites the University community to a series of trans-disciplinary research discussions about global health. Please join us for the 8th speaker in the Research Discussion Series: David Canter, MD Director of Healthcare Research, William Davidson Institute “How Foreign Aid Makes Health Equity Worse. What to do about it?” Faculty will reflect on how equity or inequity plays out in their research, followed by an open discussion. April 23: Improving Children's Health Through Community-Engaged Research http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1593 2009-10-20 Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on April 23, 2010 for the "Improving Children's Health Through Community-Engaged Research." This workshop will feature prominent experts and dynamic breakout sessions to prepare you for conducting team science. The event will focus on developing academic and community partnerships to improve the health of children and youth, through collaborative, community-engaged research. A reception is planned for the evening of April 22, and the workshop itself will be held on April 23 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event is sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) in partnership with Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Washtenaw County Health Department, and City Connect Detroit. For additional information please contact Molly White, mollycd@umich.edu, 734-998-7474 or Nichole Washington, washingn@umich.edu, 734-998-6797. April 29: University of Michigan School of Public Health Graduation 2009 http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=987 2009-10-22 <img style="float: right;" title="Tom Frieden, CDC" src="http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/images/09frieden.jpg" alt="Tom Frieden, CDC" width="192" height="219" />Speaker at the 2009 UM SPH graduation will be Dr. Tom Frieden, new director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (More graduation information for graduating students and their families is coming soon.) BIO: Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in June 2009.  Previously, he served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2002.  One of the world′s oldest and largest public health agencies, the department has an annual budget of $1.7 billion and more than 6,000 staff.  During his tenure, the number of smokers declined by 350,000, teen smoking decreased by half, and New York City became the first place in the United States to eliminate trans-fats from restaurants, rigorously monitor the diabetes epidemic, and require certain restaurants to post calorie information prominently.  Under Dr. Frieden′s leadership, the department established the largest community electronic health records project in the country. A physician with training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, Dr. Frieden is especially known for his expertise in tuberculosis control. Dr. Frieden worked for CDC from 1990 until 2002.  He began his career at CDC as an Epidemiologic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the New York City Health Department.  In that role, he led a program that rapidly reduced tuberculosis, including reducing cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, by 80 percent.  He then worked in India for five years where he assisted with national tuberculosis control efforts.  The program in India has now treated more than 10 million patients and has saved more than one million lives. November 5: Reaching Excellence in Health Management and Policy http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/news_events/event.cfm?ID=1665 2009-11-20 Professor John R. Griffith, FACHE has announced his retirement from teaching in the Department of Health Management and Policy. To recognize this event, we are hosting a symposium: "Reaching Excellence in Health Management and Policy" on Friday, November 5, 2010. The symposium will focus on high performing health care organizations - how they achieve results today and position themselves for the management and policy requirements of the future. The symposium will also feature Professor Griffith's "final lecture." Details will be coming for additional symposium events.