Seminars
Our monthly seminar series brings together faculty, researchers, practitioners, community members, and students for presentations by nationally known leaders and researchers in violence prevention. Below is a list of seminars we've hosted since 2005.
2005-2006
Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Non-Violent Israeli and Palestinian Campaigns Against the Occupation
Raphael Ezekiel, PhD, Research Associate
Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
Exposure Measurement in Violence Epidemiology
Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD
Instructor, Dept of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
An Advocate's Perspective on how the Juvenile Justice System Responds to Youth Violence
Lael Chester, JD, Executive Director, Citizens for Juvenile Justice
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Violence Prevention as a Strategic Approach for Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Human Populations
James Mercy, PhD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Science, Division of Violence Prevention, CDC
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Urban Youth Violence
Deanna L. Wilkinson, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Science
College of Human Ecology, Ohio State University
Friday, August 18th, 2006
Violence Surveillance
Victoria Espitia-Hardeman, MSc. Epidemiologist at the Division of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
2006-2007
Thursday, September 21, 2006
While You Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention
David Hemenway, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
Director, Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Beyond Bruising: How Violence & Hostility May Impact Lung Disease
Rosalind Wright, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Society, Human Development & Health
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Remote Control (an interactive theater piece acting to prevent sexual assault & partner violence)
Deana's Educational Theater
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Stopping the Flow of Guns to Criminals
Daniel Webster, MPH, ScD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Violence and Risk factors for PTSD
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Social and
Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Violence in Transition: Some Reflections on the State of Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Graeme Simpson, Director, Country Programs Unit
International Center for Transitional Justice
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Action Research for Crime Prevention and Control: Research Can Make a Difference
Lois Felson Mock, Senior Social Science Analyst, National Institute of Justice
2007-2008
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The Boston Data Project: a Model for Multilevel Surveillance at the Local Level
Deb Azrael, PhD, Associate Director, Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center, Harvard School of Public Health
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Quiet Storm: Dynamics of Recent Gang Violence in Boston
David Hureau, Research Associate, Program in Criminal Justice & Management, KSG
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Building the Movement to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Jetta Bernier, MPsych, Executive Director, Massachusetts Citizens for Children, Inc. Chair, Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Early Alcohol use Among Children Exposed to Violence
Emily F. Rothman, ScD, Assistant Professor Boston University School of Public Health
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Youth Violence in America: What's Dueling Got to Do with It?
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD Dir. of Programs, Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Ctr, Henry Pickering Walcott Prof. of the Practice of Public Health
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Victimization of Sexual Minority Youth
Heather Corliss, MPH, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Young Men's Violence Perpetration: Intersections with Sexual Health and STI/HIV
Michele Decker, ScD candidate; Assistant Director, Violence Against Women Prevention Practice, Department of Society, Human Development & Health, Harvard School of Public Health
2008-2009
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Injurious Burden of Poverty: Analysis of Socio-Economic Disparities in Violence and Injury Rates
Eric Fleegler, MD, MPH, FAAP
Attending, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Community-Level Interventions to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Beth Molnar, ScD
Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Violence, Sex Trafficking and STI/HIV among Commercial Sex Workers
Michele R. Decker, ScD Instructor and Research Associate
Associate Director, Violence Against Women Prevention Practice, Harvard School of Public Health
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center: Reflections from the Field
Rachel Fazzino, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Anabela Quelha, Mass Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Mayra Rodriguez Howard, South Boston Community Health Center
Ulric Johnson, Teens Advocating a Global Vision (TAGV)
The Boston Ten Point Coalition
Friday, May 8, 2009
Preventing War
Victor Sidel, MD Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Chris Brown and Rihanna: An Analysis of Magazine Coverage of a Celebrity Teen Dating Violence Incident, February-April 2009
Emily F. Rothman, ScD Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Anita Nageswaran MPH Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health MD Candidate, UCSF School of Medicine
2009-2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Geography of Violence, Alcohol Outlets and Drug Markets in Boston: Improving Policy, Policing and Research
Robert Lipton, PhD Scientific Director of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Monday, November 16, 2009
Investing in Peace
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPD, MEdu
Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Community Based Participatory Research: Findings From a Survey of Disconnected Youth in Boston
Deb Azrael, PhD Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center & Representatives from Project Right.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Public Health Approach to Youth Violence Prevention
David Hemenway, PhD
Director, Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Reflections from the Field: Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center's Grassroots Community Partners
Rachel Fazzino, Director of Peace Education, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Ulric Johnson, Executive Director, Teens Advocating a Global Vision
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Youth Violence in Boston: Modeling the Behavior of a Complex System
Khary Bridgewater, Director, Applied Evaluation Systems
Emmanuel Gospel Center: Dedicated to the Vitality of Urban Churches and Communities.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Physical Assault of Dating Partners, Peers, and Siblings Among a Locally Representative Sample: The Implications for Prevention
Emily Rothman, PhD and Renee M. Johnson, PhD
Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health
